Atletico Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund prediction, odds, best bets for Champions League quarterfinal first leg

Two surprise Champions League quarterfinal participants have been drawn together to battle for a spot amongst the final four remaining as Atletico Madrid host Borussia Dortmund in Spain on Wednesday.

Neither club has been terribly impressive domestically. Madrid sit fourth in La Liga, barely clinging to a qualifying spot for next season, while Dortmund's situation is even more dire, currently outside the Champions League spots with a fifth place standing in the Bundesliga.

Yet when it comes to European competition, neither side will lay down and die. Dortmund won a massively challenging group before knocking off PSV in the Round of 16, and Madrid impressively nudged past Inter on penalties after coming from behind to level the aggregate score in the second leg.

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Antoine Griezmann's health has been a key for Atletico Madrid, as Diego Simeone's side has struggled without him, losing to Barcelona and Cadiz in March with the Frenchman not in the starting lineup, but he should be healthy for this game, giving the hosts a major boost.

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Atletico Madrid are simply a different team at home than they are on the road this season, and the contrast is stark. The 3-0 thrashing by Barcelona in mid-March proved they are indeed beatable at the Metropolitano, but prior to that, just one of the club's 11 defeats this year across all competitions, and one of their five draws, have come at home.

Dortmund have been strangely the opposite in league play, with four of their five losses coming at home, but their lone defeat in Champions League play so far came away from home, and on the whole BVB can be scored on.

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