Before the first matchday of the Champions League group stage, bookmakers have traditionally offered betting options on the winner of the tournament that is about to begin. The opponents for Tuesday's encounter in Dortmund are not even in the top ten contenders. Borussia Dortmund are placed thirteenth in the list, with the odds of 70, and Copenhagen are placed in the group of outsiders, with the odds of around 1500. In addition, you can bet on the Danish champion's victory in Group G with odds of 100. Manchester City, Sevilla and the upcoming opponents are unlikely to take any liberties from the Scandinavians.

Borussia are still playing with a shortage of forwards. The club sold Halland, who is now shining in England, in the off-season, and his replacements Allaire and Adeyemi were immediately " busted " with varying degrees of severity. To their credit, the Bumblebees managed to win five of their six official meetings of the season, including victories over Freiburg, Bayer and Hoffenheim. Borussia's only defeat to date lies in a loss of concentration. On home soil, the team beat Werder 2-0 in the 88th minute, but left the field eight minutes later without a single point, 2-3. Of course, Terzic's side are favourites to take on the presumed group underdogs.

Copenhagen defeated Midtjylland in the last round of the Danish national championship. The Danes automatically qualified for the play-offs, where they dispatched the Turkish champions with a 2-1 home win and a goalless away draw. Already for the Champions League, Copenhagen purchased Andreas Cornelius from the defeated Trabzonspor for 6 million euros on the last day of August, who had played for the Danish team before the 2017/2018 season, but moved to Atalanta and changed clubs since then. The metropolitan team's success in the current national championship is very questionable, but the mood for the Champions League will be completely different.

In the upcoming match, there are clear favourites and underdogs. The former will attack, the latter will defend. That said, it's hardly fair to call Borussia's attacking start to the season hurricane. At times, the Bumblebees play very pragmatically. It's a safe bet that four or more goals will not be scored in this match.