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Dortmund out to seal place in UEFA Europa League

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Dortmund - Bundesliga table-toppers Borussia Dortmund can book their place in the group stages of the UEFA Europa League if they avoid defeat at home to Norwegian side Odd BK on Thursday night (kick-off: 20:30 CEST/ 18:30 GMT).

Top facts

Thomas Tuchel's men battled back from three goals down in last week's first leg in an eventual 4-3 win, and have since moved top of the Bundesliga standings for the first time since September 2013 after recording their sixth successive victory of the campaign in Ingolstadt at the weekend.

- Dortmund have scored 20 goals in all competitions this season.

- BVB’s record against Norwegian opposition in Europe reads W3, D1, L1.

- Dortmund midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has scored four goals and registered two assists in Europa League qualifying this term.

- Odd players Tommy Svindal Larsen (1. FC Nürnberg) and Olivier Occean (SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Kaiserslautern) used to play in Germany.

Possible line-ups:

Dortmund: Weidenfeller - Ginter, Sokratis, Hummels, Schmelzer - Castro - Reus, Gündogan, Kagawa, Mkhitaryan - Aubameyang

Odd: Rossbach - Ruud, Bergan, Grögaard, Haagen - Samuelsen, Jensen, Nordkvelle -Bentley, Occean, Zekhnini