Borussia Dortmund manager Niko Kovac will be spoilt for choice all over the pitch when he takes his side to Montjuic to face Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday.
With Marcel Sabitzer set to be the only injury absentee, missing out with a knee injury, Kovac has at least two options in every position available to him for this one.
That is aided by the fact he could have three defenders available to him again, if Niklas Sule is able to recover from the knock that ruled him out of Saturday’s 4-1 win at Freiburg.
Both Nico Schlotterbeck and Yan Couto will be back after serving one-game suspensions in the win at the weekend, and the former is a shoo-in to start, but the Brazilian is battling with Julian Ryerson and Daniel Svensson for a starting berth.
Serhou Guirassy is the one player certain to start, especially after Kovac rested him at the weekend, and with 25 goals across all competitions this season, the Guinean also netted twice against Barca during the league phase.
Jamie Gittens has fallen out of favour slightly in recent weeks after an electric start to the season, and the Englishman is likely to find himself on the bench for this one, with other attacking players in better form.
Maximilian Beier is the standout, with two goals and two assists in his last two matches, while speedster Karim Adeyemi is often a big-game player, and will provide a huge threat in the final third.
Even though he was able to find his maiden goal in his first Dortmund start at the weekend, Chelsea loanee Carney Chukwuemeka will most probably drop to the bench, despite a suspension for Pascal Gross, with Emre Can, Julian Brandt and Salih Ozcan higher in the pecking order at present.
Borussia Dortmund possible starting lineup:
Kobel; Ryerson, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Svensson; Can, Ozcan, Brandt; Adeyemi, Guirassy, Beier
Click here to see how Barca could line up for the first leg.
