Champions League betting and spectator preview: Borussia Dortmund and Ajax meet at Signal-Iduna-Park to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Borussia was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Champions League. Manchester City was too strong.This stadium, Signal-Iduna-Park, has been a fortress for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-0. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Borussia Dortmund tasted defeat here at Signal-Iduna-Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
A nice win for Borussia last time playing, versus Köln. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Thorgan Hazard and Steffen Tigges scoring for the victors. Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.71 out of ten. Kobel stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a DFB Pokal home match hosting Ingolstadt in a game that was won 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Borussia Dortmund perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Borussia as a small favourite), we find two games. Borussia Dortmund has won one of these, drawn one and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Borussia as they are travelling to their away game against RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
It's goals goals goals for Borussia who have scored 19 goals from 6 league home games. Borussia Dortmund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ajax form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.The visitors are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the FC Groningen game have they lost an away game, meaning Ajax has taken points from 20 away matches in a row.
283 minutes! That's how long the Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Ajax has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Heracles for a Eredivisie game that ended a draw (0-0). Remko Pasveer was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.92. The agile goalkeeper Pasveer stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs PSV.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Ajax in our archives, and the results are: one win for Ajax, zero draws and one defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Go Ahead Eagles in just four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ajax are regular goalscorers on their travels. Ajax's manager E. ten Hag has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Ajax - Borussia 4-0 was the end result in these squads' previous h2h game, played this season. Last three meetings between these contenders: Borussia won two, Ajax triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 9 goals |   S. Haller 7 goals |  D. Tadić 5 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Ajax missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 61 | 37 | Scored | S | 27 | 77 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13.8 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 16.3 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 6.7 | ||
| 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 25 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Mainz 05 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Köln | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 12 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Stuttgart | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Bochum | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 26 |
| 2 | PSV | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Willem II | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | AZ | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | NEC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Heracles | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 4 |