Champions League preview and statistics: Borussia Dortmund vs Lazio full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 02.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

Lazio have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Borussia Dortmund. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

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.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Lazio, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Last season, Borussia's Champions League journey ended in the 8th finals against Paris Saint Germain.

3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Borussia Dortmund have to build on here at Signal-Iduna-Park in the Bundesliga. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition. Borussia are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Signal-Iduna-Park, having lost their two previous games here.

Borussia's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Köln. Ahead of that match, Borussia won a home game hosting Club Brugge (3-0).

There will be little rest for Borussia Dortmund after this match as they are travelling to Eintracht Frankfurt for a Bundesliga game in only three days.

Borussia are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Signal-Iduna-Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. Borussia have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Lazio form and stats

Lazio was sent out of Europa League in the group stage last season.

3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Lazio playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. Total Champions League statistics for Lazio: 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Lazio love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Lazio's previous game was their home loss versus Udinese (1-3). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Zenit in the Champions League.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lazio manager S. Inzaghi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Spezia.

The Lazio manager S. Inzaghi has got the team scoring on the road, with 8 away goals in 4 league matches. In the opposite end, Lazio have conceded 6 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Lazio - Borussia Dortmund 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Borussia Dortmund-Lazio H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Borussia one win, Lazio one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Borussia DortmundE. Håland
E. Håland
10 goals
LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
5 goals
Borussia DortmundM. Hummels
M. Hummels
3 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Lazio missing players

Borussia Dortmund Lazio
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   12 25
14 7   Won W   5 12
2 2   Drew D   3 6
9 6   Lost L   4 7
62 35   Scored S   19 40
32 22   Conceded C   16 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
96% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 84%
68% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
44% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 32%
24% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 16%
44% 53%   BTTS BTTS   58% 68%
44% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 28%
12% 13%   Failed to Score F T   17% 12%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.2 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.5
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14.1 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   13.8 13.1
6.5 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 5
40% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Borussia Dortmund 4 3 0 1 9 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 6 9
2 Lazio 4 2 2 0 8 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 8
3 Club Brugge 4 1 1 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 4 -5 4
4 Zenit 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 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 Bayern München 9 7 1 1 31 13 4 3 1 0 18 4 5 4 0 1 13 9 18 22
2 RB Leipzig 9 6 2 1 18 6 5 5 0 0 14 3 4 1 2 1 4 3 12 20
3 Bayer Leverkusen 9 5 4 0 16 9 4 2 2 0 8 5 5 3 2 0 8 4 7 19
4 Borussia Dortmund 9 6 0 3 21 9 5 3 0 2 13 5 4 3 0 1 8 4 12 18
5 Wolfsburg 9 4 5 0 14 8 5 3 2 0 9 5 4 1 3 0 5 3 6 17
6 Union Berlin 9 4 4 1 21 11 5 2 2 1 14 7 4 2 2 0 7 4 10 16
7 Borussia M'gladbach 9 4 3 2 17 14 5 2 3 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 9 10 3 15
8 Augsburg 9 3 3 3 11 12 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 1 2 1 5 5 -1 12
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 9 2 6 1 14 16 4 1 3 0 5 4 5 1 3 1 9 12 -2 12
10 Stuttgart 9 2 5 2 17 15 5 0 3 2 7 10 4 2 2 0 10 5 2 11
11 Werder Bremen 9 2 5 2 13 15 4 1 2 1 4 6 5 1 3 1 9 9 -2 11
12 Hoffenheim 9 2 3 4 15 16 4 1 1 2 8 8 5 1 2 2 7 8 -1 9
13 Hertha BSC 9 2 2 5 15 18 4 0 1 3 4 11 5 2 1 2 11 7 -3 8
14 Freiburg 9 1 4 4 10 20 4 0 2 2 5 9 5 1 2 2 5 11 -10 7
15 Köln 9 1 3 5 10 15 5 0 1 4 6 11 4 1 2 1 4 4 -5 6
16 Mainz 05 9 1 2 6 11 22 5 0 2 3 6 11 4 1 0 3 5 11 -11 5
17 Arminia Bielefeld 9 1 1 7 6 19 4 1 0 3 3 8 5 0 1 4 3 11 -13 4
18 Schalke 04 9 0 3 6 6 28 4 0 2 2 3 7 5 0 1 4 3 21 -22 3
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 9 7 2 0 21 8 5 3 2 0 12 5 4 4 0 0 9 3 13 23
2 Inter 9 5 3 1 23 13 4 2 1 1 11 9 5 3 2 0 12 4 10 18
3 Sassuolo 9 5 3 1 20 12 5 1 3 1 8 8 4 4 0 0 12 4 8 18
4 Juventus 9 4 5 0 18 7 4 3 1 0 9 1 5 1 4 0 9 6 11 17
5 Roma 8 5 2 1 19 11 4 3 1 0 12 4 4 2 1 1 7 7 8 17
6 Hellas Verona 9 4 3 2 12 7 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 15
7 Napoli 8 5 0 3 16 10 4 2 0 2 11 6 4 3 0 1 5 4 6 14
8 Atalanta 9 4 2 3 18 16 4 1 1 2 7 8 5 3 1 1 11 8 2 14
9 Lazio 9 4 2 3 14 16 5 1 2 2 6 10 4 3 0 1 8 6 -2 14
10 Bologna 9 4 0 5 14 14 5 3 0 2 11 8 4 1 0 3 3 6 0 12
11 Cagliari 9 3 2 4 16 19 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 8 13 -3 11
12 Sampdoria 8 3 1 4 12 13 4 1 1 2 7 6 4 2 0 2 5 7 -1 10
13 Udinese 9 3 1 5 10 12 5 2 0 3 5 7 4 1 1 2 5 5 -2 10
14 Spezia 9 2 4 3 13 17 4 0 2 2 4 10 5 2 2 1 9 7 -4 10
15 Benevento 9 3 1 5 12 21 5 1 1 3 5 11 4 2 0 2 7 10 -9 10
16 Fiorentina 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 2 0 2 5 5 5 0 2 3 5 10 -5 8
17 Parma 8 1 3 4 8 16 4 1 2 1 3 4 4 0 1 3 5 12 -8 6
18 Torino 8 1 2 5 14 20 4 0 1 3 7 11 4 1 1 2 7 9 -6 5
19 Genoa 8 1 2 5 7 16 4 1 0 3 6 8 4 0 2 2 1 8 -9 5
20 Crotone 9 0 2 7 6 20 4 0 1 3 2 7 5 0 1 4 4 13 -14 2

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.