Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
Manchester City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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 group stage last season in the Champions League.13 points is a decent return from 6 Bundesliga games here at Signal-Iduna-Park for Borussia Dortmund. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Borussia Dortmund's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Stuttgart. The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Borussia "killed" Stuttgart in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfield player Bellingham got a match rating of 9.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Bellingham scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 60 successful passes (of 71 total).
Before that one, a fine away victory at Hannover 96. A DFB Pokal match.
Borussia Dortmund are traveling soon after this match as the Bundesliga match at Eintracht Frankfurt awaits in four days.
Borussia have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Manchester City form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the semi-finals against Real Madrid.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Total Champions League statistics for Manchester City: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Manchester City go into this game after a win, the home game against Brighton & Hove Albion that ended 3-1. Attacker Haaland got a player rating of 8.1 in the game. "Man of the match" Haaland scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Liverpool's place.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Leicester City.
Manchester City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City have duelled previously this season: Manchester City - Borussia 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Borussia Dortmund two wins, one draw and Manchester City four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Haaland 17 goals |  P. Foden 6 goals |   Y. Moukoko 4 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 49 | 20 | Scored | S | 30 | 74 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.9 | 17.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 6.8 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | ||
| 10.7 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 2 |
| 4 | København | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 22 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Köln | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | Bochum | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 26 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Fulham | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Brentford | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Everton | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Southampton | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | -15 | 9 |
| 20 | Leicester City | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 8 |
