Get ready for the first of two legs in this Champions League clash between Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint Germain

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 18.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint Germain will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Champions League 8th Finals battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint Germain.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Borussia Dortmund was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Champions League. Tottenham Hotspur was too strong.

27 points is a decent return from 11 Bundesliga games here at Signal-Iduna-Park for Borussia Dortmund. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. 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 twelve home games.

A nice win for Borussia Dortmund last time playing, versus Eintracht Frankfurt. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Erling Braut Håland, Łukasz Piszczek, Jadon Sancho and Raphaël Guerreiro scoring for the victors. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bayer Leverkusen (3-4).

As mentioned above, Borussia Dortmund "killed" Eintracht Frankfurt in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Borussia Dortmund as they are travelling to their away game against Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga. That match is four days after this one.

It's goals goals goals for Borussia Dortmund who have scored 40 goals from 11 league home games. Borussia Dortmund have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals.

Paris Saint Germain have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 10-1-2 from 13 games. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 5W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Paris Saint Germain who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Dijon. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Dijon game have they lost an away game, meaning Paris Saint Germain has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Paris Saint Germain are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 4-4 draw at Amiens SC. Before that one, a nice away victory 6-1 at Dijon.

An inspired comeback made the scores level in Paris Saint Germain's duel with Amiens SC. It looked bad at 0-3 but the team were not done and fought back to 4-4 after Mauro Icardi found the equalizer. As you can tell from the result, the match against Amiens SC was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Paris Saint Germain are regular goalscorers on their travels. Paris Saint Germain have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Borussia Dortmund victories, two draws and zero Paris Saint Germain wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
15 goals
Borussia DortmundJ. Sancho
J. Sancho
13 goals
Paris Saint GermainN. da Silva Santos Junior
N. da Silva Santos Junior
12 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Borussia Dortmund Paris Saint Germain
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   15 25
13 9   Won W   12 21
5 2   Drew D   2 3
7 1   Lost L   1 1
60 36   Scored S   46 82
39 13   Conceded C   14 21
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 92%
80% 83%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   80% 76%
60% 58%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 60%
40% 50%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 44%
56% 50%   BTTS BTTS   60% 52%
32% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 48%
20% 8%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
5.7 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.8
3.2 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 4
1.2 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
334 190   Total Shots T S   260 401
141 84   Shots on Target S O   119 185
43% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 44%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RB Leipzig 22 13 6 3 56 25 11 7 3 1 31 12 11 6 3 2 25 13 31 45
2 Bayern München 21 13 4 4 58 23 11 7 2 2 33 9 10 6 2 2 25 14 35 43
3 Borussia Dortmund 22 12 6 4 63 32 11 8 3 0 40 10 11 4 3 4 23 22 31 42
4 Borussia M'gladbach 21 13 3 5 42 24 10 8 1 1 26 12 11 5 2 4 16 12 18 42
5 Bayer Leverkusen 22 12 4 6 38 29 11 5 4 2 19 13 11 7 0 4 19 16 9 40
6 Schalke 04 21 9 8 4 32 27 11 5 5 1 17 12 10 4 3 3 15 15 5 35
7 Freiburg 22 9 6 7 31 31 10 5 2 3 13 11 12 4 4 4 18 20 0 33
8 Hoffenheim 22 10 3 9 33 35 12 5 1 6 19 25 10 5 2 3 14 10 -2 33
9 Wolfsburg 22 8 7 7 28 28 11 3 5 3 12 13 11 5 2 4 16 15 0 31
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 22 8 4 10 37 35 11 6 3 2 26 14 11 2 1 8 11 21 2 28
11 Augsburg 22 7 6 9 34 45 11 5 3 3 22 18 11 2 3 6 12 27 -11 27
12 Union Berlin 22 8 2 12 27 35 11 6 0 5 16 14 11 2 2 7 11 21 -8 26
13 Hertha BSC 22 7 5 10 27 38 11 3 2 6 12 21 11 4 3 4 15 17 -11 26
14 Köln 20 7 2 11 27 38 10 5 1 4 16 12 10 2 1 7 11 26 -11 23
15 Mainz 05 21 7 0 14 31 48 10 3 0 7 12 20 11 4 0 7 19 28 -17 21
16 Fortuna Dusseldorf 22 4 5 13 21 46 11 3 2 6 10 20 11 1 3 7 11 26 -25 17
17 Werder Bremen 22 4 5 13 25 51 10 1 2 7 8 24 12 3 3 6 17 27 -26 17
18 Paderborn 22 4 4 14 27 47 12 2 1 9 16 29 10 2 3 5 11 18 -20 16
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 25 20 2 3 67 21 12 10 1 1 36 8 13 10 1 2 31 13 46 62
2 Olympique Marseille 24 14 7 3 33 21 12 8 3 1 18 9 12 6 4 2 15 12 12 49
3 Rennes 24 12 5 7 29 22 12 7 2 3 18 13 12 5 3 4 11 9 7 41
4 Lille 24 12 4 8 29 25 12 9 2 1 19 7 12 3 2 7 10 18 4 40
5 Monaco 25 11 5 9 41 40 13 8 1 4 28 21 12 3 4 5 13 19 1 38
6 Montpellier 25 10 7 8 32 28 13 9 2 2 23 10 12 1 5 6 9 18 4 37
7 Strasbourg 24 11 3 10 31 28 12 7 2 3 22 14 12 4 1 7 9 14 3 36
8 Nice 25 10 6 9 36 34 13 7 3 3 24 17 12 3 3 6 12 17 2 36
9 Bordeaux 25 9 8 8 35 28 12 4 4 4 18 11 13 5 4 4 17 17 7 35
10 Nantes 25 10 4 11 25 27 13 6 2 5 11 10 12 4 2 6 14 17 -2 34
11 Olympique Lyonnais 24 9 6 9 37 25 11 4 3 4 14 6 13 5 3 5 23 19 12 33
12 Reims 24 8 9 7 22 19 12 3 7 2 10 7 12 5 2 5 12 12 3 33
13 Brest 24 7 9 8 29 31 12 5 6 1 18 8 12 2 3 7 11 23 -2 30
14 Angers SCO 25 8 6 11 24 33 13 6 3 4 17 13 12 2 3 7 7 20 -9 30
15 Metz 25 6 10 9 24 32 12 4 4 4 16 14 13 2 6 5 8 18 -8 28
16 Saint-Etienne 24 8 4 12 25 38 12 4 4 4 13 16 12 4 0 8 12 22 -13 28
17 Nimes 25 7 6 12 25 37 13 6 2 5 15 12 12 1 4 7 10 25 -12 27
18 Dijon 25 6 8 11 24 31 12 5 5 2 17 13 13 1 3 9 7 18 -7 26
19 Amiens SC 25 4 9 12 29 47 13 3 5 5 17 22 12 1 4 7 12 25 -18 21
20 Toulouse 25 3 4 18 21 51 12 3 0 9 11 22 13 0 4 9 10 29 -30 13

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 25 20 2 3 67 21 12 10 1 1 36 8 13 10 1 2 31 13 46 62
2 Olympique Marseille 24 14 7 3 33 21 12 8 3 1 18 9 12 6 4 2 15 12 12 49
3 Rennes 24 12 5 7 29 22 12 7 2 3 18 13 12 5 3 4 11 9 7 41
4 Lille 24 12 4 8 29 25 12 9 2 1 19 7 12 3 2 7 10 18 4 40
5 Monaco 25 11 5 9 41 40 13 8 1 4 28 21 12 3 4 5 13 19 1 38
6 Montpellier 25 10 7 8 32 28 13 9 2 2 23 10 12 1 5 6 9 18 4 37
7 Strasbourg 24 11 3 10 31 28 12 7 2 3 22 14 12 4 1 7 9 14 3 36
8 Nice 25 10 6 9 36 34 13 7 3 3 24 17 12 3 3 6 12 17 2 36
9 Bordeaux 25 9 8 8 35 28 12 4 4 4 18 11 13 5 4 4 17 17 7 35
10 Nantes 25 10 4 11 25 27 13 6 2 5 11 10 12 4 2 6 14 17 -2 34
11 Olympique Lyonnais 24 9 6 9 37 25 11 4 3 4 14 6 13 5 3 5 23 19 12 33
12 Reims 24 8 9 7 22 19 12 3 7 2 10 7 12 5 2 5 12 12 3 33
13 Brest 24 7 9 8 29 31 12 5 6 1 18 8 12 2 3 7 11 23 -2 30
14 Angers SCO 25 8 6 11 24 33 13 6 3 4 17 13 12 2 3 7 7 20 -9 30
15 Metz 25 6 10 9 24 32 12 4 4 4 16 14 13 2 6 5 8 18 -8 28
16 Saint-Etienne 24 8 4 12 25 38 12 4 4 4 13 16 12 4 0 8 12 22 -13 28
17 Nimes 25 7 6 12 25 37 13 6 2 5 15 12 12 1 4 7 10 25 -12 27
18 Dijon 25 6 8 11 24 31 12 5 5 2 17 13 13 1 3 9 7 18 -7 26
19 Amiens SC 25 4 9 12 29 47 13 3 5 5 17 22 12 1 4 7 12 25 -18 21
20 Toulouse 25 3 4 18 21 51 12 3 0 9 11 22 13 0 4 9 10 29 -30 13

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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.