Champions League: Group Stage: Slavia Praha travels to Borussia Dortmund for this exciting encounter
It's no vacation for neither Borussia Dortmund nor Slavia Praha as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Borussia Dortmund was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Champions League. Tottenham Hotspur was too strong.Borussia Dortmund are steadily winning Bundesliga games and points here at Signal Iduna Park. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
Borussia Dortmund's previous game was a Bundesliga match also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Fortuna Dusseldorf. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that match, a Bundesliga win away at Hertha BSC.
As mentioned above, Borussia Dortmund "killed" Fortuna Dusseldorf in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Borussia Dortmund are traveling soon after this match as the Bundesliga match at Mainz 05 awaits in four days.
Borussia Dortmund always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Signal Iduna Park with 23 goals in 7 league games. Borussia Dortmund are not conceding a lot of goals here at Signal Iduna Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Slavia Praha form and stats
Slavia Praha was sent out of Champions League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when Dynamo Kyiv turned out to be too strong.Slavia Praha have an excellent away record in the Czech Liga so far with 7-3-0 from 10 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Slavia Praha as they haven't lost any of their last 25 games. Slavia Praha are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.
It's the second away game in a row for Slavia Praha, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Slovan Liberec in the Czech Liga last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Karvina in the Czech Liga.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any point(s) for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Slavia Praha as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The outsiders lost 0 of these games by at least two goals.
Slavia Praha are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. Slavia Praha are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Slavia Praha - Borussia Dortmund 0-2 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  M. Reus 8 goals |   T. Souček 8 goals |  J. Sancho 7 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Slavia Praha missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Slavia Praha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 58 | 30 | Scored | S | 15 | 47 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 367 | 185 | Total Shots | T S | 150 | 383 | ||
| 155 | 76 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 159 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Inter | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 4 | Slavia Praha | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 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 | Borussia M'gladbach | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 23 | 30 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Bayern München | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 24 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Augsburg | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Mainz 05 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 15 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 12 |
| 17 | Köln | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 8 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slavia Praha | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 38 | 51 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzen | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | Mlada Boleslav | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Jablonec | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Banik Ostrava | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Sparta Praha | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 29 |
| 7 | Slovacko | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Ceske Budejovice | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Slovan Liberec | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Sigma Olomouc | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Teplice | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 22 |
| 12 | Bohemians 1905 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -12 | 19 |
| 13 | Zlin | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 18 |
| 14 | Opava | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -20 | 14 |
| 15 | Pribram | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 22 | -16 | 13 |
| 16 | Karvina | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 12 |