Borussia Dortmund and Sporting CP get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
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 and Sporting CP.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Manchester City.As mentioned below, Borussia Dortmund are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Bundesliga games. Ever since the Eintracht Frankfurt game Borussia Dortmund has been unbeatable here at Signal-Iduna-Park producing seven straight wins.
Borussia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Borussia M'gladbach. Mats Hummels was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.22 out of 10. The defender Hummels won 7 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match, Borussia won a home game hosting Union Berlin (4-2).Borussia are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won ten, drew zero and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Augsburg are coming to town in four days.
It's goals goals goals for Borussia who have scored 12 goals from 3 league home games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Borussia with 6 goals conceded in these matches.
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP's mission in Europa League last season failed in the play-offs.Sporting CP are happy with their away performances in the Primeira Liga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
The Sporting CP goalkeeper Antonio Adan Garrido is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 199 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Sporting CP won their last game, 1-0 versus Maritimo played at home. The end of the last match, against Maritimo, was very satisfying as Pedro Porro scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Pedro Porro got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, top player of the team. Porro scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game was the away Primeira Liga victory against Estoril with the score of 1-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primeira Liga trip to Arouca.
Sporting CP find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Sporting CP are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former two meetings): Borussia won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Sporting CP managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneTop Goalscorers
  E. Håland 7 goals |   P. Pereira Gonçalves 3 goals |  R. Guerreiro 2 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 62 | 35 | Scored | S | 13 | 42 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 4% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13.8 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 12.7 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 44% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | Bayern München | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 16 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Köln | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Freiburg | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 6 |
| 13 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 5 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Bochum | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 3 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 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 | Benfica | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 21 |
| 2 | Porto | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Estoril | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Boavista | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Pacos de Ferreira | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Tondela | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Vizela | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | Arouca | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 17 | Famalicao | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |