It's time for episode two of the Chelsea - Borussia Dortmund Round of 16 battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 07.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 meeting between Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund. Game on!

It's no vacation for neither Chelsea nor Borussia Dortmund 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.

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Chelsea form and stats

Last season, Chelsea's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Real Madrid.

When playing at home in the Premier League, Chelsea have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Chelsea has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Chelsea's last game was hosting Leeds United and winning 1-0. Koulibaly, defender, was given a rating of 8.01/10 in that game, top of the team. Koulibaly won 4 of 6 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Chelsea lost 0-2 at Tottenham Hotspur's place.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Chelsea matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

The manager Potter will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Leicester City in only four days.

Chelsea are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Chelsea are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stamford Bridge in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

The visitors are W7-D0-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss both home and away.

The regulars enjoyed Borussia Dortmund's previous match versus RB Leipzig, a 2-1 win played at home. Midfield player Can was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Can scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 46 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hoffenheim at their stadium, the result 1-0.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to Schalke 04.

Borussia Dortmund find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Borussia in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Borussia Dortmund - Chelsea 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

Borussia DortmundJ. Brandt
J. Brandt
8 goals
Borussia DortmundY. Moukoko
Y. Moukoko
6 goals
ChelseaK. Havertz
K. Havertz
5 goals

Chelsea missing players

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Chelsea Borussia Dortmund
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   14 25
8 5   Won W   9 17
6 2   Drew D   1 4
11 3   Lost L   4 4
20 10   Scored S   28 60
25 5   Conceded C   17 27
88% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
56% 40%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 88%
24% 20%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 60%
8% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 36%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 32%
28% 20%   BTTS BTTS   57% 60%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 32%
48% 40%   Failed to Score F T   14% 12%
 
5.2 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   6.5 6
5 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.1
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.8 13.6   Shots (avg) S (   16.2 15.4
4.4 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.7 6.3
18% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 37%
 
11.8 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   14.2 13.2
4.1 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 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 Arsenal 26 20 3 3 59 25 13 10 2 1 34 16 13 10 1 2 25 9 34 63
2 Manchester City 26 18 4 4 66 25 13 11 1 1 43 13 13 7 3 3 23 12 41 58
3 Manchester United 25 15 4 6 41 35 12 9 2 1 24 8 13 6 2 5 17 27 6 49
4 Tottenham Hotspur 26 14 3 9 46 36 13 9 0 4 26 15 13 5 3 5 20 21 10 45
5 Liverpool 25 12 6 7 47 28 13 9 3 1 34 9 12 3 3 6 13 19 19 42
6 Newcastle United 24 10 11 3 35 17 12 6 5 1 19 8 12 4 6 2 16 9 18 41
7 Fulham 26 11 6 9 38 34 13 6 4 3 21 17 13 5 2 6 17 17 4 39
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 23 11 5 7 43 29 12 6 2 4 21 11 11 5 3 3 22 18 14 38
9 Brentford 24 9 11 4 40 32 13 7 5 1 27 13 11 2 6 3 13 19 8 38
10 Chelsea 25 9 7 9 24 25 12 6 3 3 14 8 13 3 4 6 10 17 -1 34
11 Aston Villa 25 10 4 11 31 38 13 6 2 5 20 19 12 4 2 6 11 19 -7 34
12 Crystal Palace 25 6 9 10 21 32 13 4 5 4 12 17 12 2 4 6 9 15 -11 27
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 7 6 13 19 35 13 5 2 6 10 15 13 2 4 7 9 20 -16 27
14 Nottingham Forest 25 6 8 11 20 44 13 5 5 3 17 15 12 1 3 8 3 29 -24 26
15 Leicester City 25 7 3 15 36 43 12 3 3 6 15 14 13 4 0 9 21 29 -7 24
16 West Ham United 25 6 5 14 23 33 12 5 2 5 16 13 13 1 3 9 7 20 -10 23
17 Leeds United 25 5 7 13 29 40 12 4 4 4 16 16 13 1 3 9 13 24 -11 22
18 Everton 26 5 7 14 19 38 13 4 2 7 11 16 13 1 5 7 8 22 -19 22
19 Southampton 25 6 3 16 20 41 12 2 3 7 11 19 13 4 0 9 9 22 -21 21
20 AFC Bournemouth 25 5 6 14 24 51 12 3 4 5 12 16 13 2 2 9 12 35 -27 21
  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 23 14 7 2 66 22 11 7 4 0 34 8 12 7 3 2 32 14 44 49
2 Borussia Dortmund 23 16 1 6 47 28 11 9 1 1 30 11 12 7 0 5 17 17 19 49
3 Union Berlin 23 13 5 5 35 27 11 7 4 0 19 8 12 6 1 5 16 19 8 44
4 RB Leipzig 23 12 6 5 46 29 11 8 2 1 25 10 12 4 4 4 21 19 17 42
5 Freiburg 23 12 6 5 35 32 11 7 3 1 19 9 12 5 3 4 16 23 3 42
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 23 11 6 6 45 33 11 7 1 3 26 13 12 4 5 3 19 20 12 39
7 Mainz 05 23 10 5 8 38 34 12 5 4 3 22 14 11 5 1 5 16 20 4 35
8 Wolfsburg 23 9 7 7 42 31 11 4 4 3 25 19 12 5 3 4 17 12 11 34
9 Bayer Leverkusen 23 9 4 10 40 37 12 5 2 5 25 17 11 4 2 5 15 20 3 31
10 Borussia M'gladbach 23 8 6 9 38 39 12 7 2 3 25 15 11 1 4 6 13 24 -1 30
11 Werder Bremen 23 9 3 11 35 43 12 5 1 6 20 18 11 4 2 5 15 25 -8 30
12 Köln 23 6 9 8 32 36 11 5 3 3 21 12 12 1 6 5 11 24 -4 27
13 Augsburg 23 8 3 12 28 39 12 5 2 5 12 16 11 3 1 7 16 23 -11 27
14 Hertha BSC 23 5 5 13 28 44 12 4 4 4 18 19 11 1 1 9 10 25 -16 20
15 Stuttgart 23 4 7 12 28 40 12 4 3 5 16 15 11 0 4 7 12 25 -12 19
16 Hoffenheim 23 5 4 14 29 42 12 3 2 7 15 22 11 2 2 7 14 20 -13 19
17 Schalke 04 23 4 7 12 18 42 12 3 3 6 12 26 11 1 4 6 6 16 -24 19
18 Bochum 23 6 1 16 24 56 11 5 1 5 17 21 12 1 0 11 7 35 -32 19

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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.