Champions League match preview: Paris Saint Germain versus Borussia Dortmund

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 19.Sep
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre (3500 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Paris Saint Germain and Borussia Dortmund are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

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.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the round of 16 against Bayern München.

Paris Saint Germain have played 3 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

PSG's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Nice. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Mbappé, having found the net in four matches in a row. The attacking player Mbappé won the honour of being "man of the match" for Paris Saint Germain with a rating of 9.01/10. Mbappé scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).

Before that match, a Ligue 1 win away at Olympique Lyonnais.

A decent goal production from Paris Saint Germain in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. PSG's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Borussia Dortmund's mission in Champions League last season failed in the round of 16 against Chelsea.

Four points from two away games for Borussia Dortmund, meaning one draw and one victory in the Bundesliga so far.

It's the second away game in a row for Borussia, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Freiburg last time out. An insane game with lots of goals last time out for Borussia Dortmund, as mentioned above. 6 goals in total, will this match be as refreshing? Defender Hummels was the best team player with a rating of 8.8. Hummels scored two goals and won 7 of 11 duels.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Heidenheim.

After this away game Borussia Dortmund return home for a Bundesliga game against Wolfsburg. That game is only four sleeps after this.

{5 goals} so far away for Borussia Dortmund, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Data for the prior four meetings between these two squads are: one win for Paris Saint Germain, two draws and one win for Borussia Dortmund. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

PSGK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
7 goals
Borussia DortmundD. Malen
D. Malen
3 goals
Paris Saint GermainM. Asensio Willemsen
M. Asensio Willemsen
2 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Paris Saint Germain Borussia Dortmund
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   16 25
13 5   Won W   8 15
4 2   Drew D   5 7
8 7   Lost L   3 3
48 25   Scored S   44 75
30 21   Conceded C   24 33
92% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 96%
64% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 76%
40% 57%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   56% 64%
24% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   50% 44%
60% 57%   BTTS BTTS   69% 68%
28% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 24%
20% 29%   Failed to Score F T   12% 8%
 
4.8 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 6
4.5 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.6
0.9 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
14.5 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   17 18
5.8 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.6 7.1
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 42%
 
11.1 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 12
4.1 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Paris Saint Germain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Monaco 4 3 1 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 7 5 8 10
2 Nice 5 2 3 0 7 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 9
3 Olympique Marseille 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 8
4 Metz 5 2 2 1 7 9 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 2 0 1 3 5 -2 8
5 Paris Saint Germain 5 2 2 1 10 6 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 4 8
6 Lille 5 2 2 1 7 7 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 4 7 0 8
7 Rennes 5 1 4 0 10 6 3 1 2 0 9 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 7
8 Reims 4 2 1 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 7
9 Brest 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 7
10 Strasbourg 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -2 6
11 Le Havre 4 1 2 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 5
12 Lorient 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 5
13 Toulouse 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 5
14 Montpellier 4 1 1 2 7 7 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 4
15 Nantes 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 2
16 Clermont 4 0 1 3 4 9 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -5 1
17 Lens 5 0 1 4 4 11 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 3 9 -7 1
18 Olympique Lyonnais 4 0 1 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 -7 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 Bayer Leverkusen 4 3 1 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 8 10
2 Bayern München 4 3 1 0 11 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 10
3 RB Leipzig 4 3 0 1 13 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 9 9
4 Stuttgart 4 3 0 1 14 6 2 2 0 0 10 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 8 9
5 Hoffenheim 4 3 0 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 6 3 4 9
6 Wolfsburg 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 9
7 Borussia Dortmund 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
8 Union Berlin 4 2 0 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
10 Freiburg 4 2 0 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 6
11 Werder Bremen 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
12 Bochum 4 0 3 1 4 9 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -5 3
13 Augsburg 4 0 2 2 7 12 2 0 2 0 6 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 2
14 Heidenheim 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 1
15 Borussia M'gladbach 3 0 1 2 5 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 4 4 -4 1
16 Köln 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 1
17 Mainz 05 4 0 1 3 3 12 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 8 -9 1
18 Darmstadt 98 3 0 0 3 2 10 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 6 -8 0

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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.