Sporting CP and Borussia Dortmund get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Bundesliga.
These teams have little in common geographically as Borussia Dortmund have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the play-offs.Sporting CP have been very solid at home in the Primeira Liga so far, with 16 points collected from 6 matches (5-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition. Sporting CP has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Benfica defeat 193 days ago.
Sporting CP are confident in defense, having played 309 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Sporting CP's previous game was a Taça De Portugal match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Varzim. The home side are looking to build on that result. Manager R. Marques Amorim felt very clever after Pedro Gonçalves scored the winning goal against Varzim, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 58th minute.
In the game before, an away victory in the Primeira Liga match versus Pacos de Ferreira with a 2-0 scoreline.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sporting CP, as the Primeira Liga home game vs Tondela is only four days away.
The Sporting CP fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sporting CP have only let in 1 goal at home.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Manchester City drew the shortest straw.2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Borussia Dortmund playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Borussia won their last game, 2-1 versus Stuttgart played at home. Midfield player Marco Reus was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Reus scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at RB Leipzig before that.Borussia Dortmund have another match away from home in just three days, a Bundesliga match versus Wolfsburg. A strenuous programme for the visiting team!
Borussia are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. In the opposite end, Borussia have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the participants met earlier this campaign; Borussia Dortmund - Sporting CP 1-0. Last three meetings involving these teams: Sporting CP won zero, Borussia Dortmund were winners in three and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 9 goals |   P. Pereira Gonçalves 4 goals |  M. Reus 4 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| Sporting CP | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 52 | 31 | Scored | S | 23 | 55 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.9 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 13.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -10 | 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 | Porto | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 29 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Benfica | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 28 |
| 4 | Estoril | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Tondela | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Boavista | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Famalicao | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Arouca | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Vizela | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 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 | Bayern München | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Hoffenheim | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Köln | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Bochum | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 13 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 24 | -25 | 1 |