Champions League preview and statistics: Sporting CP vs Borussia Dortmund full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 24.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade (50044 seats)

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.

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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.

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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

Borussia DortmundE. Håland
E. Håland
9 goals
Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
4 goals
Borussia DortmundM. Reus
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

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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.