Borussia Dortmund have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Zenit. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
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 Zenit and Borussia Dortmund.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Borussia Dortmund, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.
Zenit form and stats
Last season, Zenit's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.7-0-1 is the performance here so far in the Premier League, giving Zenit a total of 21 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results! 0W-1D-4L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Zenit. Zenit has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Prior to that, an away loss at Club Brugge in the Champions League.
As mentioned above, Zenit "killed" Ural in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Sardar Azmoun when beating Ural, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Zenit, as the Premier League home game vs Dinamo Moskva is only four days away.
Zenit always seem capable of creating a buzz here with 27 goals in 8 league games. Zenit have conceded 8 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Paris Saint Germain drew the shortest straw.3-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Borussia Dortmund in their Bundesliga matches away. Total Champions League statistics for Borussia Dortmund: 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Lazio in the Champions League.
A quick return to home after this game, as Borussia are hosting Stuttgart in the Bundesliga only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Borussia's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Borussia have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Borussia Dortmund - Zenit 2-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Zenit won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Borussia Dortmund has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneTop Goalscorers
  E. Håland 10 goals |   S. Azmoun 9 goals |  A. Dzyuba 8 goals |
Zenit missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| Zenit | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 45 | 32 | Scored | S | 26 | 62 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.4 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 14.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 6.4 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Lazio | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 4 | Zenit | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 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 | Zenit | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Rostov | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 9 | Sochi | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 11 | Ural | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Khimki | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 14 | Tambov | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 15 | Ufa | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -23 | 8 |
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Freiburg | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 8 |
| 15 | Köln | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 7 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 5 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21 | -22 | 3 |