Tottenham Hotspur vs Borussia Dortmund: UEFA Champions League stats & head-to-head

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This will be seventh major European match between Tottenham and Borussia Dortmund – the German side won both in the UEFA Europa League in 2015-16 but Spurs have won all four in the Champions League, across the 2017-18 and 2018-19 campaigns.

Borussia Dortmund have played more UEFA Champions League games against Spurs without winning than any other club (P4 L4), while they’ve only lost more often against Real Madrid (8).

Borussia Dortmund have lost 10 of their 14 away UEFA Champions League matches in England (W3 D1), including losing seven of their most recent eight visits (W1). They’ve lost at the Etihad this season in a 4-1 defeat to Man City.

Tottenham Hotspur are the only side to have won all three of their home UEFA Champions League matches without conceding this season, scoring eight goals in their three wins. They’re unbeaten in their last 23 home European matches (incl. qualifiers), winning 19 and drawing four since a 1-0 defeat to RB Leipzig in February 2020.

Tottenham have kept a clean sheet in 54% of their UEFA Champions League games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (7/13). Among teams to play more than 10 games at a stadium in Champions League history, only Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón (62%, 21/34) and Arsenal at the Emirates (56%, 35/63) have kept a clean sheet in a higher percentage of their games at one stadium.

Borussia Dortmund have the highest shot conversion rate (24%) in the UEFA Champions League this season, and are the team who have overperformed their xG total by the biggest margin (+6.2 – 19 goals from 12.8 expected goals).

Tottenham’s most frequent source of goals in the UEFA Champions League this season has been own goals by the opposition (3), ahead of Randal Kolo Muani and Micky van de Ven who have scored two each.

Since the start of last season, Borussia Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy has been directly involved in more goals (22) than any other player in the UEFA Champions League (16 goals, six assists). His 16 goals are also the joint-most by any player in this period, along with Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappé.

Borussia Dortmund’s Felix Nmecha has scored with three of his five shots from outside the box in the UEFA Champions League this season (60%). This is the highest conversion rate by a player with 3+ goals from outside the box in a single edition since Oscar for Chelsea in 2012-13 (3/4 – 75%).

Borussia Dortmund’s Nico Schlotterbeck has made more line-breaking passes (85) than any other defender in the UEFA Champions League this season, while he also leads all defenders in the same metric in the competition since the start of last season (286).

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