Club Brugge vs Borussia Dortmund UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
This is the seventh meeting between Club Brugge and Borussia Dortmund in all European competition – they last met in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League group stage, a 1-0 win for Dortmund in Brugge and a goalless draw in Dortmund.
Borussia Dortmund lost their first three away games in European competition in Belgium between 1987 and 2003 but have since won their last three in a row, including a 1-0 win in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League group stage at Club Brugge.
Club Brugge have only won one of their previous 10 games in the UEFA Champions League (D6 L3), although that lone victory did come on MD1 of this season’s competition (2-1 v Zenit St Petersburg).
Following their 2-0 win over Zenit St Petersburg last time out, Borussia Dortmund will be looking to win consecutive group stage games in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since October 2018 (three in a row).
Club Brugge are looking for their first home victory in the UEFA Champions League since November 2005 (3-2 v SK Rapid Wien), having failed to win any of the 11 such games since then (D5 L6).
Borussia Dortmund have lost their last four away games in this competition, while they’ve never previously lost five in a row on the road in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League.
Only Robert Lewandowski (15) has scored more UEFA Champions League goals than Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland (12) since the start of last season, with the Norwegian striker converting 12 of his 17 shots on target in the competition so far.
Club Brugge goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has only ended on the winning side in one of his 13 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, drawing six and losing six of his 12 games since winning on his debut in the competition for Liverpool in September 2014 (2-1 v Ludogorets Razgrad).
Jadon Sancho has been directly involved in five goals in his last five games in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (three goals and two assists), while he’s scored in three of his most recent four.
Club Brugge’s Hans Vanaken has netted two goals in his last three UEFA Champions League appearances, as many as he did in his first 17 games in the competition.
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