Zenit vs Borussia Dortmund UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
This will be the fourth meeting between Zenit St Petersburg and Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League, with the German side winning two of the previous three (L1).
Borussia Dortmund will face Zenit St Petersburg away from home for the second time in the UEFA Champions League with their only previous visit ending in a 4-2 victory in the Last 16 first leg of the 2013-14 campaign (Dortmund went on to progress from the tie).
Zenit St Petersburg have lost every time they’ve hosted a German opponent in the UEFA Champions League (3/3), losing to Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen in 2014, and most recently RB Leipzig in November 2019.
Zenit have finished bottom of their Champions League group for the second campaign in a row, while even if they beat Borussia Dortmund in this match they will finish with their lowest points total in a single Champions League group stage.
Zenit have won their final group game in just one of their seven previous campaigns in the Champions League (D1 L5), beating Milan 1-0 in 2012-13.
Borussia Dortmund are looking to win consecutive Champions League away games for the first time since October 2016.
Borussia Dortmund have won their final group stage game in each of their last two Champions League campaigns – they’ve never won on MD6 in three consecutive seasons before.
No side has had fewer shots on target in the Champions League this season than Zenit (10), with the Russian side failing to register a single effort on target in two of their five games so far this season (including the reverse fixture vs Borussia Dortmund).
No player has scored more Champions League goals this season than Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland (6). Overall in the competition, the Norwegian has scored 16 goals in 12 games, only failing to find the net in two of those matches.
Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland has had more shots on target than any other player in the Champions League this season (11). Of all players to have had at least 100 touches in the competition this season, Haaland has had the highest % of them in the opposition box (26% - 32/121).
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