Chelsea vs Borussia Dortmund UCL Match Stats Preview
Chelsea are hosting Borussia Dortmund in a match for the very first time – having won six of their first seven UEFA Champions League home games against German sides (D1), the Blues are now winless in their last two (D1 L1).
Borussia Dortmund have lost their last five UEFA Champions League away games against English sides, since a 2-1 win at Arsenal in October 2013.
At Dortmund, Chelsea lost away in the first leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie for the eighth time. However, of the previous seven the Blues have ending up progressing (4) more often than they've been eliminated (3).
Borussia Dortmund have progressed from five of their six previous UEFA Champions League knockout stage ties when winning the first leg, with the exception being against Paris Saint-Germain in the 2019-20 round of 16.
Chelsea have won seven of their last nine UEFA Champions League home games, with the exceptions being a 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid in last season's quarter-final and a 1-1 draw with FC Red Bull Salzburg in this season's group stage.
Chelsea had eight shots on target in their 1-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg – it's their highest number of shots on target without scoring on record (since 2003-04) in a single UEFA Champions League match.
Borussia Dortmund are looking to win both legs of a UEFA Champions League knockout round tie for the first time since 1996-97. They won both legs of their quarter-final (vs Auxerre) and semi-final (vs Manchester United) ties that year, en route to lifting the trophy for the first and only time.
Borussia Dortmund have lost seven of their last eight away games in the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds, with the exception being a 3-2 win at Sevilla in the round of 16 in 2020-21.
Kai Havertz has had more shots (16) and more touches in the opposition box (36) than any other Chelsea player in the UEFA Champions League this season. Havertz was involved in eight of the Blues' 21 attempts against Dortmund in the first leg, having four shots and creating four chances.
Jude Bellingham is Borussia Dortmund's highest scorer in the UEFA Champions League this season with four goals, including one away against Manchester City in the group stages. He could become the first Englishman in the history of the competition to score away from home against two different English sides.
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