PSG vs Borussia Dortmund Match Stats Preview
The only previous UEFA Champions League meetings between Paris and Borussia Dortmund came in the 2019-20 round of 16 – PSG lost 2-1 away in the first leg, but won 2-0 at home, eventually reaching the final that season.
None of Borussia Dortmund's 14 UEFA Champions League games against French opponents have been drawn, winning eight and losing six.
This will be PSG's 16th appearance in the UEFA Champions League, the joint-most of any French side alongside Lyon.
This is PSG's 12th consecutive appearance in the UEFA Champions League, progressing to the knockout stages on each of the previous 11 (since 2012-13). They last went out at the first hurdle of the competition in 2004-05. Borussia Dortmund have reached the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds in eight of their last 10 participations, failing only in 2017-18 and 2021-22 in this run.
Borussia Dortmund only lost one of their six group stage games in last season's UEFA Champions League, going down 2-1 at eventual winners Manchester City. They drew each of their last three group games last term.
PSG have only lost one of their last 33 home games in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (W26 D6), with that lone defeat coming against Manchester United in October 2020. They’re unbeaten in their last eight home group stage games since then, winning seven of those (D1).
Luis Enrique – who will take charge of PSG for the first time in Europe – has won 73 percent of his games as a manager in the UEFA Champions League (24/33); the highest win percentage of any coach with 20+ games in the competition.
With 21 goals and eight assists, PSG's Kylian Mbappé has been directly involved in 29 goals in his last 22 UEFA Champions League appearances. His 40 goals overall is the third highest tally of any French player in the competition after Karim Benzema (90) and Thierry Henry (50).
Borussia Dortmund striker Sébastien Haller has scored 11 goals in 10 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, including in all six matches he’s played in the group stage of the competition (10 goals for Ajax in 2021-22).
Marco Asensio could become the 11th different player to play for both Real Madrid and current club PSG in the UEFA Champions League, and just the third to score for both teams in the competition, after Nicolas Anelka and Ángel Di María.
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