Atletico Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund Matchday Stats Preview
Atlético de Madrid have won two of their last three matches against Borussia Dortmund in European competition (L1); this after failing to win any of their first three against the German outfit (D1 L2).
Borussia Dortmund have kept a clean sheet in all three of their victories against Atlético de Madrid in European competition, with the most recent win coming in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in 2018/19 (4-0).
Borussia Dortmund have won each of their last two away games against Spanish opposition in the UEFA Champions League, although both of those came against Sevilla (3-2 in 2021 and 4-1 in 2022). Prior to that, they had only won one of their 16 away games against Spanish sides in European competition (D5 L10).
In games played at the Vicente Calderón and the CÃvitas Metropolitano, Atlético de Madrid have never lost in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League under Diego Simeone (P16 W10 D6). They’ve only conceded four goals across those 16 matches, keeping 12 clean sheets in the process.
Borussia Dortmund have only won one of their last 10 away games in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, suffering defeats in eight of those (D1). Their last away win at the quarter-final stage of the competition was in March 1997 (1-0 v Auxerre), going winless in their last five quarter-finals played on the road (D2 L3).
Since the start of the 2013-14 season, there have been 15 two-legged ties between Spanish and German teams in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League – from those 15, the Spanish side has progressed on 13 occasions (87%).
Of the teams remaining in the competition, Borussia Dortmund (368) and Atlético de Madrid (342) are the two sides who have averaged the most high pressures per game in the UEFA Champions League this season.
Antoine Griezmann is Atlético de Madrid’s all-time top scorer in the UEFA Champions League (32 goals), and has netted six goals in eight appearances in the competition this term. Should he find the net in this game, he would equal his best scoring season in a single campaign (seven in 2015-16, when Atlético reached the final).
Based on the quality of shots on target faced, Borussia Dortmund’s Gregor Kobel is the goalkeeper who has prevented the most goals in the UEFA Champions League this season (+4.9; 4 goals conceded from 8.9 expected goals on target).
Rodrigo De Paul has created the most chances through line-breaking passes in the UEFA Champions League this season (8), while he’s also the Atlético de Madrid player with the most line-breaking passes in the final third (39) in the competition this term.
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