Borussia Dortmund vs. Celtic | UEFA Champions League | League Stage | Pre Match
Borussia Dortmund vs. Celtic
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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This will be Borussia Dortmund’s fifth meeting in major European competition with Celtic (W3 L1), with the German outfit winning all of their last three against the Bhoys and with all four previous meetings coming in the UEFA Cup (1987/88 & 1992/93).
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Celtic have never won a UEFA Champions League match against German opponents (P8 D2 L6), losing all of their last four such matches in the competition. Borussia Dortmund will be the fourth different German side Celtic have faced after FC Bayern München (P4 D1 L3), Borussia Mönchengladbach (P2 D1 L1) and RB Leipzig (P2 L2).
3
Borussia Dortmund come into this clash on an 11-match unbeaten streak at home in the UEFA Champions League (W7 D4), keeping eight clean sheets during this run. This is already Dortmund’s longest ever home unbeaten run in the competition.
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Celtic have lost all of their last five away matches in the UEFA Champions League and failed to win any of their last eight such matches (D1 L7). In fact, the last time the Bhoys won their first away match of a Champions League campaign was back in September 2017 – beating RSC Anderlecht 3-0 in what was their only win of the 2017/18 campaign.
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Following their 3-0 win over Club Brugge on MD1, Borussia Dortmund could start with a victory and a clean sheet in their opening two games of a UEFA Champions League campaign for the first time since 2018-19. In that case, the German side also won and kept a clean sheet away to Club Brugge in their opening game (1-0).
