INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
Club Brugge have lost four of their last five European games against Borussia Dortmund (D1), including losing both UEFA Champions League group stage games 3-0 in 2020-21 in their most recent meetings.
2
Borussia Dortmund have never conceded a goal in four previous UEFA Champions League meetings with Club Brugge – no side has ever played five overall games against an opponent without conceding in the history of the competition.
3
Club Brugge have only won three of their last 20 home matches in the UEFA Champions League (D6 L11) – in their last six on home soil, they have won two without conceding and lost the other four by an aggregate score of 16-1.
4
Borussia Dortmund lost 2-0 in the 2024 UEFA Champions League final against Real Madrid. Only one of the last five losing finalists have then started their next campaign with a win (D2 L2), a 6-3 win for Man City against RB Leipzig in 2021-22.
5
Club Brugge have only lost two of their last 12 matches in European competition (including qualifiers (W8 D2). Indeed, only three sides won more matches than the Belgian side (8) in European competition last season (9 – Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Olympiakos).