Paris Saint-Germain vs. PSV Eindhoven | UEFA Champions League | League Stage | Pre Match
Paris Saint-Germain vs. PSV Eindhoven
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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This game will see Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund meet for the first time since last season’s UEFA Champions League final, won 2-0 by the Madrid side at Wembley.
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Borussia Dortmund have never won in seven away UEFA Champions League matches at Real Madrid (D2 L5), with their most recent visit a 3-2 defeat in December 2017.
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No side has ever played more away UEFA Champions League matches at one stadium without winning than Borussia Dortmund at the Santiago Bernabéu (P7 D2 L5), with Chelsea also playing seven times without success at Barcelona’s Spotify Camp Nou.
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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has alternated between a win (4) and defeat (3) in seven UEFA Champions League meetings with Borussia Dortmund, winning the most recent game in last season’s final. His four wins against them have all come in different decades – 1997 with Parma, 2002 with Milan and 2014 and 2024 with Real Madrid.
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Real Madrid were beaten by Lille last time out in the UEFA Champions League (0-1), ending a 14-game unbeaten run in the competition (W10 D4). In games played in the group/league stage, they haven’t suffered consecutive Champions League defeats since the period between December 2018 and September 2019 (0-3 v CSKA Moscow and Paris SG).
