Borussia Dortmund v FC Barcelona: Did you know?

This Wednesday at 9pm CET, FC Barcelona are in motion on the Westfalenstadion, residence of Borussia Dortmund, who’re at present fourth within the UEFA Champions League. Listed here are 5 notably necessary issues that every one followers will need to know forward of the match. 

1,841 days later

27 November 2019. That was the date when these sides final confronted off, a house win for Barça, 3-1 with objectives from Luis Suárez, Leo Messi and Antoine Griezmann. Apart from the 2 video games performed within the group stage of the competitors that 12 months (the opposite was a 0-0 draw), the one different aggressive conflict between the perimeters was within the European Tremendous Cup of 1997, which additionally resulted in a draw and a Barça win.

Near the report 

Barça want to win their fifth consecutive recreation within the competitors, and in the event that they had been to do it by three objectives or extra, they may have achieved that for the fifth time in a row, equalling the achievement of 2020/21 and making them the one membership to have managed the feat twice. 

Raphinha on type

The Brazilian has had extra makes an attempt on aim (20) and in addition created extra possibilities (15) than another participant on this version of the Champions League. That is 4.5 pictures and three.3 possibilities per recreation. The one Barça participant to have bettered these stats in a single season of the Champions League was Lionel Messi (6.2 pictures and three.8 possibilities).

Borussia Dortmund on hearth

Like Barça, Dortmund have received 4 of their 5 video games performed to this point within the competitors. That places them one win away from the 5 out of six that they bought in 1997/98, the 12 months they went on to grow to be champions. And their 16 objectives is the second highest depend within the competitors, topped solely by Barça with 18. 

Lewandowski’s prime goal

The Barça striker as soon as performed for Borussia Dortmund, however he hasn’t been too variety to them since he left, scoring extra objectives in opposition to them than another group, a staggering 27 objectives in 26 conferences. He has scored in his final 5 video games in opposition to them (9 objectives in complete). However Dortmund have a dangerman of their ranks too. Serhou Guirassy has scored 4 objectives and given two assists on this 12 months’s Champions League.