Manchester City will travel to Germany to face Borussia Dortmund in a blockbuster Champions League encounter on Tuesday night.
After returning to winning ways in the Premier League with a 3-1 victory against Brighton, Manchester City will hope to do the same against Borussia Dortmund in midweek.
Pep Guardiola’s side have already qualified for the last-16 of the competition, with three wins out of four so far.
Against Edin Terzic’s men, the Sky Blues would be hoping for a better overall display than in the previous 2-1 triumph at the Etihad Stadium, where the hosts were far from their brilliant best.
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However, Borussia Dortmund will try to make things uneasy for the visitors at the Signal Iduna Park, coming off the back of a swashbuckling 5-0 thrashing of VfB Stuttgart on Saturday.
As both sides are set to lock horns in a much-awaited Champions League fixture, here is a collection of the most insightful statistics ahead of the game.
Borussia Dortmund
- Jude Bellingham has won the most duels out of any player in the Bundesliga (186).
- Julian Brandt has the most xA (expected assists) per 90 out of any player that have played 900+ minutes across all competitions (0.26).
- Jude Bellingham has scored 9 goals so far this season.
- No defender has more goals in the Champions League in the ongoing campaign than Raphael Guerreiro (2).
- Thomas Meunier has the most successful pressure % per 90 out of any Borussia Dortmund player than Niklas Sule (44.2%).
Manchester City
- Manchester City are the first team in Premier League history to win 10 consecutive home games while scoring at least three goals in every match.
- Kevin De Bruyne has scored more goals than any other player outside the box to have ever played the Premier League (24).
- No player has had more goal involvements in Europe than Erling Haaland in all competitions (22 goals and three assists).
- Bernardo Silva and Alex Iwobi (5) are the only two players to have assisted fewer goals than Kevin De Bruyne (9) in the league this term.
- The Sky Blues have now scored 601 goals in the Premier League under Pep Guardiola.
- Only three players scored more goals in the 2021/2022 Premier League season than Erling Haaland has currently in 11 games (17 goals).
Previous Meetings
Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund have faced each other five times, with three wins for the former, as well as a victory for the latter and one draw.
Pep Guardiola has won three out of three games as City manager against Dortmund.
The last time both sides met, the Premier League champions beat the German side 2-1.
City also faced off against the Bundesliga giants in the quarter-finals in 2021.
Potential Landmarks
- Kevin De Bruyne needs one assist to surpass Kaka and Dani Alves’ Champions League assist tallies (23).
- With one assist, Kevin De Bruyne could equal Marcelo and Mesut Ozil’s Champions League assist tallies (24).
- Erling Haaland needs three goals to reach 25 goals for Manchester City in all competitions.
Topics: Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, Champions League, Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland
Srinivas Sadhanand