Real Madrid Turn Focus to Borussia Dortmund Clash
With a bad weekend behind them, Real Madrid now face a bigger opponent in the shape of Borussia Dortmund under the Champions League spotlight.
OMNISPORT
Real Madrid travel to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, with the hopes of turning a cold shoulder on the Cristiano Ronaldo controversy over the weekend, and focusing on keeping their start to their Champions League campaign perfect.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND v REAL MADRID
- Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid are facing each other for the seventh time in the last five Champions League seasons (2x group stage games, 2x semi-final games and 2x quarter-final games).
- Madrid are winless in their five away games against Dortmund, all in the Champions League (D2 L3). In all European competitions, only against AC Milan and Inter have Madrid travelled more times without ever winning (seven each).
- Borussia Dortmund have won their last four home games against Spanish opposition in European competition, scoring at least twice in each of those games.
- Madrid are unbeaten in their last 22 Champions League Group Stage matches (W18 D4 L0), last losing at this stage against Dortmund in October 2012.
- Dortmund secured their biggest-ever win in the Champions League on MD1 of the 2016-17 campaign against Legia Warsaw (6-0), scoring six goals in the competition for the first time.
