Match Report
4 points and 13 places separated them: Borussia Dortmund 10th with 15, Sporting CP 23rd with 11. Recent form told a different story for Sporting CP: only 29th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 23rd. Per game in the league, Borussia Dortmund were scoring 2.75 and conceding 1.5, Sporting CP 1.63 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.63 goals per team per game.
5 meetings are on record — 4 won by Borussia Dortmund, 1 by Sporting CP, 0 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more.
Signal Iduna Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 81,365. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Possession: Borussia Dortmund 55% · Sporting CP 45% · Total shots: 19-7 · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 6-2