Champions League Matchday 1: Juventus vs Borussia Dortmund facts
Friday, September 12, 2025
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Previous meetings, club facts and key stats ahead of the UEFA Champions League Matchday 1 game.
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There is a repeat of the 1997 UEFA Champions League final on Matchday 1 in 2025/26 as Juventus welcome Borussia Dortmund to Turin.
Last match
This is the first match between the teams since the 2014/15 Champions League round of 16, when Juventus won 2-1 at home and 3-0 away.
Juve have won six of their nine games against Dortmund – although the German side were 3-1 winners in Munich in the 1997 Champions League final.
Juventus have lost only two of their last 12 matches against German teams, winning seven, although one of those defeats came in the most recent fixture – 0-1 against Stuttgart on Matchday 3 last season. That ended a five-game winning run against Bundesliga clubs, home and away.
Dortmund have won only one of their last seven matches away to Italian teams (D1 L5) and have only five victories – and 13 defeats – against Serie A sides in Italy. Home and away, they have three wins in their last 11 matches with Italian clubs (D3 L5).
Juventus are making their 25th appearance in the Champions League proper – extending their Italian record.
The Bianconeri were 20th in last season's league phase (W3 D3 L2), losing to PSV Eindhoven in the knockout phase play-offs (2-1 h, 1-3 a aet).
Juventus have never lost at home on Champions League Matchday 1 (W6 D3).
This is Dortmund’s tenth successive appearance in the Champions League group stage/league phase.
In 2024/25, BVB were tenth in the league phase (W5 L3) and beat Sporting CP (3-0 aggregate) and LOSC Lille (3-2 agg) before losing 3-5 to Barcelona in the quarter-finals (0-4 a, 3-1 h).
Dortmund have won their Matchday 1 fixture in three of the last four seasons (L1).
Key stats
Juventus have won only five of their last 18 Champions League matches, losing nine.
Jonathan David has scored seven goals in his last nine Champions League appearances and is Canada's all-time top scorer in the competition with ten goals in 18 games.
Dortmund have lost only one of their last seven Champions League matches (W4 D2).
Serhou Guirassy scored nine goals in eight appearances in last season's league phase and hit 13 goals in the 2024/25 competition overall, level with Barcelona's Raphinha as top scorer.