Champions League Matchday 2: Borussia Dortmund vs Athletic Club facts
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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Previous meetings, club facts and key stats ahead of the UEFA Champions League Matchday 2 game.
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Borussia Dortmund and Athletic Club are both looking to bounce back from Matchday 1 disappointment as they meet in Germany in the second round of UEFA Champions League fixtures.
Last match
This is the teams' first meeting.
A 3-1 home win against Barcelona in last season's quarter-final second leg ended Dortmund's four-game losing streak against Spanish clubs – they still bowed out having gone down 0-4 in Spain.
At home BVB have lost only two of their last 13 games against Spanish visitors (W7 D4) although they have won only three of the last nine (D4).
Athletic are unbeaten in their last six matches against German teams (W4 D2), winning three of the last four including the most recent – 3-2 at home to Hertha Berlin in the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League group stage. They had drawn 0-0 away, making it three games unbeaten in Germany (W2 D1).
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 to Barcelona.
Athletic are in the Champions League proper for the first time since 2014/15; their only other appearance came in 1998/99.
European Cup quarter-finalists on debut in 1956/57, the Basque side have won only three of their 13 matches in the Champions League proper (D4 L6).
Key stats
Despite conceding twice in added time to draw 4-4 at Juventus on Matchday 1, Dortmund have lost only one of their last eight Champions League matches (W4 D3).
The German club have lost only once in their last 18 home Champions League games (W11 D6).
Serhou Guirassy has scored 15 goals in his first 19 Champions League appearances. The players with the most goals in their first 20 appearances in the competition are Erling Haaland (25), Roberto Soldado and Ruud van Nistelrooy (both 16).
A 0-2 Matchday 1 loss to Arsenal means Athletic have lost their last three European matches. They have never lost four in a row.
The Bilbao club have scored once in each of their previous six away games in the Champions League proper.
Athletic claimed their first away win in the Champions League proper in their last fixture, 1-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk on Matchday 5 in 2014/15.