Champions League Matchday 4: Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund facts

There is little between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund with both on seven points in the league phase ahead of their meeting at the City of Manchester Stadium on UEFA Champions League Matchday 4.

Last match

City have won three of the teams' previous six meetings, Dortmund winning one with two draws; at home, City's record is W2 D1. The English club won 2-1 in Manchester in the 2022/23 group stage thanks to goals in the final ten minutes from John Stones and former Dortmund striker Erling Haaland before a 0-0 draw in Germany.

Phil Foden scored in both legs as City beat Dortmund 2-1 at home and away in the 2020/21 quarter-finals.

City have won their last 11 matches at home to German clubs, most recently beating Leipzig 3-2 on Matchday 5 in 2023/24. That made it one defeat in City's last 23 games against Bundesliga opponents (W18 D4).

Dortmund have won three of their last four matches against English teams (L1), beating Newcastle United 1-0 away and 2-0 at home in the 2023/24 group stage.

That made it four clean sheets in Dortmund's last five games against Premier League opponents.

Manchester City

This is City's 15th successive season in the Champions League proper; they have featured in every campaign since 2011/12 and have reached the knockout stages in each of the last 12.

Having finished 22nd in last season's league phase (W3 D2 L3), City lost to holders Real Madrid in the knockout phase play-offs (2-3 h, 1-3 a).

Dortmund

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.

Key stats

Bernardo Silva's next appearance in the Champions League proper will be his 100th. Fifty-one players had reached a century before Matchday 4, including three from Portugal – Cristiano Ronaldo (183 appearances), Pepe (120) and Luís Figo (103).

A 2-0 win at Villarreal on Matchday 3 was only City's third in ten Champions League matches (D2 L5).

City are unbeaten in 22 home Champions League group stage/league phase games (W19 D3), since a 1-2 Matchday 1 loss to Lyon in 2018/19.

Haaland has scored 37 goals in 33 group stage/league phase appearances.

Dortmund have scored four goals in all three league phase matches this season, most recently winning 4-2 at Copenhagen. It is the first time they have scored four times in three successive European Cup games.

BVB have scored 347 European Cup goals.

Dortmund have lost only one of their last ten Champions League matches (W6 D3).