Champions League Matchday 5: Borussia Dortmund vs Villarreal facts
Thursday, November 13, 2025
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Previous meetings, club facts and key stats ahead of the UEFA Champions League Matchday 5 game.
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Borussia Dortmund will look to get their UEFA Champions League campaign back on track at home to a Villarreal side still seeking their first victory in the 2025/26 league phase.
Last match
This is the teams' first meeting despite Dortmund having faced Spanish opposition 44 times and Villarreal playing German teams on 14 occasions.
A 4-1 win against Athletic Club on Matchday 2 was Dortmund's eighth victory in their last 14 matches at home to Liga visitors (D4 L2).
There have been 43 goals in Dortmund's last ten games against Spanish teams at an average of 4.3 per game.
Villarreal have lost only three of their previous 14 matches against German teams (W6 D5). They beat Bayern München 2-1 on aggregate in their last meetings in the 2021/22 quarter-finals (1-0 h, 1-1 a) to make it six unbeaten (W2 D4).
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.
Villarreal are in the Champions League for the fifth time and a first since 2021/22, when they equalled their best run by reaching the semi-finals.
The Spanish side were not involved in European competition in 2024/25; their most recent campaign was a run to the 2023/24 Europa League round of 16.
Key stats
Dortmund have scored 348 European Cup goals.
A 1-4 loss at Manchester City on Matchday 4 was only Dortmund's second in their last 11 Champions League matches (W6 D3).
BVB have lost only one of their last 19 home Champions League games (W12 D6).
Serhou Guirassy has ten goals in his previous eight home Champions League appearances for Dortmund.
A 1-0 loss at Pafos on Matchday 4 made it seven Champions League games without a win for Villarreal (D2 L5).
Villarreal have won only three of their last 19 matches in the Champions League group stage/league phase (D4 L12).