Champions League Matchday 6: Borussia Dortmund vs Bodø/Glimt facts

Borussia Dortmund will look to consolidate their place in the top eight of the league phase standings when winless debutants Bodø/Glimt come to Germany on UEFA Champions League Matchday 6.

Last match

This is the teams' first meeting.

Dortmund have won four of their six matches against Norwegian teams (D1 L1), most recently beating Odd 4-3 away and 7-2 at home in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League qualifying play-offs.

Bodø/Glimt's only previous matches against a German team came in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup first round, when they lost 0-5 at home against Werder Bremen before drawing 1-1 away.

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.

Bodø/Glimt

This is Bodø/Glimt's fourth Champions League campaign – all since 2021. They have reached the competition proper for the first time, the third Norwegian team to do so after Rosenborg (11 times) and Molde (once) and the first since Rosenborg in 2007/08.

Bodø/Glimt entered this season's Champions League in the play-offs, beating Sturm Graz 6-2 on aggregate (5-0 h, 1-2 a).

Key stats

Dortmund have won three of their five games in this season's Champions League (D1 L1) including both at home, scoring four goals in each – most recently against Villarreal on Matchday 5 (4-0).

Dortmund have scored four goals in four of their five matches this season.

BVB have lost only one of their last 20 home Champions League games (W13 D6) and only two of the last 12 overall (W7 D3)

Serhou Guirassy scored twice against Villarreal to make it 12 goals in his nine home Champions League appearances for Dortmund.

Guirassy has 18 goals in his first 23 matches in the Champions League proper, level with Harry Kane and bettered only by Erling Haaland (28 in 23).

Dortmund have won 99 European Cup games.

The German side have scored 298 goals in the Champions League, Matchday 1 to final.

Bodø/Glimt conceded in added time to lose 2-3 at home against Juventus on Matchday 5 and make their record in this season's league phase D2 L3.

Glimt, on two points, are aiming to be the first Norwegian team to win a match in the Champions League proper since Rosenborg beat Valencia in the 2007/08 group stage.

The Norwegian club have won only one of their last ten European matches (D2 L7) and none of the last six (D2 L4).

Bodø/Glimt have failed to score in only two of their last 21 games in UEFA competition.