Champions League Matchday 2: Bodø/Glimt vs Borussia Dortmund facts

Having suffered a heavy defeat against German opponents on Matchday 1, Bodø/Glimt have another opportunity to get their first win versus a Bundesliga club as Borussia Dortmund visit Norway in the second round of UEFA Champions League fixtures.

Previous meetings

The teams met for the first time in Dortmund on Matchday 6 last season, sharing a 2-2 draw. Julian Brandt twice put Dortmund in front (18 51), Haitam Aleesami (42) and Jens Petter Hauge (75) levelling on each occasion to give the Norwegian visitors a draw.

A 5-0 defeat at Bayern München on Matchday 1 means Bodø/Glimt are winless in their four matches against German opponents (D2 L2).

Dortmund have lost only one of their seven matches against Norwegian teams (W4 D2). In Norway their record is W2 D1, their last visit ending in a 4-3 victory at Odd in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League qualifying play-off first leg (11-5 aggregate), a game in which they had trailed 3-0.

There have been 37 goals scored in Dortmund's previous seven matches against Norwegian teams, an average of 5.29 per game.

Form guide

Bodø/Glimt

This is Bodø/Glimt's fifth Champions League campaign – all since 2021.

Bodø/Glimt made their debut in the Champions League proper last season, eventually losing to Sporting CP in the round of 16 (3-0 h, 0-5 a aet) after beating Inter in the knockout phase play-offs (3-1 h, 2-1 a). They were the third Norwegian side to feature in the competition proper, after Rosenborg (11 times) and Molde (once), and the first since Rosenborg in 2007/08.

Borussia Dortmund

This is Dortmund’s 11th successive appearance in the Champions League group stage/league phase.

In 2025/26, BVB were 17th in the league phase (W3 D2 L3), losing 3-4 on aggregate to Atalanta in the knockout phase play-offs (2-0 h, 1-4 a).

 Links and trivia

Hauge scored against Dortmund on his Bundesliga debut for Eintracht Frankfurt on 14 August 2021.

The Matchday 1 loss at Bayern was only Bodø/Glimt's second in their last 11 European matches (W8 D1).

Kjetil Knutsen's side have scored two or more goals in 11 of their last 13 European games, defeating Union Saint-Gilloise 6-5 on aggregate in this season's third qualifying round (3-3 a, 3-2 h aet) and N.E.C. Nijmegen 6-1 in the play-offs (3-1 a, 3-0 h).

Bodø/Glimt have won their last five home European games, scoring three goals in each.

Only five of Bodø/Glimt's 116 UEFA competition matches have finished goalless.

Dortmund have lost their last three away Champions League matches.

BVB were 3-2 winners at home to Villarreal on Matchday 1. That made it 75 goals in their 17 league phase games overall, an average of 4.41 per game.

Serhou Guirassy scored twice on Matchday 1 and now has 21 goals in 29 Champions League appearances, Matchday 1 to final.