Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund

Barcelona recorded their biggest win in a UEFA Champions League knockout stage match since beating Lyon 5-1 in the 2018-19 round of 16.  

Borussia Dortmund suffered their joint-heaviest ever defeat in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League match, alongside a 4-0 loss to Ajax in the 2021-22 group stage. 

Barcelona have won five different games by at least three goals in a single campaign of major European competition for the very first time, with this 58th time they have played 5+ matches in such a campaign. 

Barcelona are unbeaten in their five meetings with Borussia Dortmund in European competition (W3 D2), including a victory over them earlier in this season’s UEFA Champions League (3-2). Only against Lyon (8), Napoli (6) and Werder Bremen (6) have they played more in Europe without losing.

While Borussia Dortmund haven’t won any of their five games against Barcelona (D2 L3), they’ve only gone six consecutive European matches without beating an opponent against two other sides; one of which is another Spanish team (6 v Real Madrid in 2024, along with 7 v Rangers in 1999).

Across his spells with Bayern Munich and current club Barcelona, Hansi Flick has won all six of his meetings with Borussia Dortmund; his best 100% record against an opponent in this period. His sides have averaged three goals per game against them (18 in total), and netted at least three goals in five of the six matches.

Borussia Dortmund have only won three of their 20 away matches against Spanish opponents in European competition (D5 L12), while they’ve only won one of the 10 such matches in the knockout stages (D2 L7): 3-2 v Sevilla in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League in February 2021.

Borussia Dortmund have only lost one of their last eight games in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League (W5 D2), with that lone defeat coming against Real Madrid in last season’s final (0-2). They’ve won each of their last three away games in the knockout stages of this competition, more than they had in their previous 17 such matches combined (D4 L11).