Borussia Dortmund vs Sturm Graz

Borussia Dortmund have lost just one of their seven matches against Austrian sides in European competition (W5 D1 – inc. qualifiers), keeping three clean sheets across their four matches on home soil during that time.

Sturm Graz have now lost each of their last six UEFA Champions League in succession, by a combined 14-1 scoreline. It also means they’ve won just one of their 14 away matches in the competition (D2 L11). 

Dortmund recorded 13 shots in total in the first half of this match against Sturm Graz, their most in the opening 45 of a UEFA Champions League match without scoring that Opta has on record (since 2003-04). 

Borussia Dortmund and Sturm Graz have never previously faced in any European competition.

Borussia Dortmund won their first four European matches (inc. qualifiers) against Austrian sides between 2003 and 2015 but failed to beat RB Salzburg in two games in the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League (D1 L1).

Sturm Graz have never beaten a German team in European competition in six previous meetings (D1 L5). This is their first game against German opponents since July 2005 in the UEFA Intertoto Cup when they were beaten 3-1 by Wolfsburg.

Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in their last 12 home matches in the UEFA Champions League (W8 D4), winning each of the last four in a row. In home matches played in the group/league phase of the competition, the only visiting side to win there in the last 19 attempts was Erik ten Hag’s Ajax in November 2021 (W11 D7).

Sturm Graz have lost all three of their matches in the UEFA Champions League this term. Only once previously have they lost four in a row within the same campaign, with those being their first four matches in the competition in 1998-99.