Despite their fixture against Tottenham Hotspur being postponed last Saturday, Manchester City will enter their upcoming clash against Borussia Dortmund in high spirits, after beating Sevilla 0-4 away from home in the Champions League last Tuesday.
Aside from City being one of the competition’s favourites this season, one of the main talking points is how Erling Haaland, Ilkay Gundogan, Sergio Gomez, and Manuel Akanji could be reunited with their former club this week.
That particular quartet, alongside the Manchester City squad as a whole, will undoubtedly aspire to make the visit of their former employers to the Etihad Stadium an unwelcome one on Wednesday night.
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Sitting fifth in the Bundesliga table so far this season, and coming in to this one off the back of a 3-0 defeat against RB Leipzig at the weekend, Borussia Dortmund are far from being at their best currently.
However, the contest will certainly be much-anticipated by football fans around the world, considering the stature of both clubs.
As fans awaits the start of what is set to be an exciting contest, here are all the best statistics and potential landmarks worth taking a look at ahead of kick-off!
Borussia Dortmund
- Jude Bellingham has won the most duels out of any player in the Bundesliga so far this season (102).
- No forward in the German top-flight has made more sprints than Marco Reus in the ongoing campaign (187).
- Borussia Dortmund have made the most sprints out of any team in the Bundesliga so far this term (1544).
- Nico Schlotterbeck and Jude Bellingham have played every minute for Borussia Dortmund in all competitions so far (540).
- Marco Reus has been his side’s most productive player this season, with two goals and two assists in all competitions so far.
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Manchester City
- No player in Europe has scored more goals than Erling Haaland in all competitions (12) so far this season.
- Kevin De Bruyne has overtaken Wayne Rooney’s assist tally in the Champions League (22).
- Kyle Walker (549) and Joao Cancelo (489) have played more passed than any two full-backs in the Premier League so far.
- Rodri has taken the most touches out of any player in the English top-flight (640) so far this season.
- Erling Haaland’s non-penalty expected goals in Europe’s top five leagues in Europe ranks as the best so far (5.64).
- Kevin De Bruyne has the most assists in the 2022/23 Premier League season (4) so far.
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Previous Meetings
- In the four previous meetings between both sides, Manchester City have won two matches, Borussia Dortmund have won one, and one clash ended in a draw.
- The last time both sides met, Manchester City beat Borussia Dortmund 1-2 in the second-leg of the Champions League last-16 clash, progressing through to the semi-finals via a 4-2 aggregate victory.
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Potential Landmarks
- Bernardo Silva could make his 50th Champions League appearance against Borussia Dortmund.
- Kevin De Bruyne is one assist shy from overtaking the assist tallies of Frank Lampard and Robert Lewandowski in the Champions League (22).
- Ederson is one game away from making 250 appearances for Manchester City.
- Phil Foden is three goals away from reaching 50 goals for Manchester City.
- Ruben Dias is two appearances from making 100 appearances for Manchester City.
Srinivas Sadhanand