Dortmund meet Madrid again as Monaco host Porto
Today’s Champions League Preview
THE Champions League returns for match day two today, with a huge clash between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid the standout fixture.
Dortmund twice scored late equalisers against Madrid last season to top their group, before Zinedine Zidane’s men went on to retain their European title.
Elsewhere, the top two in Group F - Manchester City and Shakhtar Donetsk - meet at the Etihad Stadium, while both Tottenham and Besiktas look to continue their winning starts.
Sevilla v Maribor
Sevilla have won 11 of their 15 Champions League home games (D1 L3) and have never failed to score in any of those 15 matches.
Maribor had 26 shots on match day one against Spartak Moscow, the thirdmost on the opening day of this season’s competition after Bayern Munich (29 v Anderlecht) and Real Madrid (27 v APOEL Nicosia).
Spartak Moscow v
Liverpool
Spartak Moscow have won only two of their last 17 home games in the Champions League (D5 L10). They’ve also kept only one clean sheet in their last 18 games on home soil in the competition.
Liverpool have failed to win any of their last six Champions League games (D3 L3), their longest ever run without a victory in the competition. They have also failed to keep a clean sheet in their last eight CL games. Napoli v Feyenoord
Napoli’s only victory against Dutch opposition in European competition came back in December 1969 against Ajax in the Fairs Cup (1-0). Since then, they are winless in their five encounters (D2 L3) vs Dutch teams, conceding 13 goals overall.
Napoli have never lost two consecutive Champions League group games. Manchester City v Shakhtar Donetsk
No Ukrainian club has ever won an away game in the Champions League against English opposition (D2 L12). In fact, Shakhtar have lost all four of their trips to England in the competition.
Three of Manchester City’s four goals against Feyenoord on match day one came from corner kicks. They have never won their opening two games of a Champions League campaign.
Besiktas v RB Leipzig Besiktas are winless in their last six Champions League games at home (D3 L3), their longest drought in the competition. Their last win dates back to November 2007 against Marseille (2-1).