Borussia Dortmund 2–3 Barcelona — UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2024Wed, 11 Dec 2024, 20:00 UTC

Borussia Dortmund

WWLWW

2–3Historical match

Barcelona

LWWWW

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Barcelona won 2–3.

Shots: 1213
Shots on target: 28
Expected goals: 2.732.04
Possession: 45%55%

Full time

What the match recorded

Barcelona beat Borussia Dortmund 3–2. Recorded in this match (Borussia Dortmund – Barcelona): shots 12–13, shots on target 2–8, expected goals 2.73–2.04, possession 45%–55%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Barcelona have a visible away split

weak

Barcelona's away-only shot average is below their full-season average.

12.7 shots/match ▲ShotsAway only · Season15 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

Metric	Away only	Season	Baseline
Shots	12.7 shots/match	15 shots/match	13 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

This match

Match statistics

Shots12 shots13 shotsBorussia Dortmund 12 shots, Barcelona 13 shots
Shots on target2 shots8 shotsBorussia Dortmund 2 shots, Barcelona 8 shots
Expected goals2.73 xG2.04 xGBorussia Dortmund 2.73 xG, Barcelona 2.04 xG
Possession45%55%Borussia Dortmund 45%, Barcelona 55%
Corners2 corners3 cornersBorussia Dortmund 2 corners, Barcelona 3 corners
Fouls9 fouls10 foulsBorussia Dortmund 9 fouls, Barcelona 10 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

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Borussia Dortmund: 12 shots, 2 on target, 2.79 xG. Barcelona: 13 shots, 8 on target, 2.13 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Borussia Dortmund 2.79 xG · Barcelona 2.13 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Borussia Dortmund favored in 2 of 11 directional metrics · Barcelona in 7 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Borussia Dortmund6 matchesBarcelona6 matches

3 goals/matchGoals scored6/6▲ 3.5 goals/match

1.5 goals/matchGoals allowed6/6▲ 1.17 goals/match

2.08 xG/matchExpected goals6/6▲ 2.47 xG/match

15.2 shots/matchShots6/615 shots/match

7 shots/match ▲Shots on target6/66.33 shots/match

57.5%Possession6/6● 59.2%

6 corners/match ●Corners6/64.67 corners/match

10 fouls/matchFouls6/610.7 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples6 / 6home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Thu, 12 Dec 2024, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4