At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on September 9, in the first round of the Champions League league phase, Borussia Dortmund will host Villarreal.

According to statistics, in the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons, Dortmund's 16 Champions League league-phase matches produced 70 goals in total, with an average of 4.38 goals per match.
Dortmund have an excellent Champions League home record, having beaten Villarreal 4-0 at home last season.
On the other hand, the Yellow and Blacks have not been strong defensively in the Champions League. They conceded 21 goals in 10 matches last season, with an average of 2.1 goals conceded per game, which was the second-highest average goals conceded in a Champions League season in club history, behind only the 2017/18 season (2.17 goals conceded per game).