Borussia Dortmund sit atop Group F with a two-point lead over reigning champions Real Madrid, meaning the Spaniards need to win if they are to qualify for the last 16 as group winners. Both teams have already secured their place in the knockout stages of the competition.

  • Borussia Dortmund will travel to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday (20:45 CET, live on ZDF) for the sixth time, having previously played there in 1998, 2003, 2012, 2013 and 2014. They are yet to win at the home of Real Madrid, though the match between the sides in November 2012 yielded a 2-2 draw. The other four matches were all lost, with one goal scored and nine conceded.
  • Roman Weidenfeller is the only player still active from when the clubs squared off in the group stages of the 2002/03 edition of the competition. Real Madrid won 2-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu that year, while the teams drew 1-1 in Dortmund. Real's current coach Zinédine Zidane played in both of those matches.
  • With 19 goals already scored, BVB only need one more goal to equal the record of 20 goals in the UEFA Champions League group stages. This was set by Manchester United in the 1998/99 campaign and subsequently equalled by Barcelona in 2011/12 and Real Madrid in 2013/14.
  • The Black and Yellows have won seven of their last ten away matches at European level but only have one victory from their 12 visits to Spain (a 1-0 win over Atlético Madrid in 1996 thanks to Stefan Reuter's winner).
  • Real Madrid have won each of their last eight home games in Europe's elite club competition, though the goals in their 2-1 win over Sporting Lisbon on Matchday 1 of the current campaign came very late on. Los Blancos' last 32 home games in the UEFA Champions League have produced 28 victories and only one defeat. That loss, by a 4-3 scoreline against Schalke 04 in 2014/15, was also Real's only home defeat against German opposition (11 victories, two draws, one defeat).
  • Real are unbeaten in 33 competitive matches, with the last defeat coming in a 2-0 loss away to Wolfsburg in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg. (br)