Facts
AS Monaco in town for last-eight clash on Tuesday
Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco both have their irresistible attacking football to thank for making it into the last eight of the UEFA Champions League. The quarter-finals do not represent uncharted territory for either side: BVB last reached this stage in 2013/14, while Monaco did so in the following season.
The scenario
The winner of this tie will be making their fourth appearance in the UEFA Champions League/European Cup semi-finals. Borussia Dortmund last reached the last four back in the 2012/13 campaign, when they knocked out Spanish giants Real Madrid before going down to domestic rivals FC Bayern Munich in the final in London. AS Monaco, meanwhile, have not reached the semi-final stage since 2004, when they were beaten by FC Porto in the final.
Borussia Dortmund facts
- Borussia Dortmund have reached the UEFA Champions League/European Cup quarter-finals eight times in total and three times in the last five years. Their quarter-final record is as follows: five wins, two defeats (most recently in 2013/14, when they lost 3-2 on aggregate to Real Madrid).
- BVB have prevailed in knockout ties with Ligue 1 clubs on four occasions (Bordeaux in 1964, Auxerre in 1993 and 1997, and Lille in 2002) and have only been knocked out by a French side once (Sochaux in 2003).
- Borussia Dortmund are in the quarter-finals of an international competition for the fourth time in the last five years: last season the Black and Yellows lost 5-4 on aggregate to Liverpool in the UEFA Europa League last eight (1-1 at home, 4-3 away). Their only quarter-final triumph during that period was the 3-2 aggregate victory over Malaga in 2012/13.
- BVB have won the home leg of their last four UEFA Champions League quarter-finals (2-0 against Real Madrid, 3-2 against Malaga, 1-0 against Bayern AET and 3-1 against Auxerre). The last loss was 2-0 at home to Ajax in 1996.
- The Black and Yellows have lost only one of their 12 home games in UEFA competitions under Thomas Tuchel (nine wins, two draws). The only defeat was by a 1-0 scoreline against Greeks PAOK Saloniki on Matchday 6 of the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League. The last three European matches at Signal Iduna Park have all ended in victory.
- Borussia Dortmund's home record against French clubs is positive: four victories, three draws and one defeat. The last game ended in a 3-0 win over Marseille in 2013.
AS Monaco facts
- AS Monaco are in the quarter-final of Europe's elite club competition for the fifth time. They have previously won twice and lost twice.
- The principality club are the ninth team in UEFA Champions League history to have progressed through a knockout round after losing the first leg by two goals. They are one of only three clubs – alongside Barcelona and Chelsea – to have accomplished this feat twice (the first time was against Real Madrid in 2003/04).
- Monaco set a new UEFA Champions League record against Manchester City: never before has a team conceded six in a knockout tie and still progressed.
- Monaco's away record against Bundesliga clubs is as follows: three wins, two draws and two defeats. The 3-0 loss in Leverkusen on 7 December 2016 ended a run of five matches without defeat on German soil for the Monegasques.
- The French outfit have won two of their six away matches this season, beating Villareal CF in the first leg of the play-off round and Tottenham Hotspur in the group stage.
- Monaco have emerged victorious in three of their four knockout ties with German clubs.