Carlo Ancelotti’s men weren’t at the races for a while but eventually rallied to an impressive win. Re-live the action with the best facts and Opta data in our Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund stats page.
Vinícius Junior’s first Champions League hat-trick played a pivotal role as Real Madrid came from 2-0 down to thrash Borussia Dortmund 5-2 at the Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday.
Madrid found themselves trailing by two at the break thanks to goals from Donyell Malen and Jamie Gittens, with Dortmund on course for a measure of revenge for their Champions League final defeat last season.
But the home side, who’d not won a UCL game in which they’d trailed 2-0 since 2004, fought back in astonishing fashion after half-time.
Antonio Rüdiger and Vinícius struck in under two minutes around the hour mark to restore parity, before Lucas Vázquez – arguably at fault for Gittens’ goal – fired home in the 86th minute.
Vinícius completed the emphatic turnaround with another couple of brilliant late goals, as Madrid equalled their record for the most goals scored in a single half of Champions League football.
Up next for Los Blancos? El Clásico against Barcelona at the Bernabéu on Saturday.
All the Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund stats from their UEFA Champions League meeting at the Santiago Bernabéu.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund: Key Post-Match Facts
- Antonio Rüdiger has now scored two goals in his last three UEFA Champions League appearances, as many as he managed in his first 56 matches in the competition.
- Aged 20 years and 75 days, Jamie Gittens tonight became the youngest Englishman to score against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, surpassing Alan Smith who scored against Los Blancos for Leeds United in March 2001 (20y 129d).
- Kylian Mbappé has been involved in six goals in nine games against Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League (4 goals, 2 assists), providing a goal contribution against the German club for all three of the clubs he’s represented in the competition (Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid). Only against Club Brugge (8 – 5 goals, 3 assists) has the Frenchman been involved in more goals in the competition than against Dortmund.
- Donyell Malen is the first opposition player from the Netherlands to score against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu since Klaas Jan Huntelaar in March 2015, who was also representing a German club (Schalke 04), and the seventh Dutch player overall to do so.
- Real Madrid made it 2-2 from 0-2 down within the space of 105 seconds tonight, with Antonio Rüdiger scoring Los Blancos’ first goal on 59:17 before Vinícius Júnior equalised with 61:02 on the clock.
