Borussia Dortmund

Dortmund’s profile is built on balance rather than pure firepower. Bayern Munich are the only side in this comparison scoring at a clearly higher rate, but Dortmund still sit ahead of RB Leipzig and combine that with the best defensive record in the group. That matters: Stuttgart are easier to get at, RB Leipzig score less, and Dortmund’s edge is that they rarely need a wild game to win.

The discipline split is more pronounced away from home. Dortmund average more yellow cards on the road and have picked up the occasional red away, while their home record is cleaner. That fits the wider pattern of a side that controls territory at home but can be dragged into more uncomfortable, reactive matches away.

The biggest wins point to a side capable of putting games away cleanly: 4-0 at home and 3-0 away are not marginal scorelines. The floor, though, has not been catastrophic; their biggest defeats were by a single goal. That suggests Dortmund’s bad days usually look like narrow losses rather than collapses, which is often the mark of a side with a reliable defensive base.

The corner numbers underline how different Dortmund can look by venue. At home they generate heavy pressure, winning more than twice as many corners as they do away, while the away figures flip towards opponents having more territory. For Celtic, that is the kind of split that matters: survive the home pressure and Dortmund look more manageable when they are not camped in the final third.