League phase, matchday 1

3 - 2

Full time

Tuesday 8 September 2026 · 20:00 · HT 0-0 · Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund · Referee Simone Sozza

Borussia Dortmund v Villarreal: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Borussia Dortmund's last 1 home game and Villarreal's last 3 away games in their leagues before kick-off, both teams scored in 2 of 4, over 2.5 goals in 2 of 4, with 10.5 corners per match (league 10.7) and 5.3 cards (league 3.7).

League only

All competitions

Figures, form and bet builder stats use each side's league games.

Seasons

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League games only

· 2026/27

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Match stats

Borussia Dortmund v Villarreal, full match

52%

Possession

48%

2.83

Expected goals (xG)

1.46

18

Shots

13

6

Shots on target

6

9

Corners

7

15

Fouls

10

1

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

38'

Yellow card

Pau Navarro VIL

38'

Yellow card

Waldemar Anton BOR

42'

Yellow card

Sergi Cardona VIL

66'

Goal

Santiago Mouriño VIL

80'

Goal

Serhou Guirassy BOR

83'

Yellow card

Santiago Mouriño VIL

85'

Penalty

Serhou Guirassy BOR

At a glance

Borussia Dortmund

W

Villarreal

L

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Borussia Dortmund's home games and Villarreal's away games in their leagues this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Borussia Dortmund's last 1 home game and Villarreal's last 3 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

2/4 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

3/4 games · League 79%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

2/4 games · League 71%

Over 3.5 goals

50%

2/4 games · League 54%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

2/4 games · League 62%

Over 3.5 cards

100%

4/4 games · League 52%

Borussia Dortmund clean sheet

100%

1/1 games · League 25%

Villarreal clean sheet

0%

0/3 games · League 25%

Borussia Dortmund fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 25%

Villarreal fail to score

33%

1/3 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.8

League 3.6

Corners

10.5

League 10.7

Cards

5.3

League 3.7

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Borussia Dortmund

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Gregor Kobel

DEFENDERS

3

14

22

24

26

MIDFIELDERS

8

Felix Nmecha

25

Joey Veerman

FORWARDS

9

Serhou Guirassy

19

Konstantinos Karetsas

20

Marcel Sabitzer

SUBSTITUTES

30

33

36

49

7

17

18

40

21

41

Villarreal

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

25

Péter Gulácsi

DEFENDERS

6

12

15

23

MIDFIELDERS

14

Santi Comesaña

18

Pape Gueye

24

Nathan-Dylan Saliba

FORWARDS

9

Georges Mikautadze

17

Tajon Buchanan

21

Tani Oluwaseyi

SUBSTITUTES

1

13

2

3

5

10

11

16

7

19

22

Referee: Simone Sozza

2 games in the Bundesliga this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.5

League 3.7

Yellow cards per game

3.5

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

21.5

League 22.6

Penalties per game

1.0

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BOR

VIL

Match

League

Goals per match

3.5

3.9

Over 0.5

100%

2/2

100%

4/4

100%

6/6

89%

Over 1.5

100%

2/2

75%

3/4

83%

5/6

83%

Over 2.5

50%

1/2

75%

3/4

67%

4/6

78%

Over 3.5

50%

1/2

75%

3/4

67%

4/6

67%

Over 4.5

50%

1/2

25%

1/4

33%

2/6

56%

Bet

BOR

VIL

Match

League

Yes

50%

1/2

75%

3/4

67%

4/6

56%

Yes and win

50%

1/2

0%

0/4

25%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

50%

1/2

75%

3/4

67%

4/6

56%

Yes and draw

0%

0/2

50%

2/4

33%

2/6

6%

Yes and loss

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

25%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

17%

1/6

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Bet

BOR

VIL

Match

League

Corners per match

8.5

11.5

10.5

11.4

Over 7.5

50%

1/2

100%

4/4

83%

5/6

83%

Over 8.5

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

50%

3/6

83%

Over 9.5

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

50%

3/6

67%

Over 10.5

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

50%

3/6

67%

Over 11.5

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

50%

3/6

56%

Over 12.5

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

50%

3/6

44%

Referee Simone Sozza: 3.5 cards and 21.5 fouls per game in 2 games this season

Bet

BOR

VIL

Match

League

Cards per match

5.0

5.3

5.2

3.6

Over 2.5

100%

2/2

100%

4/4

100%

6/6

67%

Over 3.5

100%

2/2

100%

4/4

100%

6/6

61%

Over 4.5

50%

1/2

75%

3/4

67%

4/6

22%

Over 5.5

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

50%

3/6

17%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Georges Mikautadze

3 starts · 0.4 per 90

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

Pape Gueye

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Santi Comesaña

3 starts · 0.0 per 90

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.