Atalanta have been eliminated from each of their last four major European knockout stage ties when losing the first leg. Their 2-0 loss against Borussia Dortmund was the first time they’ve lost a first leg by more than one goal.
Borussia Dortmund have progressed from seven of their nine UEFA Champions League knockout stage ties when winning the first leg. On both occasions they were eliminated, they’d only won the first leg by a one-goal margin (vs PSG in 2019-20 and Chelsea in 2022-23).
Before this season, there have been 126 occasions of a team losing the first leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie by 2+ goals – only 15 have gone on to progress, most recently Liverpool against Barcelona in the 2018-19 semi-final.
Atalanta are winless in all three of their previous meetings with Borussia Dortmund in all competitions (D1 L2), with their only home game against them ending 1-1 in the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League.
Borussia Dortmund have won just one of their last eight away games against Italian sides in all competitions (D2 L5), beating Milan 3-1 in the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Atalanta have lost each of their last three UEFA Champions League games – they’ve never lost four in a row in major European competition before.
Borussia Dortmund have won just one of their last five away games in the UEFA Champions League, conceding four goals in three of these games.
Atalanta had just seven shots in their 2-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg – only once have they had fewer in their 42 UEFA Champions League games (2 vs Real Madrid in February 2021).
Serhou Guirassy has been involved in 24 goals in just 23 UEFA Champions League games for Borussia Dortmund (17 goals, 7 assists), the second most for the club after Marco Reus (37 – 24 goals, 13 assists).
Serhou Guirassy and Maximilian Beier were on target in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-0 win over Atalanta in the first leg – only Erling Haaland (2020-21 round of 16 vs Sevilla) has scored in both legs of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie for the German side.
