Arsenal vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction

How each side has been playing

Arsenal's recent sample shows 14 wins from 20 games with only three defeats, and they've been tight at the back too, conceding just 19 in that run. Their last five have been largely positive, including a Champions League win over Lille and a Premier League win over Leeds, with a home loss to Nottingham Forest the main blemish.

Arsenal: 20 completed matches; Borussia Dortmund: 20 completed matches.

Arsenal

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

38

Conceded

20

Difference

+18

Borussia Dortmund

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

38

Conceded

22

Difference

+16

Dortmund's record over a similar number of games is solid on paper, 13 wins from 20, but the pattern is less settled. They've mixed a home win over Frankfurt and an away win at Sabah with a draw against Union Berlin and a defeat away at Bodo/Glimt, so form has swung from game to game rather than building any real momentum.

Arsenal's form looks steadier, while Dortmund have shown they can beat decent sides away but also lose to less heralded opposition.

Comparative Team Statistics: Arsenal vs Borussia Dortmund

Head-to-head history

Most of the meetings between these two go back to Champions League group stages in the early 2010s, with results split fairly evenly between home and away wins and one draw. That history is old enough that it tells us little about either side's current strength.

More recently, Dortmund beat Arsenal 3-2 in a pre-season friendly at the Emirates in August, though that was a non-competitive fixture and shouldn't be read as a form guide either.

Where they sit in this Champions League campaign

In the current league phase, Arsenal have made a perfect start, two wins from two without conceding a goal. Dortmund have one win and one loss from their two games, leaving them well below Arsenal in this particular standings snapshot.

That gap reflects how each side has performed in Europe specifically this season, separate from their domestic league form.

A fixture still a month out

This match is roughly a month away from the form data we're looking at, and both squads have had busy schedules since, mixing league, cup and continental fixtures. That kind of workload can shift form quickly in either direction by the time they actually meet.

Dortmund in particular have shown they can be inconsistent away from home, so how they're travelling closer to kickoff will matter more than this snapshot alone.