Borussia Dortmund vs Barcelona summary: score, stats, goals and highlights | Champions League 2024/25

Golden Guirassy

Serhou Guirassy's 13 goals in this season's Champions League make the Guinean the highest-scoring African player in a single campaign.

Guirassy has overtaken Sebastien Haller's previous mark of 11, for Ajax in 2021/22.

Szczesny's first Barça loss

Today's defeat in Dortmund is the first time that Wojciech Szczesny has been on the losing side as a Barça player.

Guirassy's hat-trick history

Per Mister Chip, Serhou Guirassy is the first player ever to score a hat-trick in a Champions League knockout game but suffer elimination.

"A bad performance"

Barcelona defener Jules Koundé has spoken of his “disappointment” at Barça’s display tonight. 

“We lacked a little bit of everything we did well in the first leg,” the Frenchman told Spanish TV channel Movistar, adding: “We weren’t up to the mark tonight […] a bad performance.”

Koundé - who had a face like thunder, it must be said - also conceded he was "happy" to be back in the Champions League semi-finals.

The UCL semi-finals as it stands

With tomorrow's quarter-final second legs still to play, this is what the Champions League semi-final line-up looks like:

Barcelona vs Inter Milan/Bayern Munich

Real Madrid/Arsenal vs Paris Saint-Germain

A reminder that the semis are to be played on April 29/30 and May 6/7.

The winners of the two last-four clashes will advance to the final, at Munich's Allianz Arena, on May 31.

"Not our best day"

Barcelona boss Hansi Flick has just spoken to Spanish TV network Movistar.

“It was not our best day, but it was also not easy to play against this Dortmund," Flick said. "But we’re in the semi-finals - that was our goal.”

On Barça's return to the semi-finals, he said: “The Champions League is the best competition in the world, so when you reach the [status of being among the] best four teams in Europe, this is great for the club.”

Asked whether he'd rather face Inter Milan or Bayern Munich in the semis, he - predictably - said he had no preference.

Dortmund's xG excellence

Per SofaScore, Dortmund’s xG today was the highest by any Champions League or LaLiga team against Barcelona in the last three seasons.

Five-star Serhou

Guirassy's treble today took his season total against Barcelona to five. That's a Champions League record, says Opta.

PSG edge Villa to take place in semis

In tonight's other quarter-final second leg, Aston Villa have pushed PSG all the way - but it is the Parisians who head into the semi-finals.

PSG took a 2-0 lead in Birmingham - leaving them 5-1 up on aggregate - but Villa scored three times to fight back to 5-4. That was how it finished!

This is PSG's second appearance in the Champions League semis in the last three years.

Barça set for Inter or Bayern in last four

Having ended their six-year wait for a Champions League semi-final place, Barcelona now advance to a last-four tie with either Inter Milan or Bayern Munich.

Leading 2-1 from the first leg in Bavaria, Inter host Bayern in the second leg of the quarter-finals tomorrow.

"This club deserves this"

Right after the final whistle, Barça's Ronald Araujo tells Movistar:

"First and foremost, we’re happy [despite the second leg defeat]. We’re back in the semi finals. This club deserves this. It’s been six years."

Peep peep peep!

Barcelona are through to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since 2019, and Borussia Dortmund have restored their pride in this second leg.

The Germans were utterly dominated in the first leg last week, but they’ve beaten Barça tonight and there were moments when they threatened to pull of a stunning comeback. 

This is the first game that Barça have lost in 2025; Hansi Flick's men came into this second leg on a 24-match unbeaten run.

Dortmund win a corner on the right. Can they make the final 30 seconds interesting?

Nope. Brandt's delivery is poor; it flies high and behind at the far post.

Just inside the Dortmund half, Olmo jinks away from his man and wins a free-kick.

Barring the latest of late shows, Barça are about to return to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in six years.

Four minutes of added time in Dortmund.

When the fourth official lifted the board, there was an audible groan of displeasure from the home supporters. They wanted more.

Guirassy joins goal-scoring greats

Mister Chip notes that Guirassy is only the eighth player in history to score at least 13 goals in a single European Cup/Champions League season.

He has now overtaken Raphinha as the Champions League's top scorer this term.

Lewandowski is replaced by Dani Olmo.

The Pole remains on 99 goals for Barcelona.

Oh, that's a waste. Duranville threads the ball out wide to Gross, who has acres of space to pick out a cross.

Gross thinks someone will have peeled off to the top of the box, and cuts back to that very spot. Unfortunately for the hosts, nobody did peel off.

There are howls of frustration from the home fans.

Éric García is - unwittingly - so close to scoring Barça's second!

From the right, Koundé fizzes a ball into the middle, where García happens to find himself in the path of the ball's trajectory. It bounces off the substitute - and flies just wide! 

This has second leg has been much, much more fun than I was expecting.

Brandt, by the way, was just on as one of two substitutions made by Dortmund. Jamie Gittens is also on. 

Adeyemi and Yan Couto were brought off.

Oh, my. Right away, Brandt is released on the right wing, before scampering into the Barça box and firing low into the corner.

But the flag is up - and Brandt was indeed offside.

Dortmund have just over 10 minutes, plus stoppage time, to find another two goals.

Just as I write that, Raphinha jinks dangerously into the Dortmund box, cutting further and further inside in search of space to shoot on his left.

He does indeed find that space, but his low strike is just too close to Kobel. The Dortmund goalkeeper gets down to grab hold of the ball.

It is worth noting, though, that as things stand Dortmund will be the first team this calendar year to beat Barça in a match.

Just under 20 minutes to go at Signal Iduna Park, where that Barça goal has changed the feel of this second half.

After Guirassy's second goal, there was suddenly real belief that a comeback might, might be on. Since Bensebaini's own goal, that belief has pretty much gone.

Two more changes for Barcelona: Fermin and Lamine Yamal are off for Éric García and Ferran Torres.

In the meantime, there have been two more goals at Villa Park - both for the hosts.

John McGinn and Ezri Konsa have each scored for Unai Emery's men, bringing them back to just one goal from levelling the tie at 5-5.

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Dortmund make two changes: Reyna and Duranville are on, with Nmecha and Beier making way.

Fermín should probably score Barcelona's second there.

On the left, Martín brings the ball forward, before squaring to the top of the box.

Pedri (I think it was) lets it run between his legs, leaving Fermín in acres of space to shoot from the edge of the area. But his strike is high.

A record-equalling UCL o.g.

According to Mister Chip, that Bensebaini own goal is the 19th in Barcelona's favor since the Champions League began. That leaves the Blaugrana alongside Real Madrid as the most frequent beneficiaries of own goals in the competition's history.

Dortmund aren't done just yet. 

De Jong loses it midway inside his own half, in an area where he really doesn't want to be losing it. 

Dortmund release Beier into shooting space on the right, but he pulls his strike just the wrong side of the post.

Here is that Barcelona change: Pedri replaces Gavi.

Nmecha goes into the book for dragging Gavi back as he prepared to break towards the Dortmund box.

Barça are about to make a change.

Right. How can Barça respond? They're still wo goals up, but the danger level has just been raised to orange.

Right away, the visitors win a corner - which Araujo can only head weakly at Kobel.

Right before Guirassy scored his and Dortmund's second, the hosts drew two fine saves from Szczesny.

First, Adeyemi scampered into the Barça box, before fizzing a shot towards the Pole's left-hand corner. Szczesny beat it out, before getting up and parrying a follow-up strike by Gross.

"This opening period of the first half will be key," says Spanish pundit Axel Torres on Movistar. "It'll decide whether or not Dortmund are still in this tie."

Peeeep! We're back underway.

No half-time changes for either team.

It's almost go-time for the second half at Signal Iduna Park. The Dortmund players have been out on the pitch for a couple of minutes, but Barça have rather dragged their heels about reappearing.

They finally re-emerge, to loud jeers from the home fans.

Musical muck-up

Incidentally, Villa Park was, rather bizarrely, treated to an unexpected rendition of the Europa League anthem when the players lined up today.

PSG heading for semis at Villa's expense

At half time in Birmingham, it remains 2-1 to PSG, giving Luis Enrique's men a 5-2 aggregate advantage.

Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes scored for Villa, before Youri Tielemans got one back for Unai Emery's hosts.

Serhou Guirassy celebrates after netting from the penalty spot for Dortmund.

"It's not over yet"

Our friends at SofaScore note that Dortmund generated an xG of 2.05 in that first half; Barça, meanwhile, managed just 0.02.

Peep peep peep!

That’s half time in Dortmund, where Barça have been meh and the hosts have been much better than a week ago.

Dortmund lead on the night thanks to Serhou Guirassy’s early penalty, but Barça still have a three-goal cushion.

There will be two minutes of time added on.

Svensson lifts a high corner kick into the box; it's turned behind for a second, which will be taken by Gross.

Gross's delivery is headed away, but Lamine Yamal gives it straight back to Adeyemi.

He carries it towards the top of the Barça box, before turning into shooting space. He attempts to whip a left-footed curler into Szczesny's bottom right-hand corner, but his strike is a yard or two wide. Enterprising play nonetheless.

More goals to tell you about in Birmingham. Nuno Mendes made it 2-0 on the night to PSG midway through the first half, before Youri Tielemans pulled one back for Villa just under 10 minutes later.

All of which means it's 5-2 on aggregate to PSG as things stand.

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Oh, Jules. If Koundé's first touch had been a bit better, he would have had a one-on-one with Kobel.

From the left, De Jong whips in an inswinging cross that beats the Dortmund defence and drops to Koundé in space, on the edge of the six-yard box.

The Frenchman's control lets him down, and Kobel darts off his line to claim the ball.

That's a smart stop by Szczesny, who prevents Adeyemi from doubling Dortmund's lead on the night.

Released on the left, Adeyemi barrels into the Barça box, before twisting and turning into shooting space. He gives himself quite a narrow angle to shoot from, and Szczesny has the near post well covered.

Adeyemi's first touch at the start of his run, incidentally, was a thing of beauty.

De Jong is the first player to go into Mr Mariani's book, after bringing down Nmecha.

Goal-machine Guirassy

Spanish soccer stats guru Mister Chip notes that Guirassy is now Dortmund's highest ever scorer in a single European Cup/Champions League season. 

His penalty is his 11th goal in the Champions League this term.

Serhou Guirassy after scoring Dortmund's opener at Signal Iduna Park.

That's terrific defending by Süle, who celebrates as if he'd rocketed a 30-yarder into the top corner.

Lewandowski produces a wonderful, first-time offload to release Raphinha into space on the left wing. However, Süle is back quickly to dispossess the Brazilian, before he can advance on towards the danger area.

On present evidence, Dortmund have more goals in them.

From the right-hand channel, Gross curls a delivery into the middle, where Beier has a free header. He nods firmly towards goal, but Szczesny grabs hold. The flag is up against Beier anyway, I think.

Flick looked more than a little cheesed off over on the touchline. And little wonder, frankly.

Oh, wow. Anton gets himself into a dreadful mess there, but gets away with it.

The Dortmund defender's clearance bounces back off Fermín, giving Barça a three-on-two all of a sudden. The visitors waste the opportunity, though.

Lewandowski feeds it back to Fermín, who runs into the box and gets his finish all wrong. Not only that, but he is offside when Lewandowski plays the pass, so it wouldn't have counted anyway.

Adeyemi twists and turns on the left wing, but can't find a way through.

Dortmund recycle the ball out to the right-hand channel, where Nmecha lifts a ball around the corner and into the Barça box. His pass runs straight through to Szczesny.

Barça win a free-kick deep on the left. Raphinha thuds a high ball over to the back stick, where Cubarsí rises to meet it. He can't turn it towards goal or to a colleague, and - despite Araujo's attempts to prevent it - Dortmund clear.

Dortmund win a corner on the left, which is whipped over to the far post. Bensebaini is there to nod it towards goal, but it's comfortable for Szczesny.

Nonetheless, this is proving a far more intriguing second leg than I, for one, was expecting.

In what feels like Barça's first real spell in the Dortmund half for a good 10 minutes or so, Raphinha cuts inside from the left. He clips an outside-of-the-boot ball into the area, where men in Blaugrana shirts are waiting, but Dortmund deal with it.

Gross has the ball in the net for Dortmund - but he's offside, and he knew it.

Nmecha fed a low through ball into the former Brighton man's path, and he carried it on into the Barça box. With Szczesny coming out to meet him, he dinked it past the Pole and into the net... but it won't count.

At Villa Park, PSG have now extended their aggregate lead to 4-1. Achraf Hakimi has given the visitors an early lead in Birmingham.

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That goal is Dortmund's reward for a very lively opening 10 minutes or so.

Penalty to Dortmund!

Gross runs through and is brought down by Szczesny - and Mariani points to the spot!

The penalty award is initially overruled for an offside, before a VAR check confirms that there was no such infringement.

This is proving a lively couple of minutes for Dortmund.

Again Adeyemi and Guirassy are involved, the former turning it into the path of the latter inside the box. Guirassy is pretty much lying on his back when he receives it, though, and he can only waft a leg at the ball, somewhat unsuccessfully.

A moment later, the hosts want a penalty for a Gavi challenge on Yan Couto, but they don't get one.

Well, well, that's a better opening for the hosts. An early goal is crucial to any hopes of a comeback, and they almost have one there.

Adeyemi feeds it out to the left to Svensson, who fizzes in a low ball towards Guirassy in the middle. It's a good ball, too - but Guirassy can't turn it past Szczesny from six yards out.

The first shot of the night goes to Dortmund.

Guirassy does well to win it back on the left-hand side, before feeding Beier in a central area.

Beier has plenty of space to scuttle forward and let fly, but he drags his strike well wide from 30 yards or so.

In the game's first moment of real attacking purpose so far, Fermín tries to lift a pass over to the left-hand side of the box, where Raphinha has made a forward run. Fermín's ball is far too close to Kobel, who scampers off his line to claim.

Barcelona, by the way, are sporting the rather unusual combination of home shirt + white shorts.

Peeeep! After what actually turned out to be an applause rather than a silence, Signor Mariani gets us going!

Signal Iduna Park pays respects to Burgsmüller

Before we get underway in Dortmund, there'll be a minute's silence for BVB club legend Wilhelm Burgsmüller, who died at the age of 93 earlier this month.

The Chaaaaampiooons

Out come the teams! UCL anthem time!

Last look at the line-ups

The two teams are lining up in the Signal Iduna Park tunnel as we speak.

Here’s a final reminder of the XIs:

Borussia Dortmund

Kobel, Süle, Anton, Bensebaini, Yan Couto, Nmecha, Gross, Svensson, Beier, Adeyemi, Guirassy

Barcelona

 Szczesny, Koundé, Araujo, Cubarsí, Martín, De Jong, Gavi, Lamine Yamal, Fermín, Raphinha, Lewandowski

Flick brings up Barça half century

Today’s game is Hansi Flick’s 50th as Barcelona boss, by the way.

In his 49 matches in the Blaugrana dugout so far, he’s overseen 37 victories, six draws and six defeats.

Also in UCL action tonight...

A reminder that you can also follow live-text coverage of today’s other Champions League quarter-final clash on AS USA.

Over in Birmingham, Villa host a PSG team that have one foot in the semi-finals, after the Ligue 1 champions ran out 3-1 winners in last week’s first leg.

Follow Villa vs PSG live.

Who is the VAR?

The video assistant referee for Dortmund vs Barça is Italy’s Marco Di Bello. His assistant VAR will be compatriot Daniele Doveri.

Who is tonight's referee?

Match referee Maurizio Mariani will be leading an all-Italian team of officials at Signal Iduna Park.

Marian's assistants are Daniele Bindoni and Alberto Tegoni, and the fourth official is Simone Souza.

Dortmund chase another UCL semi

Were Borussia Dortmund to become the second ever UCL team to turn a four-goal first-leg deficit on its head, the Germans would reach their second straight Champions League semi-final.

Under Edin Terzic, Dortmund made it all the way to last season's final, before losing 2-0 to Real Madrid at Wembley.

How many teams have overturned a four-goal first-leg deficit in the UCL?

I expect you don’t need me to tell you that the answer is: one. And that it was Dortmund’s opponents who did it.

Under current PSG boss Luis Enrique, Barça recovered from a 4-0 first-leg defeat to the Frenchmen in 2016/17. 

Sergi Roberto’s toe-poked volley sealed a historic remontada, as the Blaugrana won the return 6-1 to win the last-16 tie.

Warm-ups well underway

With just about 20 minutes to go until kick-off, both teams are out and limbering up.

Fearsome Flick

Dortmund’s record against any team coach by Flick isn’t good, either.

The 60-year-old has won seven out of seven career meetings with Dortmund as a coach.

Barça on verge of emulating the Gers

According to Opta, Dortmund’s negative streak in games against Barça is just one short of their longest ever winless run against a European opponent.

When the teams last met in Dortmund...

Barcelona's unbeaten record against Dortmund includes a match-up at Signal Iduna Park earlier this season. 

The teams faced off in the league phase in December, with the visitors winning a thriller.

Barça were twice pegged back by Serhou Guirassy goals for Dortmund, but emerged with a 3-2 victory thanks to Ferran Torres’s late winner.

Barça unbeaten by Borussia

By the way, if Dortmund are to somehow turn this tie around, they’ll need to produce a result that belies their woeful head-to-head record against Barcelona.

In six meetings in European competition, the Germans have never beaten the Blaugrana: Barça have won four, with two draws.

Can Lewa beat his UCL PB?

Lewandowski needs four more goals to beat his single-season personal best in the Champions League: he banged in 15 for Bayern in the Germans’ most recent European title-winning campaign, in 2019/20. 

It is worth noting, though, that Raphinha is actually Barça's top scorer in Europe this term. The Brazilian is one ahead of Lewandowski, on 12.
 
The outright single-season record is currently Cristiano Ronaldo’s: the Portuguese hit an unmatched 17 for Real Madrid in 2013/14.

Lewandowski on cusp of Culé century

Now 36, Robert Lewandowski is on 99 goals for Barcelona - just two and a half years after joining the club.

In his 141 appearances for Barça, the Pole also has 20 assists.

And this term has been Lewandowski’s most prolific in Catalonia: he has racked up 40 goals in 46 games, including 11 in 11 in the Champions League.

What the coaches said: Hansi Flick

Barcelona players take a walk on the Signal Iduna Park pitch ahead of kick-off.

What the coaches said: Niko Kovac

At a glance: Dortmund’s last five results

April 12: Bayern Munich 2-2 Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga)
April 9: Barcelona 4-0 Borussia Dortmund (UCL)
April 5: Freiburg 1-4 Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga)
March 30: Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Mainz (Bundesliga)
March 15: RB Leipzig 2-0 Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga)

What has Dortmund's recent form been like?

Not only does Barça’s form suggest that a borderline miraculous comeback is not on the cards; so, too, does Dortmund’s. 

Niko Kovac’s distinctly up-and-down team are eighth in the Bundesliga, having lost four in their last nine in the German top flight.

They’re a whopping 27 points off the top of the Bundesliga, and six points shy of the Champions League places.

In all competitions, Dortmund have registered just three wins in their last eight games.

Four changes as hosts face mission: impossible

There are also a quartet of changes for Dortmund, who drew 2-2 with Bayern Munich on Saturday.

Emre Can is ruled out by injury, and Julian Ryerson, Julian Brandt and Salih Özcan also drop out of the team.

Karim Adeyemi, Felix Nmecha, Yan Couto and Ramy Bensebaini all come in.

Confirmed Borussia Dortmund line-up

Dortmund head coach Niko Kovac has also confirmed his team: Kobel, Süle, Anton, Bensebaini, Yan Couto, Nmecha, Gross, Svensson, Beier, Adeyemi, Guirassy.

Martín in for Balde, Íñigo kept back

Hansi Flick makes four changes to the team that beat Leganés at the weekend: Pau Cubarsí, Gerard Martín, Frenkie De Jong and Gavi are all in, with Alejandro Balde, Íñigo Martínez, Éric García and Pedri making way.

Martín replaces the injured Balde, while Barça’s boss appears to have opted against risking losing Martínez for a potential semi-final first leg: he's one yellow away from a Champions League ban.

A reminder that all outstanding yellows are wiped after the quarter-finals.

Confirmed Barcelona line-up

Hansi Flick has named his XI at Signal Iduna Park: Szczesny, Koundé, Araujo, Cubarsí, Martín, De Jong, Gavi, Lamine Yamal, Fermín, Raphinha, Lewandowski.

At a glance: Barcelona’s last five results

April 12: Leganés 0-1 Barcelona (LaLiga)
April 9: Barcelona 4-0 Borussia Dortmund (UCL)
April 5: Barcelona 1-1 Real Betis (LaLiga)
April 2: Atlético Madrid 0-1 Barcelona (Copa del Rey)
March 30: Barcelona 4-1 Girona (LaLiga)
 

But Barcelona's form suggests that won’t happen

After all, Barça are unbeaten in all competitions in 2025: their last defeat was a 2-1 LaLiga loss to Atlético Madrid on December 21

Since then, the Catalans have gone 24 games without losing - and have won 20 of them.

That run has not only taken Flick's men to the brink of the Champions League semi-finals, but has also left them in pole position to win LaLiga. They currently lead the Spanish league table by four points.

What's more, the Blaugrana are through to a Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid later this month.

Barça also suffered UCL collapse last year

It’s not quite as egregious an example as the Liverpool and Roma ties… but it’s also worth noting that, in last season’s quarter-finals, Barça were 4-2 up on Paris Saint-Germain with half time approaching in the second leg.

Not helped, of course, by Ronald Araújo’s first-half red card, the Catalans ended up conceding four unanswered goals, to go out 6-4 on aggregate.

When Barça blew big first-leg leads in the UCL

Despite winning the first leg 3-0 at the Camp Nou, Barça failed to make the 2019 final when Liverpool walloped the Culés 4-0 in the return at Anfield.

And that collapse, which was sealed by a now-legendary quick corner-kick by Trent Alexander-Arnold, followed a similar disaster the year before.

After a 4-1 opening-leg win over Roma in the 2017/18 quarter-finals, Barça managed to lose on away goals, going down 3-0 in the return in Italy.

Can Barça end six-year UCL semi-final absence

Should Barça complete the job tonight, they’ll return to the Champions League last four for the first time in six years.

And as they prepare to defend a big first-leg lead today, that 2018/19 semi-final against Liverpool is something they'll not want to be reminded of.

Who will the winners play next in the UCL?

Either Inter Milan or another of Lewandowski's old clubs, Bayern Munich, await in the semis.

Bayern visit Inter in the second leg of the clubs' quarter-final tomorrow, and the Bavarians face an uphill battle to progress.

Goals by Lautaro Martínez and Davide Frattesi gave Inter a 2-1 first-leg win at the Allianz Arena, where Thomas Müller replied for the hosts.

Barça bosh Borussia in first-leg thrashing

Six days ago in Catalonia, Barcelona put one foot in the semi-finals by absolutely overwhelming Dortmund at Montjuïc.

Raphinha opened the scoring for the Blaugrana midway through the first half, pinching Pau Cubarsí’s goal when he got a foot to it on the line. (And the Brazilian’s unnecessary involvement  very nearly caused the goal to be ruled out for offside.)

After the break, former Dortmund star Robert Lewandowski netted two more for Barça, before Lamine Yamal completed the 4-0 rout with a sublime, toe-poked finish.

What time does BVB vs Barça kick off in the U.S.?

Kick-off at Signal Iduna Park is at 9:00 p.m. local time. In the U.S., that translates into a 3:00 p.m ET/12 noon start.

I’ll bring you team news from Dortmund as soon as it’s in.

Borussia Dortmund vs Barcelona: welcome

Bona tarda, guten Abend.

In recent Champions League history, Barcelona have been known to chuck away a handsome first-leg lead. But surely, surely, there will be no repeat of Rome 2018 or Liverpool 2019 here, will there?

Having utterly dominated Dortmund last week, Hansi Flick’s men take a four-goal advantage into today’s quarter-final second leg in Germany - and are very close to a long-awaited return to the Champions League semi-finals.