- These teams have met four times previously in UEFA competition. They met in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup third round when Dortmund won both legs 1-0 then in the 2022/23 Champions League group stage when a 3-0 home win for Dortmund on Matchday 1 was followed by a 1-1 draw in Copenhagen on Matchday 6.
- Copenhagen have won only one of their previous 17 UEFA competition matches against German teams (D6 L10). However, the Danish outfit have lost only two of their previous 19 home Champions League group stage/league phase matches (W8 D9).
- Copenhagen midfielder Thomas Delaney made 88 appearances for Dortmund between 2018–21 while forward Youssoufa Moukoko joined FCK in the summer from Dortmund, where he became the youngest ever Champions League player.
- This is Dortmund’s 200th match in European Cup/Champions League history. They are only the second German team to reach the landmark after Bayern.
- Dortmund have scored four goals in successive Champions League matches for the first time since the 2014/15 group stage (4-0 a, 4-1 h vs Galatasaray). They have never scored four in three successive games in the competition.
- Serhou Guirassy has scored 16 goals in his first 20 Champions League appearances – only Erling Haaland has more – and has 11 in his last 11 games in the competition’s group stage/league phase.
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By Eddy Muweesi
