Big Match Feature: Dortmund v PSV

Borussia Dortmund will once again draw on their impressive home form in the Uefa Champions League as they look to overcome PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday and reach the quarterfinals for the first time in three seasons. Catch the action live on SuperSport.

The first leg in the Netherlands – the home side's first in the Champions League knockout rounds in eight seasons – ended 1-1, former PSV forward Donyell Malen's deflected shot giving the visitors a 24th-minute lead. That was cancelled out by a Luuk de Jong penalty 11 minutes into the second period after Malik Tillman had been felled by Mats Hummels.

While Dortmund are in the round of 16 for the ninth time overall and the fifth in six seasons, three of their most recent four last-16 ties ended in elimination and they have not reached the last eight since 2020/21. PSV are making their fifth appearance at this stage – and only their second in 17 seasons – and are bidding to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 2006/07.

This season, Dortmund came top of a competitive Group F ahead of Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and Newcastle United with PSV finishing second behind Arsenal in Group B.

MATCH FACTS

Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in all three of their European meetings with PSV (W1 D2), with their only previous home game finishing 1-1 in October 2002.

PSV are winless in their last 16 away games against German sides (including GDR) in all competitions (D3 L13) since beating Eintracht Braunschweig in December 1977. They’ve lost five of their six such games in the Uefa Champions League, with the exception being a 1-1 draw against Borussia Dortmund in October 2002.

When avoiding defeat away from home in the first leg of a Uefa Champions League knockout stage tie, Borussia