Real Madrid 2-2 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 7 December 2016

Result

Real Madrid 2-2 Borussia Dortmund

Champions League · Wednesday 7 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Real Madrid · Borussia Dortmund · Champions League predictions

Real Madrid 2-2 Borussia Dortmund: match report

Real Madrid drew with Borussia Dortmund 2-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Karim Benzema (28') and Karim Benzema (53'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (60') and Marco Reus (88').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 18th on 11 points from 5 and Borussia Dortmund 9th on 13 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Carvajal of Real Madrid (8.1), ahead of James Rodríguez (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 4 draws and 2 for Borussia Dortmund.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Luka ModricReal Madrid
  • 53'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 2-0
  • 60'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangBorussia Dortmund · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · CasemiroReal Madrid
  • 71'Yellow card · Sokratis PapastathopoulosBorussia Dortmund
  • 88'Goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 2-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Real Madrid 3, draws 4, Borussia Dortmund 2.

Team news

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)

Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, James Rodríguez, Lucas Vázquez, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Roman Weidenfeller, Łukasz Piszczek, Sokratis, Marc Bartra, Marcel Schmelzer, Julian Weigl, Gonzalo Castro, Christian Pulisic, Ousmane Dembélé, Andre Schürrle, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang