Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 6 December 2017

Result

Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund

Champions League · Wednesday 6 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

Real Madrid · Borussia Dortmund · Champions League predictions

Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund: match report

Real Madrid won against Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 6 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

Borja Mayoral opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Borja Mayoral (8'), Cristiano Ronaldo (12') and Lucas Vázquez (81'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (43') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (48').

Discipline: Real Madrid received no yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 23rd on 10 points from 5 and Borussia Dortmund 59th on 2 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 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Vázquez of Real Madrid (8.5), ahead of Isco (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 5 draws and 2 for Borussia Dortmund.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Borja MayoralReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 2-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Marc BartraBorussia Dortmund
  • 43'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangBorussia Dortmund · 2-1
  • 48'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangBorussia Dortmund · 2-2
  • 81'Goal · Lucas VázquezReal Madrid · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 3, draws 5, Borussia Dortmund 2.

Team news

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

Keylor Navas, Nacho Fernández, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Theo Hernández, Mateo Kovacic, Casemiro, Isco, Lucas Vázquez, Borja Mayoral, Cristiano Ronaldo

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

Roman Bürki, Sokratis, Neven Subotić, Marcel Schmelzer, Marc Bartra, Nuri Şahin, Mahmoud Dahoud, Raphaël Guerreiro, Christian Pulisic, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, S. Kagawa