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UEFA Champions LeagueMatchday 3Sabah FA vs Borussia Dortmund 1-2
- Aden McCarthy39'
- Serhou Guirassy10'
- Serhou Guirassy53'
- Kick-off
- Tue, 20 Oct 2026 · 16:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku
- Referee
- Javier Alberola Rojas
Match timeline
- 90+1’Substitution
Borussia DortmundEthan Nwaneri ONFábio Silva OFF - 89’Yellow card
Sabah FAAkim Zedadka - 81’SubstitutionSabah FAAbdulakh khaybulaev ONUmarali Rakhmonaliev OFF
- 81’SubstitutionSabah FAChristian Nwachukwu ONJoy Lance Mickels OFF
- 77’SubstitutionBorussia DortmundMaximilian Beier ONDaniel Svensson OFF
- 72’SubstitutionBorussia DortmundKouakou Joane Gadou ONRamy Bensebaini OFF
- 71’SubstitutionBorussia DortmundMarcel Sabitzer ONCarney Chukwuemeka OFF
- 71’SubstitutionBorussia DortmundJobe Bellingham ONFelix Nmecha OFF
Show 8 earlier events
- 65’SubstitutionSabah FAAleksey Isaev ONDu Queiroz OFF
- 65’SubstitutionSabah FAPatrick Orphe Mbina ONKaheem Parris OFF
- 57’Yellow cardSabah FAAden McCarthy
- 53’Goal!Borussia DortmundSerhou GuirassyAssist: Joey Veerman1 – 2
- 49’Yellow cardSabah FAIvan Lepinjica
- 39’Goal!Sabah FAAden McCarthyAssist: Tymoteusz Puchacz1 – 1
- 22’Yellow cardSabah FASteve Solvet
- 10’Goal!Borussia DortmundSerhou Guirassy0 – 1
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
Sabah FABorussia Dortmund- 45%Possession55%
- 13Shots22
- 1.50xG3.73
- 4Shots on Target9
- 4Corners9
- 8Fouls12
- 6Offsides2
- 6Saves3
- 407Passes502
- 4Yellow Cards0
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Sabah FA4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 92Pokatilov
- 80Zedadka
- 3Solvet
- 4McCarthy
- 27Puchacz
- 7Rahmonaliyev
- 13Lepinjica
- 11Parris
- 37Queiroz
- 21Simić
- 20Mickels
Substitutions
- 65’↑10 A. Isaev↓37 Du Queiroz
- 65’↑99 P. Mbina↓11 K. Parris
- 81’↑ Abdulakh khaybulaev↓ Umarali Rakhmonaliev
- 81’↑8 C. Nwachukwu↓20 J. Mickels
Unused substitutes 88 Rodrigo Fernandes, 5 R. Daşdəmirov, 33 Erivaldo Almeida, 6 A. Xaybulayev, 94 R. Mirzəmmədov, 17 T. Mütəllimov, 1 A. Ramazanov, 34 X. Severina, 9 K. Aliyev
Coach V. Dambrauskas
Borussia Dortmund3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Substitutions
- 71’↑20 M. Sabitzer↓17 C. Chukwuemeka
- 71’↑7 J. Bellingham↓8 F. Nmecha
- 72’↑22 Kouakou Joane Gadou↓5 R. Bensebaïni
- 77’↑14 M. Beier↓24 D. Svensson
- 90+1’↑18 E. Nwaneri↓21 Fábio Silva
Unused substitutes 30 P. Drewes, 40 S. Inacio, 39 F. Mané, 33 A. Meyer, 49 L. Reggiani, 41 M. Albert, 44 E. de Pina Duarte dos Santos
Coach N. Kovač
Match facts
- Competition
- UEFA Champions League
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Date
- Tue, 20 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 16:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku
- Referee
- Javier Alberola Rojas
- Sabah FA coach
- V. Dambrauskas
- Borussia Dortmund coach
- N. Kovač
League table
UEFA Champions League
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paris Saint Germain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +15 | 12 |
| 2 |  Real Madrid | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 12 |
| 3 |  Arsenal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 10 |
| 4 |  Como | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +13 | 9 |
| 5 |  Barcelona | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
| 12 |  Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 9 |
| 31 |  Sabah FA | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
Player ratings
- 1
A. McCarthy7.2 - 2
S. Pokatilov7.0 - 3
T. Puchacz6.9 - 4
J. Mickels6.7 - 5
C. Nwachukwu6.5 - 6
I. Lepinjica6.5 - 7
A. Zedadka6.4 - 8
U. Rahmonaliyev6.4 - 9
V. Simić6.3 - 10
Du Queiroz6.2 - 11
P. Mbina6.2 - 12
A. Isaev6.1 - 13
A. Xaybulayev6.0 - 14
K. Parris5.8 - 15
S. Solvet5.6 - 16
X. Severina0.0 - 17
A. Ramazanov0.0 - 18
T. Mütəllimov0.0 - 19
R. Mirzəmmədov0.0 - 20
Erivaldo Almeida0.0 - 21
Rodrigo Fernandes0.0 - 22
R. Daşdəmirov0.0 - 23K. Aliyev0.0
- 1
S. Guirassy9.5 - 2
J. Veerman7.7 - 3
C. Chukwuemeka7.0 - 4
W. Anton7.0 - 5
G. Kobel6.9 - 6
R. Bensebaïni6.8 - 7
F. Nmecha6.7 - 8
J. Bellingham6.6 - 9
N. Schlotterbeck6.6 - 10
J. Ryerson6.6 - 11
D. Svensson6.5 - 12
M. Beier6.4 - 13
Fábio Silva6.4 - 14
Kouakou Joane Gadou6.3 - 15
M. Sabitzer6.3 - 16
E. de Pina Duarte dos Santos0.0 - 17
P. Drewes0.0 - 18
S. Inacio0.0 - 19
F. Mané0.0 - 20
A. Meyer0.0 - 21
E. Nwaneri0.0 - 22
L. Reggiani0.0 - 23
M. Albert0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
Rated 9.5, the best on the pitch — 2 goals in 90 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Sabah FA- W-D-L
- 2-0-3
- Scored / match
- 1.0
- Conceded / match
- 1.6
Borussia Dortmund- W-D-L
- 2-2-1
- Scored / match
- 1.2
- Conceded / match
- 0.6
Fan predictions
How the fans called it
- Sabah FA0%
- Borussia DortmundResult0%
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What happened
Match report
Borussia Dortmund left Baku with a 2-1 win over Sabah FA after Serhou Guirassy scored twice, the second goal coming in the 53rd minute to settle the match.
Guirassy opened the scoring in the 10th minute and Sabah FA answered in the 39th, when Aden McCarthy equalised from Tymoteusz Puchacz's assist. The game was 1-1 at half-time.
Borussia Dortmund restored the lead five minutes after the break through Guirassy, assisted by Joey Veerman, and Sabah FA could not find another equaliser. Sabah FA made two changes on 65 minutes, Dortmund made two on 71 minutes and Sabah FA made two more on 81 minutes, before the visitors held on through the final stages and added another change in stoppage time.
The numbers backed Dortmund's edge. They had 55% of the ball, 502 passes to Sabah's 407 and 22 shots to 13, with 9 on target to 4. Dortmund also led expected goals 3.73 to 1.5 and won 9 corners to 4, while Sabah had 6 offsides to Dortmund's 2 and made 6 saves to Dortmund's 3.
Sabah FA were booked four times, with Steve Solvet on 22 minutes, Ivan Lepinjica on 49, McCarthy on 57 and Akim Zedadka on 89 minutes. Dortmund had no yellow cards and no red cards on the night.
Match record
- Competition
- UEFA Champions League
- Round
- Matchday 3
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku
- Referee
- Javier Alberola Rojas
- Match ID
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16 events
- 10’Goal!Borussia DortmundSerhou Guirassy0 – 1
- 22’Yellow cardSabah FASteve Solvet
- 39’Goal!Sabah FAAden McCarthyAssist: Tymoteusz Puchacz1 – 1
- 49’Yellow cardSabah FAIvan Lepinjica
- 53’Goal!Borussia DortmundSerhou GuirassyAssist: Joey Veerman1 – 2
- 57’Yellow cardSabah FAAden McCarthy
- 65’SubstitutionSabah FAAleksey Isaev ONDu Queiroz OFF
- 65’SubstitutionSabah FAPatrick Orphe Mbina ONKaheem Parris OFF
- 71’SubstitutionBorussia DortmundMarcel Sabitzer ONCarney Chukwuemeka OFF
- 71’SubstitutionBorussia DortmundJobe Bellingham ONFelix Nmecha OFF
- 72’SubstitutionBorussia DortmundKouakou Joane Gadou ONRamy Bensebaini OFF
- 77’SubstitutionBorussia DortmundMaximilian Beier ONDaniel Svensson OFF
- 81’SubstitutionSabah FAAbdulakh khaybulaev ONUmarali Rakhmonaliev OFF
- 81’SubstitutionSabah FAChristian Nwachukwu ONJoy Lance Mickels OFF
- 89’Yellow cardSabah FAAkim Zedadka
- 90+1’SubstitutionBorussia DortmundEthan Nwaneri ONFábio Silva OFF