Sabah FA to host Borussia Dortmund in Matchday 3 of the UEFA Champions League

Sabah FA will host German side Borussia Dortmund on 20 October 2026 at 19:45 Damascus time, in the third round of matches in the league phase of the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League. The match will be broadcast on beIN SPORTS.

Sabah FA go into the match after winning their last home game against Slavia Prague 2-0 on 13 October 2026. Before that, the team suffered an away defeat to Manchester United 0-4. They also beat Hapoel Beer Sheva 5-2 at home, after having lost to them away 1-2 in an earlier meeting, and also beat Aarhus 4-0.

Borussia Dortmund arrive at the match on the back of mixed results, having drawn their last away game against Union Berlin 0-0 on 17 October 2026. Before that, they lost away to Bodo/Glimt 0-1, and drew with Werder Bremen 2-2 at home. In their previous matches, the team beat Stuttgart 1-0 away, and Paderborn 3-0 at home.

Borussia Dortmund will be missing four players through injury: E. Can, Giannis Konstantelias, Justin Lerma and Konstantinos Karetsas, all of whom are unavailable for the 20 October 2026 match.

In the league phase standings, Borussia Dortmund sit in 18th place with 3 points from one win and one draw without a loss, and one defeat from two matches, with a goal difference of 3 for and 3 against. Sabah FA sit in 22nd place, also with 3 points from one win and one defeat from two matches, with 2 goals for and 4 against.