In the summer of 2010, when he was still a complete unknown, Borussia Dortmund made a bet of nearly five million euros to sign a young Robert Lewandowski, just 21 years old, from Lech Poznan. Four years later, he ‘betrayed’ them by signing for Bayern Munich for free, and since then, he has never shown mercy to his Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund is Lewandowski's favorite victim

It could be said that Robert Lewandowski's relationship with Borussia Dortmund borders on obsession. Of the 344 goals he scored during his time at Bayern Munich, which helped him become the club’s second all-time top scorer, just behind a German football legend like Gerd Müller, Lewandowski scored a total of 27 goals… in just 26 matches.

During these 26 matches where Lewandowski faced Borussia Dortmund in Germany, Bayern Munich displayed an insulting dominance, achieving a record of 19 wins, one draw… and only six losses. These numbers were driven by the performances of Robert Lewandowski, who only failed to score against his former team on three occasions. Especially memorable is the thrashing Bayern Munich handed out to Borussia Dortmund in the 2017/18 season, where Lewandowski managed to score three of the six goals in the match.

Lewandowski looks for his first goal against Dortmund with Barcelona

These numbers perfectly reflect that Lewandowski rarely shows mercy to Borussia Dortmund… except the last time they faced each other with him as a player for Barcelona. It was this very season, during the group stage of the Champions League, when Barcelona defeated Borussia Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park… but without any goals from Lewandowski. The goals were scored by Raphinha and Ferran Torres, twice.

Lewandowski, who comes off two consecutive matches without scoring against Atlético de Madrid and Betis, surely will be eager to score again against his favorite victim throughout his career. If he succeeds, he will match Guirassy, who he will face tonight, and Harry Kane as the second-highest scorers (10) in the current edition of the Champions League. Ahead of them, only his teammate Raphinha with 11 goals remains. Will he show mercy against ‘his’ Borussia Dortmund?