2022-23 Champions League: head-to-head Borussia Dortmund - Chelsea (Round of 16, 1^st leg 15/02/2023)

With more than 124 million followers on social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as of 01/02/2023), Chelsea FC (Premier League) have nearly three times as many as Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga), who have 43.3 million, as the two clubs prepare to face each other in the first leg of their 2022-23 Champions League Round of 16 match at the Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund, GER) on Wednesday 15/02/2023 (kick-off at 21:00 CET).

In terms of the revenue paid out by UEFA to the clubs participating in this edition of the Champions League, Chelsea already have €69.2m in guaranteed revenue (excluding market pool), compared with €57.5m for the German club. This difference is explained by both sporting performances (which have already brought in €12.1m for Chelsea, who qualified after finishing first in their group, compared with €8.4m for Dortmund, who finished second in theirs) and by UEFA coefficient-based income (€31.8m for the English club, ranked fourth, compared with €23.8m for their opponents, ranked 13^th).

The club that finished third in the Premier League also posted a turnover…