MARBELLA. Borussia Dortmund defeats TSG Hoffenheim 3-1.

The match was played at the Campo La Quinta stadium in Marbella on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Florian Badstübner with the collaboration of Markus Schüller and Marcel Unger. The 4th official was Patrick Ittrich. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 25.48 degrees Celsius or 77.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. TSG Hoffenheim was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Borussia Dortmund that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

TSG Hoffenheim was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Borussia Dortmund was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

TSG Hoffenheim shot 15 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Borussia Dortmund shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

TSG Hoffenheim received 3 yellow cards (Ozan Kabak, Kevin Vogt and John Brooks). Talking about the opposition, Borussia Dortmund received 4 yellow cards (Felix Nmecha, Ramy Bensebaini, Marco Reus and Mats Hummels).

Standings

After this match, TSG Hoffenheim will stay with 12 points like VfB Stuttgart and RB Leipzig to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Borussia Dortmund will have 14 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, TSG Hoffenheim will host FC Bayern München on the 18th of May with a 20-4 head to head stats in favor of FC Bayern München (7 draws).

Borussia Dortmund will host Darmstadt 98 on the 18th of May with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Borussia Dortmund (1 draw).

TSG Hoffenheim – Formation

TSG Hoffenheim started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Pellegrino Matarazzo decided to play with the following team: Pavel Kadeřábek, Oliver Baumann (6.8), Ozan Kabak (6.7), John Brooks (6.8), Kevin Vogt (6.3), Ihlas Bebou (6.3), Grischa Prömel (6.4), Florian Grillitsch (7.3), Anton Stach (7.5), Robert Skov (6.7), Maximilian Beier (6.7) and Andrej Kramarić (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Mergim Berisha (7.1), Julian Justvan (6.6), Diadié Samassékou, Finn Ole Becker (6.6), Marius Bülter (6.4), Kevin Akpoguma, Luca Philipp, Tom Bischof (6.6) and Attila Szalai.

Substitutions

TSG Hoffenheim made 5 changes: John Brooks for Tom Bischof (84′), Andrej Kramarić for Finn Ole Becker (87′), Robert Skov for Marius Bülter (68′), Grischa Prömel for Mergim Berisha (68′) and Maximilian Beier for Julian Justvan (84′).

Best player: Andrej Kramarić​

The player that probably impressed the most for TSG Hoffenheim was Andrej Kramarić.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 38 passes (79% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Edin Terzic played with: Gregor Kobel (7.5), Julian Ryerson (8.7), Mats Hummels (6.3), Nico Schlotterbeck (7.3), Ramy Bensebaini (6.8), Felix Nmecha (7.3), Salih Özcan (7.7), Julian Brandt (7.0), Marco Reus (7.3), Donyell Malen (7.0), Niclas Füllkrug (7.3).

They had on the bench: Emre Can (6.7), Niklas Süle (6.7), Karim Adeyemi (6.3), Giovanni Reyna, Sébastien Haller (6.6), Marius Wolf (6.7), Youssoufa Moukoko, Alexander Meyer and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 5 changes: Marco Reus for Marius Wolf (80′), Niclas Füllkrug for Sébastien Haller (80′), Donyell Malen for Niklas Süle (80′), Felix Nmecha for Emre Can (69′) and Julian Brandt for Karim Adeyemi (64′).

Best player: Julian Ryerson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Dortmund was Julian Ryerson.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 40 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​

• TSG Hoffenheim – Borussia Dortmund – 1-3