Borussia Dortmund seizes a 2-1 win against VfB Stuttgart. HIGHLIGHTS

DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund beat VfB Stuttgart to win 2-1. A goal from M. Reus was decisive in the 85min.

November 21, 2021

DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund beat VfB Stuttgart to win 2-1. A goal from M. Reus was decisive in the 85min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Borussia Dortmund to strike first with a goal of D. Malen at the 56′. Then it was a goal in the 63′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Reus gave the win to Borussia Dortmund in the 85′ minute with a goal. Borussia Dortmund was much superior in terms of ball possession (64%) was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Signal-Iduna-Park stadium in Dortmund on Saturday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. In front of 57,900 spectators. The referee was Harm Osmers assisted by Robert Kempter and Aarne Aarnink. The 4th official was Jan Clemens Neitzel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.1 degrees Celsius or 48.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.

Match Statistics

Borussia Dortmund

2 - 1

VfB Stuttgart

! 64 Ball Possession 36

Shots

21 Total 13
5 On Target 4
9 Off Target 7
7 Shots blocked 2

129 Attack 81
73 Dangerous attack 28
76 Ball safe 79

0 Penalties 0
2 Corners 3

Fouls

11 Total 16
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Borussia Dortmund was in firm control of the ball 64% while VfB Stuttgart was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Borussia Dortmund was has a more offensive attitude with 73 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Borussia Dortmund won the match.

Borussia Dortmund shot 21 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, VfB Stuttgart shot 13 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Borussia Dortmund didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, VfB Stuttgart received 2 yellow cards (W. Anton and T. Coulibaly).

Match Timeline

36'

48'

Waldemar Anton- Yellow

Donyell Malen(goal)R. Guerreiro

56'

63'

Roberto Massimo(goal)A. Karazor

Emre Can - sub ->R. Guerreiro

64'

68'

Nikolas Nartey- sub ->A. Karazor

70'

Daniel Didavi- sub ->P. Forster

75'

Marco Reus(goal)

85'

87'

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

DSC Arminia Bielefeld

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

After this match, Borussia Dortmund will have 27 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, VfB Stuttgart will stay with 10 points to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund will play away against VfL Wolfsburg on the 27th of November with a 21-7 head to head record in favor of Borussia Dortmund (6 draws).

VfB Stuttgart will host FSV Mainz 05 on the 26th of November with a 10-9 head to head in favor of FSV Mainz 05 (6 draws).

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund

Gregor Kobel 1.Switzerland

7.0

Mats Hummels 15.Germany

6.6

Thomas Meunier 24.Belgium

7.0

Raphaël Guerreiro 13.Portugal

7.1

64'

Manuel Akanji 16.Switzerland

7.4

Axel Witsel 28.Belgium

7.3

Thorgan Hazard 10.Belgium

6.1

Julian Brandt 19.Germany

7.3

75'

Jude Bellingham 22.England

7.5

Marco Reus 11.Germany

7.8

85'

Donyell Malen 21.Netherlands

7.5

89'

56'

Substitutes

Marwin Hitz 35.Switzerland

Marin Pongracic 34.Croatia

Felix Passlack 30.Germany

Emre Can 23.Germany

6.5

64'

Reinier 20.Brazil

Mahmoud Dahoud 8.Germany

Ansgar Knauff 36.Germany

89'

Steffen Tigges 27.Germany

6.8

75'

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

The manager Marco Rose decided to play with the following team: Gregor Kobel (7.0), Thomas Meunier (7.0), Manuel Akanji (7.4), Mats Hummels (6.6), Raphaël Guerreiro (7.1), Axel Witsel (7.3), Jude Bellingham (7.5), Marco Reus (7.8), Julian Brandt (7.3), Thorgan Hazard (6.1) and Donyell Malen (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ansgar Knauff, Marin Pongračić, Felix Passlack, Emre Can (6.5), Reinier, Marwin Hitz, Mahmoud Dahoud and Steffen Tigges (6.8).

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 3 changes: R. Guerreiro for E. Can (64′), J. Brandt for S. Tigges (75′) and D. Malen for A. Knauff (89′).

Best player: Marco Reus

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Dortmund was Marco Reus.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 43 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10.

VfB Stuttgart – Formation

VfB Stuttgart

Florian Müller 1.Germany

6.3

Waldemar Anton 2.Germany

6.4

48'

Konstantinos Mavropanos 5.Greece

7.4

Hiroki Ito 37.Japan

7.2

Atakan Karazor 16.Germany

7.4

68'

Borna Sosa 24.Croatia

7.6

Wataru Endo 3.Japan

6.4

Orel Mangala 23.Belgium

6.2

Roberto Massimo 30.Germany

6.9

68'

63'

Philipp Förster 20.Germany

6.7

70'

Tanguy Coulibaly 7.France

6.4

87'

36'

Substitutes

Fabian Bredlow 33.Germany

Pascal Stenzel 15.Germany

C. Mola 6.England

Nikolas Nartey 28.Denmark

6.7

68'

D. Didavi 10.Germany

6.4

70'

M. Klimowicz 31.Germany

Wahid Faghir 19.Denmark

Alexis Tibidi 50.France

6.6

68'

Hamadi Al Ghaddioui 18.Morocco

6.4

87'

VfB Stuttgart started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

Pellegrino Matarazzo played with: Florian Müller (6.3), Konstantinos Mavropanos (7.4), Waldemar Anton (6.4), Hiroki Ito (7.2), Atakan Karazor (7.4), Roberto Massimo (6.9), Wataru Endo (6.4), Orel Mangala (6.2), Borna Sosa (7.6), Tanguy Coulibaly (6.4) and Philipp Förster (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Pascal Stenzel, Clinton Mola, Wahid Faghir, Alexis Tibidi (6.6), Nikolas Nartey (6.7), Fabian Bredlow, Hamadi Al Ghaddioui (6.4), Daniel Didavi (6.4) and Mateo Klimowicz.

VfB Stuttgart could not rely on the presence of N. Nartey (injured).

Substitutions

VfB Stuttgart made 4 changes: R. Massimo for A. Tibidi (68′), A. Karazor for N. Nartey (68′), P. Forster for D. Didavi (70′) and T. Coulibaly for H. Al Ghaddioui (87′).