DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund beats TSG Hoffenheim 1-0 after M. Reus scored just 1 goal (16′).

The match was played at the Signal-Iduna-Park stadium in Dortmund on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Siebert who had the assistance of Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn. The 4th official was Florian Heft. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.5 degrees Celsius or 67.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Borussia Dortmund was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. TSG Hoffenheim that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Borussia Dortmund was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Borussia Dortmund won the match​.

Borussia Dortmund shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, TSG Hoffenheim shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards (M. Reus, J. Bellingham and M. Hummels). On the opposite side, TSG Hoffenheim received 4 yellow cards (R. Skov, K. Vogt, O. Kabak and A. Kramaric).

Standings

After this contest, Borussia Dortmund will have 12 points to climb in the 2nd place. On the other side, TSG Hoffenheim will stay with 9 points like SC Freiburg to go up in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund will host Schalke 04 on the 17th of September with a 11-11 head to head record.

TSG Hoffenheim will host Werder Bremen on the 7th of October with a 12-6 head to head in favor of Werder Bremen (10 draws).

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Edin Terzic decided to play with the following team: Gregor Kobel (7.1), Thomas Meunier (7.7), Mats Hummels (7.7), Nico Schlotterbeck (7.1), Marius Wolf (7.8), Julian Brandt (7.1), Jude Bellingham (7.3), Salih Özcan (7.1), Marco Reus (7.3), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (6.3) and Anthony Modeste (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Thorgan Hazard (7.0), Emre Can, Tom Rothe, Niklas Süle (7.0), Giovanni Reyna (6.8), Alexander Meyer, Youssoufa Moukoko and Felix Passlack.

Borussia Dortmund could not rely on the presence of T. Hazard (injured).

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 4 changes: J. Bynoe-Gittens for T. Hazard (44′), M. Wolf for N. Sule (83′), J. Brandt for G. Reyna (83′) and M. Reus for Y. Moukoko (90′).

Best player: Marius Wolf​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Dortmund was Marius Wolf even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 46 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

TSG Hoffenheim – Formation

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

André Breitenreiter played with: Oliver Baumann (7.4), Ozan Kabak (6.5), Kevin Vogt (7.6), Kevin Akpoguma (6.4), Robert Skov (6.6), Grischa Prömel (6.1), Dennis Geiger (6.7), Christoph Baumgartner (6.2), Angeliño (6.7), Georginio Rutter (6.6) and Andrej Kramarić (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jacob Bruun Larsen (6.2), Sebastian Rudy (6.5), Muhammed Damar (6.2), Luca Philipp, Pavel Kadeřábek (7.3), Diadié Samassékou, Munas Dabbur (6.6), Eduardo Quaresma and Angelo Stiller.

Substitutions

TSG Hoffenheim made 5 changes: D. Geiger for S. Rudy (46′), R. Skov for P. Kaderabek (46′), C. Baumgartner for M. Damar (46′), G. Promel for M. Dabbur (71′) and G. Rutter for J. Bruun Larsen (86′).

Best player: Kevin Vogt​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for TSG Hoffenheim was Kevin Vogt.

His rating is (7.6) with 62 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Borussia Dortmund – TSG Hoffenheim – 1-0