DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund crushes VfB Stuttgart 5-0 with goals of J. Bellingham (2′), N. Sule (13′), G. Reyna (44′), J. Bellingham (53′) and Y. Moukoko (72′). Borussia Dortmund took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Signal-Iduna-Park stadium in Dortmund on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Schlager assisted by Sven Waschitzki and Guido Kleve. The 4th official was Christof Günsch. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.5 degrees Celsius or 61.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Borussia Dortmund had a superior ball possession 60% while VfB Stuttgart was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

VfB Stuttgart was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Borussia Dortmund succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Borussia Dortmund shot 17 times, 11 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, VfB Stuttgart shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card (S. Ozcan). On the other side, VfB Stuttgart didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Borussia Dortmund will have 19 points to sit in the 5th place. On the other side, VfB Stuttgart will stay with 8 points like Hertha BSC to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund will host FC Augsburg on the 22nd of January with a 14-3 head to head in favor of Borussia Dortmund (6 draws).

VfB Stuttgart will host FSV Mainz 05 on the 21st of January with a 10-10 head to head.

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

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

The manager Edin Terzic decided to play with the following team: Gregor Kobel (7.0), Niklas Süle (9.0), Mats Hummels (7.0), Nico Schlotterbeck (7.9), Raphaël Guerreiro (8.1), Jude Bellingham (9.8), Salih Özcan (6.2), Karim Adeyemi (6.9), Julian Brandt (7.1), Giovanni Reyna (7.4) and Youssoufa Moukoko (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Marius Wolf, Thorgan Hazard (6.8), Antonios Papadopoulos, Alexander Meyer, Anthony Modeste (6.7), Tom Rothe, Emre Can (6.8) and Felix Passlack (6.9).

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 5 changes: N. Schlotterbeck for E. Can (56′), M. Hummels for F. Passlack (66′), K. Adeyemi for T. Hazard (66′), G. Reyna for A. Modeste (66′) and R. Guerreiro for M. Wolf (80′).

Best player: Jude Bellingham​

The player that probably impressed the most for Borussia Dortmund was Jude Bellingham.

His rating is (9.8) with 2 goals, 71 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.

VfB Stuttgart – Formation

VfB Stuttgart started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Pellegrino Matarazzo played with: Florian Müller (6.5), Konstantinos Mavropanos (7.0), Waldemar Anton (6.2), Dan-Axel Zagadou (6.1), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (6.0), Enzo Millot (5.8), Wataru Endo (7.3), Naouirou Ahamada (6.4), Borna Sosa (6.9), Serhou Guirassy (6.8) and Tiago Tomás (6.6).

They had on the bench: Luca Pfeiffer (6.8), Hiroki Ito, Tanguy Coulibaly, Chris Führich (6.6), Nikolas Nartey (6.8), Juan José Perea (6.2), Nicolas Glaus, Atakan Karazor (6.8) and Lilian Egloff.

Substitutions

VfB Stuttgart made 5 changes: Silas for C. Fuhrich (57′), E. Millot for N. Nartey (57′), T. Tomas for J. J. Perea (62′), S. Guirassy for L. Pfeiffer (74′) and N. Ahamada for A. Karazor (73′).

Best player: Wataru Endo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for VfB Stuttgart was Wataru Endo.

His rating is (7.3) with 42 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• FC Augsburg – RB Leipzig – 3-3
• Borussia Mönchengladbach – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-3
• TSG Hoffenheim – FC Bayern München – 0-2
• SC Freiburg – Werder Bremen – 2-0
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Wolfsburg – 2-2
• Borussia Dortmund – VfB Stuttgart – 5-0