Borussia Dortmund consolidated their position among the leading pack with a convincing performance. A 2-0 (1-0) home win over a TSG Hoffenheim side not far behind them saw third-placed BVB extend their lead over the fourth to sixth-placed teams to five and six points respectively.
2025/2026 Bundesliga
2-0
Match Report
Borussia started strongly. In the sixth minute, after Dortmund won possession in midfield, Brandt slipped a pass to Adeyemi, who looked to be bearing down on goal before being stopped by Hranac. Sixty seconds later, there was another duel between the two. This time, the Hoffenheim player's tackle after Guirassy's header looked worthy of a foul. Referee Badstübner let play continue – as he did in the 21st minute when Guirassy, in space on the left side of the box, tried to get a shot off after a cross from Couto. The Dortmund player's shooting leg was interrupted on its trajectory by the outstretched foot of TSG right-back Coufal. Surely that was a penalty?
Undeterred, the Black & Yellows kept plugging away. Brandt tested Baumann with a shot from the left side of the box (22). Although the game had its ups and downs from Dortmund's perspective, and although they were unable to maintain the pressure throughout, BVB deservedly took the lead shortly before half-time: Adeyemi played a through ball for Couto, who drove to the byline and then cut the ball back sharply inside. Brandt arrived at just the right moment and slotted home to make it 1-0 (43).
In a very intense encounter, in which both teams had already broken the 60-kilometre mark by half-time with 62.4 and 63.2 kilometres respectively, the Black & Yellows could have set the course for victory shortly after the restart. Adeyemi beat his man out wide and delivered a pinpoint cross towards Svensson, whose headed effort forced a strong save out of Baumann (48). Down the other end, Anselmino made an important intervention to clear the ball off the line (51). Not long afterwards, there were three corners in a row for BVB. The third seemed to have been cleared from Hoffenheim's point of view, but Borussia kept pressing. Adeyemi sent Couto into space out wide. His cross was headed down by Nmecha to Nico Schlotterbeck, who made it 2-0 from 14 metres out despite falling down as he took the shot. It was the first goal since February 2024 (also against TSG) for the man wearing the captain's armband today.
Anton narrowly missed out on making it 3-0 after a free-kick delivery (69), but after that, Hoffenheim increasingly gained the upperhand and created several chances. Nmecha got in the way of a shot from Touré (74), Kramaric missed the target (78). At the end of another busy week, the team fought hard and stuck together. And they almost celebrated a third goal: After a dream pass from Couto, Guirassy was clean through but could only hit the crossbar (90).
Match Events
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18' Match Event for Dortmund vs Hoffenheim
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22' Match Event for Dortmund vs Hoffenheim
36' Highlight from Dortmund vs Hoffenheim
43' GOAL! Dortmund 1-0 Hoffenheim (Julian Brandt)
48' Highlight from Dortmund vs Hoffenheim
60' GOAL! Dortmund 2-0 Hoffenheim (Nico Schlotterbeck)
77' Match Event for Dortmund vs Hoffenheim
79' Match Event for Dortmund vs Hoffenheim
Line-ups
Dortmund XI: Sabitzer, Brandt, Guirassy, Anton, Kobel, Adeyemi, Schlotterbeck, Nmecha, Yan Couto, Daniel Svensson, Aarón Anselmino
Subs: Gross, Meyer, Emre Can, Bensebaini, Ryerson, Fábio Silva, Beier, Chukwuemeka, Jobe Bellingham
Hoffenheim XI: Oliver Baumann, Vladimír Coufal, Grischa Prömel, Bernardo, Wouter Burger, Robin Hranac, Albian Hajdari, Tim Lemperle, Fisnik Asllani, Leon Avdullahu, Bazoumana Touré
Subs: Kramaric, Bebou, Ozan Kabak, Valentin Gendrey, Luca Philipp, Adam Hlozek, Alexander Prass, Umut Tohumcu, Max Moerstedt