Borussia Dortmund responded to Bayern Munich's victory over Hoffenheim on Friday by beating RB Leipzig on Saturday.
2018/2019 Bundesliga
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Match Events
Axel Witsel's first-half strike saw Borussia Dortmund restore their six-point advantage at the Bundesliga summit with a 1-0 victory over RB Leipzig.
In their first match after the mid-season break, leaders Dortmund responded to Bayern Munich's 3-1 win over Hoffenheim on Friday with a battling win over fourth-placed Leipzig.
Belgium international Witsel drilled a shot in off the underside of the crossbar in the 19th minute, and that proved enough for Lucien Favre's side to triumph in the injury-enforced absence of Marco Reus.
Timo Werner and Marcel Sabitzer were unable to pounce on opportunities to equalise and Dortmund - who introduced Christian Pulisic in the 76th minute for his first appearance since signing for Chelsea - could pull nine points clear with their next match against Hannover coming 24 hours before Bayern face Stuttgart.
19' GOAL! Leipzig 0-1 Dortmund (Witsel)
53' CHANCE! Philipp's shot saved
74' Great save from Burki
77' CLOSE! Burki makes a great save
Line-ups
Leipzig XI: P. Gulácsi, Kampl, Demme, Sabitzer, Y. Poulsen, Halstenberg, T. Werner, Klostermann, Laimer, Upamecano, Konaté
Subs: Y. Mvogo, Orban, Augustin, Mukiele, M. Saracchi, Tyler Adams, Matheus Cunha
Dortmund XI: A. Witsel, Ł. Piszczek, R. Bürki, T. Delaney, Götze, Raphaël Guerreiro, Philipp, Weigl, Diallo, A. Hakimi, Sancho
Subs: Schmelzer, M. Hitz, Alcácer, Wolf, Dahoud, J.B Larsen, Pulisic