German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, December 5, 2015
Borussia Dortmund WWLLW 2
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VfL Wolfsburg LLWWD 1
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DOR112
WOB011
Volkswagen Arena · 30,000 att.

Match Report

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Dortmund close gap on Bundesliga leaders Bayern with win at Wolfsburg

Shinji Kagawa cancelled out Ricardo Rodriguez's late penalty by turning home Marco Reus' cross after the winger had opened the scoring for BVB.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
4
43.5
Possession
56.5
14
SHOTS
22
6
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
269
Accurate Passes
388
370
Passes
469
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
9
9
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
90
19
Accurate Long Balls
64
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
8
18
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
16
20
Clearances
18

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

WOB · 4-4-2

  1. 1Diego BenaglioG
  2. 5Timm KloseCD-L
  3. 25NaldoCD-R
  4. 34Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 8VieirinhaRB
  6. 27Maximilian ArnoldCM-L
  7. 23Josuha GuilavoguiCM-R
  8. 10Julian DraxlerLM
  9. 7Daniel CaligiuriRM
  10. 11Max KruseCF-L
  11. 17André SchürrleCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Marcel SchäferSUB
  2. 28Koen CasteelsSUB
  3. 15Christian TräschSUB
  4. 31Robin KnocheSUB
  5. 12Bas DostSUB
  6. 24Sebastian JungSUB
  7. 3Nicklas BendtnerSUB

DOR · 4-3-3

  1. 38Roman BürkiG
  2. 6Sven BenderCD-L
  3. 4Neven SuboticCD-R
  4. 29Marcel SchmelzerLB
  5. 26Lukasz PiszczekRB
  6. 28Matthias GinterCM
  7. 27Gonzalo CastroLM
  8. 8Ilkay GündoganRM
  9. 17Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 11Marco ReusLF
  11. 10Henrikh MkhitaryanRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Shinji KagawaSUB
  2. 1Roman WeidenfellerSUB
  3. 35Pascal StenzelSUB
  4. 7Jonas HofmannSUB
  5. 9Adnan JanuzajSUB
  6. 20Adrián RamosSUB
  7. 3Park Joo-HoSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 0, Borussia Dortmund 1. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  2. 44' Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Bas Dost replaces Josuha Guilavogui.
  4. 46' Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 54' Vieirinha (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Shinji Kagawa replaces Ilkay Gündogan because of an injury.
  7. 57' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Christian Träsch replaces Daniel Caligiuri.
  8. 81' Christian Träsch (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Joo-Ho Park replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  10. 82' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Jonas Hofmann replaces Gonzalo Castro.
  11. 90' Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+1' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 1. Ricardo Rodríguez (VfL Wolfsburg) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  13. 90'+3' Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 2. Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

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