German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, March 9, 2019
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Borussia Dortmund LDWLL 3
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Match Report

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Pulisic on target as Dortmund earn hard-fought win over Stuttgart

Late goals from Paco Alcacer and Christian Pulisic gave Borussia Dortmund a nervy 3-1 victory over struggling VfB Stuttgart.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
0
25
Possession
75
7
SHOTS
18
1
ON GOAL
8
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
180
Accurate Passes
700
268
Passes
797
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
7
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
42
22
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
7
15
Effective Tackles
5
26
Tackles
6
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
7
31
Effective Clearances
9
31
Clearances
9

Head to Head

DOR leads series 4-1

Lineups

DOR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Roman BürkiG
  2. 4Abdou DialloCD-L
  3. 16Manuel AkanjiCD-R
  4. 28Axel WitselDM
  5. 5Achraf HakimiLB
  6. 27Marius WolfRB
  7. 11Marco ReusCM-L
  8. 10Mario GötzeCM-R
  9. 13Raphaël GuerreiroLM
  10. 7Jadon SanchoRM
  11. 9Paco AlcácerF

VFB · 5-3-2

  1. 1Ron-Robert ZielerG
  2. 21Benjamin PavardCD
  3. 4Marc-Oliver KempfCD-L
  4. 18Ozan KabakCD-R
  5. 2Emiliano InsúaLB
  6. 32Andreas BeckRB
  7. 8Gonzalo CastroCM
  8. 9Steven ZuberCM-L
  9. 6Santiago AscacibarCM-R
  10. 22Nico GonzálezCF-L
  11. 14Alexander EssweinCF-R

Timeline

  1. 57' Steven Zuber (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 60' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  3. 62' Goal! Borussia Dortmund 1, VfB Stuttgart 0. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 68' Emiliano Insúa (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 69' Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 70' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Anastasios Donis replaces Steven Zuber.
  7. 70' Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 71' Goal! Borussia Dortmund 1, VfB Stuttgart 1. Marc-Oliver Kempf (VfB Stuttgart) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Castro with a cross following a set piece situation.
  9. 74' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Christian Gentner replaces Nicolás González.
  10. 79' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Christian Pulisic replaces Raphael Guerreiro.
  11. 84' Goal! Borussia Dortmund 2, VfB Stuttgart 1. Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic.
  12. 86' Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 88' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Dan-Axel Zagadou replaces Marius Wolf.
  14. 88' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Mario Gomez replaces Emiliano Insúa.
  15. 90' Santiago Ascacibar (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+1' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Thomas Delaney replaces Paco Alcácer.
  17. 90'+2' Goal! Borussia Dortmund 3, VfB Stuttgart 1. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Götze.

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