German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, February 8, 2025
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Match Report

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Borussia Dortmund defeated in Niko Kovac's first game in charge

Borussia Dortmund slumped to a 2-1 defeat to visitors VfB Stuttgart on Saturday in a disappointing debut for new coach Niko Kovac.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
5
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
1
31.7
Possession
68.3
4
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
197
Accurate Passes
513
269
Passes
579
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
49
19
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
4
16
Effective Tackles
8
20
Tackles
9
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
12
Interceptions
3
31
Effective Clearances
15
31
Clearances
15

Head to Head

VFB leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

DOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gregor KobelG
  2. 3Waldemar AntonCD-L
  3. 23Emre CanCD-R
  4. 5Ramy BensebainiLB
  5. 26Julian RyersonRB
  6. 10Julian BrandtAM
  7. 13Pascal GrossLM
  8. 20Marcel SabitzerRM
  9. 9Serhou GuirassyF
  10. 43Jamie GittensAM-L
  11. 27Karim AdeyemiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Niklas SüleSUB
  2. 24Daniel SvenssonSUB
  3. 7Giovanni ReynaSUB
  4. 6Salih ÖzcanSUB
  5. 33Alexander MeyerSUB
  6. 38Kjell-Arik WätjenSUB
  7. 16Julien DuranvilleSUB
  8. 2Yan CoutoSUB
  9. 14Maximilian BeierSUB

VFB · 3-4-2-1

  1. 33Alexander NübelG
  2. 24Jeff ChabotCD
  3. 3Ramon HendriksCD-L
  4. 20Leonidas StergiouCD-R
  5. 6Angelo StillerCM-L
  6. 16Atakan KarazorCM-R
  7. 7Maximilian MittelstädtLM
  8. 18Jamie LewelingRM
  9. 26Deniz UndavF
  10. 27Chris FührichCF-L
  11. 8Enzo MillotCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Luca JaquezSUB
  2. 32Fabian RiederSUB
  3. 11Nick WoltemadeSUB
  4. 9Ermedin DemirovicSUB
  5. 29Finn JeltschSUB
  6. 4Josha VagnomanSUB
  7. 5Yannik KeitelSUB
  8. 1Fabian BredlowSUB
  9. 15Pascal StenzelSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 50' Own Goal by Waldemar Anton, Borussia Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund 0, VfB Stuttgart 1.
  3. 56' Julian Ryerson (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 60' Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Goal! Borussia Dortmund 0, VfB Stuttgart 2. Jeff Chabot (VfB Stuttgart) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie Leweling with a cross following a corner.
  6. 70' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Josha Vagnoman replaces Chris Führich.
  7. 70' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Ermedin Demirovic replaces Deniz Undav.
  8. 71' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Maximilian Beier replaces Karim Adeyemi.
  9. 77' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Yannik Keitel replaces Enzo Millot.
  10. 81' Goal! Borussia Dortmund 1, VfB Stuttgart 2. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß following a corner.
  11. 85' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Daniel Svensson replaces Ramy Bensebaini.
  12. 85' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Giovanni Reyna replaces Pascal Groß.
  13. 85' Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Julien Duranville replaces Jamie Gittens.
  14. 86' Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Nick Woltemade replaces Jamie Leweling.
  15. 89' Angelo Stiller (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 89' Second yellow card to Julian Ryerson (Borussia Dortmund).
  17. 90'+2' Julien Duranville (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+6' Atakan Karazor (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card.

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