German Cup

Rot-Weiss Essen vs Borussia Dortmund, 2025-26 German Cup, First Round

· German Cup
Rot-Weiss Essen
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    0 - 1
    Borussia Dortmund
    • 79': Serhou Guirassy

    About

    Rot-Weiss Essen are hosting Borussia Dortmund at Stadion an der Hafenstraße, Essen, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German Cup.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Attempt saved. Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Jakob Golz (Rot-Weiss Essen). Assisted by Maximilian Beier.
    • 4': Attempt saved. Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Jakob Golz (Rot-Weiss Essen). Assisted by Serhou Guirassy.
    • 6': Foul by Filippo Mané (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 6': Kaito Mizuta (Rot-Weiss Essen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Corner,Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Jannik Hofmann.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Yan Couto with a cross following a corner.
    • 12': Foul by Yan Couto (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 12': Lucas Brumme (Rot-Weiss Essen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Corner,Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by José-Enrique Ríos Alonso.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Svensson with a cross.
    • 18': Delay in match (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 18': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 19': Attempt saved. Ramien Safi (Rot-Weiss Essen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund). Assisted by Tobias Kraulich.
    • 23': Corner,Rot-Weiss Essen. Conceded by Waldemar Anton.
    • 24': Attempt missed. Lucas Brumme (Rot-Weiss Essen) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ahmet Arslan following a corner.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Jannik Hofmann (Rot-Weiss Essen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tom Moustier.
    • 26': Offside, Borussia Dortmund. Daniel Svensson is caught offside.
    • 28': Foul by Jannik Hofmann (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 28': Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Kaito Mizuta (Rot-Weiss Essen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 32': Offside, Rot-Weiss Essen. José-Enrique Ríos Alonso is caught offside.
    • 34': Foul by Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 34': Kaito Mizuta (Rot-Weiss Essen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 35': Offside, Rot-Weiss Essen. Michael Schultz is caught offside.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Serhou Guirassy.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jakob Golz (Rot-Weiss Essen). Assisted by Felix Nmecha.
    • 36': Corner,Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Jakob Golz.
    • 40': Offside, Borussia Dortmund. Serhou Guirassy is caught offside.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Ramien Safi (Rot-Weiss Essen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund). Assisted by Tobias Kraulich with a through ball.
    • 43': Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 43': Foul by José-Enrique Ríos Alonso (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 44': Ahmet Arslan (Rot-Weiss Essen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 44': Foul by Filippo Mané (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maximilian Beier.
    • 45'+1': Corner,Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by José-Enrique Ríos Alonso.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Yan Couto with a cross following a corner.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Rot-Weiss Essen 0, Borussia Dortmund 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Rot-Weiss Essen 0, Borussia Dortmund 0.
    • 46': Foul by Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 46': Ramien Safi (Rot-Weiss Essen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 48': Attempt blocked. Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 49': Ahmet Arslan (Rot-Weiss Essen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 52': Corner,Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by José-Enrique Ríos Alonso.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yan Couto with a cross.
    • 54': Foul by Pascal Groß (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 54': Tobias Kraulich (Rot-Weiss Essen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Ramien Safi (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 55': Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Offside, Borussia Dortmund. Serhou Guirassy is caught offside.
    • 60': Corner,Rot-Weiss Essen. Conceded by Yan Couto.
    • 61': Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Tom Moustier (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 64': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Jobe Bellingham replaces Pascal Groß.
    • 64': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Julian Brandt replaces Maximilian Beier.
    • 65': Foul by Klaus Gjasula (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 65': Jobe Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Daniel Svensson (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yan Couto with a cross.
    • 70': Foul by Klaus Gjasula (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 70': Jobe Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 72': Attempt blocked. Tom Moustier (Rot-Weiss Essen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaito Mizuta.
    • 73': Ahmet Arslan (Rot-Weiss Essen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 75': Substitution, Rot-Weiss Essen. Franci Bouebari replaces Lucas Brumme.
    • 76': Substitution, Rot-Weiss Essen. Marvin Obuz replaces Ahmet Arslan.
    • 76': Foul by Daniel Svensson (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 76': Tom Moustier (Rot-Weiss Essen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Daniel Svensson (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Marvin Obuz (Rot-Weiss Essen) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kaito Mizuta.
    • 79': Goal! Rot-Weiss Essen 0, Borussia Dortmund 1. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ramy Bensebaini.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Kaito Mizuta (Rot-Weiss Essen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund). Assisted by Franci Bouebari.
    • 82': Foul by Jannik Hofmann (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 82': Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 83': Offside, Borussia Dortmund. Julian Brandt is caught offside.
    • 83': Substitution, Rot-Weiss Essen. Dominik Martinovic replaces Ramien Safi.
    • 84': Substitution, Rot-Weiss Essen. Torben Müsel replaces José-Enrique Ríos Alonso.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Dominik Martinovic (Rot-Weiss Essen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 86': Attempt missed. Torben Müsel (Rot-Weiss Essen) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tobias Kraulich with a cross.
    • 86': Daniel Svensson (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Foul by Jannik Hofmann (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 87': Substitution, Rot-Weiss Essen. Kelsey Owusu replaces Klaus Gjasula.
    • 88': Foul by Franci Bouebari (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 88': Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 89': Corner,Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Tobias Kraulich.
    • 90': Hand ball by Kelsey Owusu (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Franci Bouebari (Rot-Weiss Essen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Tom Moustier (Rot-Weiss Essen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund).
    • 90'+4': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Salih Özcan replaces Marcel Sabitzer.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Kelsey Owusu (Rot-Weiss Essen).
    • 90'+5': Yan Couto (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Kelsey Owusu (Rot-Weiss Essen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Rot-Weiss Essen 0, Borussia Dortmund 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Rot-Weiss Essen 0, Borussia Dortmund 1.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/124.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originDOR RWE
    9 Fouls 11
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 2
    6 Corner Kicks 2
    5 Saves 3
    66.5 Possession 33.5
    13 SHOTS 12
    4 ON GOAL 5
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    568 Accurate Passes 238
    644 Passes 322
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    9 Accurate Crosses 3
    18 Crosses 10
    0.5 Cross % 0.3
    62 Long Balls 48
    32 Accurate Long Balls 14
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
    4 Blocked Shots 2
    6 Effective Tackles 5
    13 Tackles 8
    0.5 Tackle % 0.6
    6 Interceptions 9
    26 Effective Clearances 23
    26 Clearances 23

    Game Information

    Competition: German Cup

    Venue: Stadion an der Hafenstraße
    Location: Essen, Germany
    Attendance: 19,300

    Line-Ups

    RWE Rot-Weiss Essen (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Jakob Golz (GK)
    4 Michael Schultz
    33 Tobias Kraulich
    23 José-Enrique Ríos Alonso
    8 Klaus Gjasula
    28 Tom Moustier
    14 Lucas Brumme
    37 Jannik Hofmann
    6 Ahmet Arslan
    24 Kaito Mizuta
    7 Ramien Safi
    Rot-Weiss Essen Substitutes:
    Felix Bernd Wienand, Luca Bazzoli, Marvin Obuz, Franci Bouebari, Gianluca Swajkowski, Dominik Martinovic, Kelsey Meisel, Torben Müsel, Nils Kaiser.

    DOR Borussia Dortmund (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    1 Gregor Kobel (GK)
    3 Waldemar Anton
    5 Ramy Bensebaini
    39 Filippo Mané
    8 Felix Nmecha
    13 Pascal Gross
    20 Marcel Sabitzer
    24 Daniel Svensson Yellow Card
    2 Yan Couto
    14 Maximilian Beier
    9 Serhou Guirassy
    Borussia Dortmund Substitutes:
    Karim Adeyemi, Almugera Kabar, Yannik Lührs, Alexander Meyer, Cole Campbell, Salih Özcan, Giovanni Reyna, Julian Brandt, Jobe Bellingham.

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