Borussia Dortmund 1 - 0 Werder Bremen

Dortmund scorers: Julian Brandt (67’)

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Venue: Signal-Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany

Referee: Dr. Felix Brych

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Borussia Dortmund:

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Gregor Kobel		Alexander Meyer
Mats Hummels		Nilkas Süle
Nico Schlotterbeck		Ramy Bensebaini	62’
Marius Wolf	62’	Salih Özcan
Julian Ryerson		Giovanni Reyna	62’
Felix Nmecha	44’	Marcel Sabitzer	76’
Emre Can		Karim Adeyemi	89’
Marco Reus	62’	Sébastien Haller	76’
Donyell Malen	76’	Jamie Bynoe-Gittens
Julian Brandt	67’ 89’
Niklas Füllkrug	77’

Manager: Edin Terzić (Germany)

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Werder Bremen:

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Michael Zetterer		Spyros Angelidis
Marco Friedl		Senne Lynen	69’
Miloš Veljković	83’	Christian Groß
Anthony Jung	87’	Felix Agu
Mitchell Weiser		Nicolai Rapp
Olivier Deman	90+4’	Justin Njinmah	69’
Leonardo Bittencourt	61’ 69’	Leon Opitz
Jens Stage	75’	Rafael Santos Borré	87’
Romano Schmid	81’	Nick Woltemade	81’
Dawid Kownacki	69’
Marvin Ducksch

Manager: Ole Werner (Germany)

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MATCH EVENTS

1’: We’re off!

6’: SAVE! Zetterer punches away a shot from Malen.

7’: Marius Wolf’s glancing header drifts wide of the far post.

12’: Reus puts his shot over the bar.

14’: Bittencourt’s header for Werder Bremen goes over.

17’: Ducksch fires a curler towards the top corner from wide, but it goes high and wide.

24’: SAVE! Ryerson skims one to the far side from distance, forcing a diving save from Zetterer.

27’: Bittencourt might have gotten away with a foul in the box, but it would have been pretty soft.

32’: SO CLOSE! Reus gets his shot past the keeper at the near post but it just misses the far corner by a whisker!

39’: Oh, a mishit from Malen! Malen has an open net to hit but the cross comes in behind him, he manages to reach backwards and hit it at goal but it’s a looping shot easily caught by the keeper.

44’: Felix Nmecha slides into Kownacki

45’: Malen denied! A big hit by him, but blocked away to safety by Zetterer’s outstretched arm.

HT Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Werder Bremen Dortmund looks frustrated!

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46’: We’re back! There’s some flares going off in the away section, and some smoke obscuring the camera.

53’: Malen tries a volley from wide! But he mishits it past the far post.

59’: Ooh a shot deflects off Schlottereck towards goal! Fortunately the spin on the ball slows it down and allows Kobel to claim it.

61’: Leonardo Bittencourt clips Malen from behind

62’: Dortmund double sub: Ramy Bensebaini and Giovanni Reyna on for Marco Reus and Marius Wolf

67’: GOAL DORTMUND!! Julian Brandt gets an incisive pass through the sleeping defense! Puts it in one-on-one past the helpless keeper!

69’: Bremen double sub: Senne Lynen and Justin Njinmah on for Leonardo Bittencourt and Dawid Kownacki

75’: Jens Stage slides into Nmecha

76’: Dortmund substitution: Sébastien Haller and Marcel Sabitzer on for Donyell Malen and Niklas Füllkrug

81’: Bremen substitution: Nick Woltemade on for Romano Schmid

83’: Milos Veljković commits the foul, ref plays advantage but Nmecha’s shot goes over.

87’: Bremen substitution: Rafael Santos Borré on for Anthony Jung

89’: Dortmund substitution: Karim Adeyemi on for Julian Brandt

90+3’: Reyna’s really going here in stoppage time. He gets a chance after a lot of work, but puts it over.

90+4’: Olivier Deman picks up a late card.

FT Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Werder Bremen For the moment, Dortmund are top of the table!