Borussia Dortmund barely won on the Hoffenheim pitch 3 to 1 thanks in particular to Marco Reus at the end of the first period, and took the lead in the Bundesliga at the opening of the 6th day, Friday evening. Draft since the start of the season, the BVB still ensures mathematically with 14 points out of 18 possible, signing four victories and two draws in the first six matches of the German championship.
Reduced to ten for around twenty minutes after the exclusion of Ramy Bensebaini, Edin Terzic’s men retained their goal lead and temporarily established themselves in the leader’s chair of the Bundesliga before the other matches of the 6th daytime. On Saturday, Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, 13 points each, have the opportunity to regain the lead. The Munich players travel to RB Leipzig, while Xabi Alonso’s men go to Mainz, bottom after five days.
Niclas Füllkrug, established at the forefront of the Dortmund attack, opened the scoring (18th) before Mats Hummels offered the equalizer on a plateau to Andrej Kramaric, from the penalty spot after a foul on Anton Stach, seven minutes later late. Just before half-time, following some nice work from Donyell Malen on the right side, Marco Reus gave his team the advantage with an acrobatic volley (45th 3).
In the second half, Hoffenheim had two huge chances to equalize. Grischa Prömel’s header was pushed back onto his goal line by BVB goalkeeper Gregor Kobel in the 49th minute, before the latter was saved by his crossbar two minutes later from a superb free kick from Robert Skov. On a counter in added time, the Norwegian Julian Ryerson ensured the victory for Borussia (3-1, 90th 5). Dortmund will now prepare for their home match against AC Milan on Wednesday evening (9:00 p.m.) for the second day of the Champions League, after their setback in Paris (2-0).