Borussia Dortmund 2-1 TSG Hoffenheim: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 16 December 2017
Result
Borussia Dortmund 2-1 TSG Hoffenheim
Bundesliga · Saturday 16 December 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Borussia Dortmund 2-1 TSG Hoffenheim: match report
Borussia Dortmund beat TSG Hoffenheim 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 16 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Mark Uth opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (63', penalty) and Christian Pulisic (89'). TSG Hoffenheim scored through Mark Uth (21').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 8th on 25 points from 16 and TSG Hoffenheim 6th on 26 points from 16. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 4th with 55 points, and TSG Hoffenheim 3rd with 55.
Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-3-3 and TSG Hoffenheim in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Pulisic of Borussia Dortmund (8.1), ahead of Steven Zuber (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Borussia Dortmund wins, 4 draws and 1 for TSG Hoffenheim.
Going into the match Borussia Dortmund's last five read W-L-D-D-L and TSG Hoffenheim's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Mark Uth
- 63'Penalty goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 89'Goal · Christian Pulisic
Head-to-head
Team news
Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-3-3)
Roman Bürki, Jeremy Toljan, Sokratis, Ömer Toprak, Marcel Schmelzer, S. Kagawa, Julian Weigl, Raphaël Guerreiro, Andriy Yarmolenko, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Christian Pulisic
TSG Hoffenheim line-up (3-1-4-2)
Oliver Baumann, Stefan Posch, Kevin Vogt, Benjamin Hübner, Florian Grillitsch, Pavel Kaderabek, Nadiem Amiri, Kerem Demirbay, Steven Zuber, Mark Uth, Serge Gnabry