Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Tuesday 18 December 2018

Result

Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga · Tuesday 18 December 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Fortuna Düsseldorf · Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga predictions

Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: match report

Fortuna Düsseldorf won against Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Tuesday 18 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Dodi Lukébakio opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Fortuna Düsseldorf's goals came from Dodi Lukébakio (22') and Jean Zimmer (56'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Paco Alcácer (81').

Discipline: Fortuna Düsseldorf received 1 yellow card; Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fortuna Düsseldorf were 16th on 12 points from 15 and Borussia Dortmund 1st on 39 points from 15. Fortuna Düsseldorf went on to finish that season 10th with 44 points, and Borussia Dortmund 2nd with 76.

Fortuna Düsseldorf lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund (7.8), ahead of Dodi Lukébakio (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fortuna Düsseldorf wins, 2 draws and 0 for Borussia Dortmund.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Dodi LukébakioFortuna Düsseldorf · 1-0
  • 56'Goal · Jean ZimmerFortuna Düsseldorf · 2-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Christian PulisicBorussia Dortmund
  • 74'Yellow card · Kevin StögerFortuna Düsseldorf
  • 81'Goal · Paco AlcácerBorussia Dortmund · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Łukasz PiszczekBorussia Dortmund

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Fortuna Düsseldorf 0, draws 2, Borussia Dortmund 0.

Team news

Fortuna Düsseldorf line-up (4-2-3-1)

Michael Rensing, Matthias Zimmermann, Kaan Ayhan, Marcin Kamiński, Niko Gießelmann, M. Sobottka, Oliver Fink, Jean Zimmer, Kevin Stöger, Takashi Usami, Dodi Lukébakio

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Roman Bürki, Łukasz Piszczek, Manuel Akanji, Abdou Diallo, Marcel Schmelzer, Axel Witsel, Thomas Delaney, Christian Pulisic, Marco Reus, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Mario Götze