18. MinuteNow the black and yellow are working on their second corner kick. Thorgan Hazard takes care of him on the right. His high cross lands on a Gladbach head. BVB has to start again.
16. MinuteAt the moment, the guests are playing better, especially physically. The duels are extremely intense on both sides. Of course, this usually comes at the expense of the flow of the game.
Rama Bensebaini
Now a Gladbacher is due. Ramy Bensebaini extends his left arm to stop Thorgan Hazard. Again the referee with yellow is on the spot. It is the fourth yellow card of the season for the Algerian.
Dan-Axel Zagadou
On the left side of Dortmund’s defense, Dan-Axel Zagadou is wrong and then only knows how to help himself with a foul to get at the escaping Stefan Lainer. But Marco Fritz has the first yellow card of this match ready. This is the defender’s second warning of the current season.
9. MinuteSo the hosts now set the tone and don’t let the opponent develop. Whatever the Gladbachers want to do about it, it fails – especially due to a lack of precision in the passing game.
7. MinuteThis is followed by the first corner kick of this encounter, which Dortmund is allowed to take on the left side. Danger is not conjured up.
6. MinuteA ball that was saved too short jumps at the feet of two Dortmund players halfway to the right on the edge of the penalty area. Thorgan Hazard and Gio Reyna are yet to reach an agreement. Ultimately, it is a right-footed shot by the latter to the far corner, which Yann Sommer deflects around the post.
5. MinuteThen the hosts bring in the pace for the first time. It is played steeply. Donyell Malen tries to find his way into the sixteen, but is pushed a little to the left. His left shot does not force Yann Sommer to intervene.
3. MinuteIn the 100th Bundesliga duel between these two clubs, little comes together at first. You first have to find your feet on the rain-soaked but very playable lawn.
1. MinuteThe kick-off has just sounded in a rainy and windy nine degrees, the guests toast. 10,000 spectators gathered in Signal Iduna Park. More are not allowed.
Before the game startsShortly before the start of the game we look at the team of referees. Marco Fritz plays the pipe. The former FIFA referee relies on the support of assistants Dominik Schaal and Marcel Pelgrim. As the fourth official, Florian Heft works between the coaches’ benches.
Before the game startsIncidentally, the first half of the 6th matchday went 1-0 to Gladbach. The black and yellow won the last meeting in Dortmund 3-0 last season. That was the eighth BVB home win in a row. The last time the foals took something from Signal Iduna Park was in March 2014, when they won 2-1.
Before the game startsDortmund recently had to digest the disappointing 2: 4 in the Europa League against Glasgow Rangers. Can that be straightened out in the second leg for the Scots? BVB is always good for such dropouts. There was one like that recently in the Bundesliga – at home against Leverkusen (2:5). In between, away wins in Sinsheim (3:2) and at Union Berlin (3:0) have recently been achieved. The last home threesome goes back to mid-January. At that time SC Freiburg was defeated 5:1.
Before the game startsAt the beginning of the year, the Fohlenelf attracted attention with a 2-1 win against the record champions in Munich. However, this was followed by four competitive games without a win, three of which were lost. The Rhinelanders only stopped this negative trend last weekend with the 3:2 home win against Augsburg. Away in the Bundesliga, VfL has not lost three games, plus two 1-1 draws at TSG Hoffenheim and in Bielefeld. The last bankruptcy abroad was in Leipzig in mid-December (1:4).
Before the game startsDifferent worlds meet in the Borussia duel today, because there are an impressive 20 points between the two teams. As a result, Dortmund, as second in the table, are heading for the Champions League and are also waiting for further mistakes from leaders FC Bayern Munich. The Gladbachers have to look down. Up to the relegation place, the cushion is only four points in size. There can be no talk of a soft pillow.
Before the game startsAdi Hütter, on the other hand, does not make any changes on the part of the guests. Gladbach starts in the formation from last Bundesliga weekend. Christoph Kramer takes a seat on the bench after surviving the compulsory Corona break.
Before the game startsThe following eleven players are initially on the field for Borussia Mönchengladbach: Sommer – Ginter, Friedrich, Elvedi – Lainer, Kone, Neuhaus, Bensebaini – Hofmann, Plea – Embolo.
Before the game startsCompared to Thursday’s European game, Marco Rose has made three changes. Instead of Manuel Akanji (torn muscle fiber in the calf), Axel Witsel and Julian Brandt (both bench), Emre Can, Thorgan Hazard and Gio Reyna slip into the Dortmund starting XI.
Before the game startsRight from the start of the reporting, we dedicate ourselves to the personnel matters of the day and first and foremost to the line-ups of both teams. Borussia Dortmund tackles today’s task with this line-up: Kobel – Can, Hummels, Zagadou, Guerreiro – Dahoud, Bellingham – Reyna, Reus, Hazard – Malen.
Before the game startsWelcome to the match of match day 23 between Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga.
21. MinuteThe offside traps snap shut on both sides. Defensive work is very attentive. That’s another reason why there are hardly any goal scenes.