Personnel issues:
Alongside Marcel Sabitzer (again), captain Emre Also can missed out on account of sickness. Niklas Süle, alternatively, returned to the squad. 4 days after the Champions League match towards Inter Milan (a 2-0 defeat), head coach Niko Kovac made 5 adjustments to the beginning XI, as Anton, Couto, Svensson, Adeyemi and Brandt changed Ryerson, Bensebaini, Beier and Fabio Silva (who all dropped to the bench), whereas Can missed out utterly. Filippo Mane remained within the staff.
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The match:With brave, excessive urgent, Heidenheim put BVB beneath strain early on, disrupting the build-up play and celebrated each Black & Yellow misplaced cross as affirmation of their very own efficiency. Dortmund had a tough time discovering gaps within the opponents, who have been man-marking tightly and uncompromisingly. Corners led to a number of pushing and pulling within the six-yard field.
And so it went till the 14th minute, earlier than 81,365 spectators within the sold-out SIGNAL IDUNA PARK noticed the primary shot: for as soon as, Guirassy had shaken off Mainka, however didn’t beat the Heidenheim goalkeeper Ramaj from a decent angle. On 38 minutes, after good work by Brandt, Guirassy’s delicate chip struck the crossbar. Till then, there had been solely two possibilities for BVB, and Heidenheim additionally had one, however Kobel denied Dinkci from eleven metres out within the twenty sixth minute.
The eighth (!) nook lastly gave BVB the lead shortly earlier than the break. Couto floated the cross in, and Siersleben hindered his personal goalkeeper, inflicting Ramaj to drop the ball. Anton reacted the quickest, making it 1-0 within the forty fourth minute. However on the finish of the five-minute harm time interval, Heidenheim’s Honsak made good progress down the left, Mane picked up an harm and needed to pull up. Honsak’s cross landed on the toes of Niehues, who prodded the ball over the road to make it 1-1 going into the break .
Süle changed Mane on the restart and shortly afterwards let Heidenheim substitute Arijon Ibrahimovic previous him, whose again cross discovered Niehues, who hammered the ball goalwards from 22 metres out. Svensson acquired his thigh in the best way, however the deflection gave Kobel no probability and the away facet celebrated a 2-1 lead within the forty eighth minute. Ten minutes later, Marvin Pieringer was given the liberty of SIGNAL IDUNA PARK and will have added a 3rd. Kovac responded, and immediately appeared to get his facet on the entrance foot: Beier changed Couto, Chukwuemeka got here on for Bellingham, with Brandt dropping a little bit deeper.
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Inside two minutes, the Black & Yellow had turned the sport round. After Brandt’s cross, Guirassy was denied by Ramaj, and Nmecha’s follow-up from the ensuing nook was cleared. However the VAR intervened: Dorsch had dealt with the ball after Brandt’s cross. Dr. Jöllenbeck pointed to the spot. Ramaj managed to get a contact on Guirassy’s effectively positioned shot, however couldn’t maintain it out – it was 2-2 within the 68th minute. Lower than two minutes later, Brandt initiated a counter-attack. Beier stormed down the fitting wing, reduce the ball again to Guirassy, who acquired an excellent connection regardless of being on his method down 5 yards from purpose, and the ball discovered the nook to make it 3-2 on 70 minutes.
5 minutes earlier than the ultimate whistle, Guirassy may have put the sport to mattress early. Jöllenbeck didn’t hesitate to present one other penalty after Busch fouled Guirassy. This time, nonetheless, Guirassy shot effectively over the bar, that means the sport was nonetheless alive. As a substitute, Ibrahimovic missed an opportunity to doubtlessly make it 3-3 at first of the eight minutes of harm time, however his effort whistled previous the submit. Then Mikkel Kaufmann grazed the crossbar within the ninety fifth minute, however the friends didn’t handle to get the ball over the road, and the Black & Yellow.
Outlook: After six video games in three weeks to kick off the 12 months, BVB have their first “regular” week of coaching of the 12 months, which is able to finish subsequent Saturday with the away recreation at VfL Wolfsburg (kick-off: 15:30 CET)..
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BORUSSIA DORTMUND – 1. FC HEIDENHEIM 3-2 (1-1)
Soccer Bundesliga, Matchday 20 Saturday, 1 February 2026, 17:30 CET
Bor. Dortmund: Kobel – Mane (Süle, 46), Anton, Schlotterbeck – Yan Couto (Beier, 58), Bellingham (Chukwuemeka, 58), Nmecha, Svensson – Adeyemi (Fabio Silva, 69), Brandt – Guirassy (90+3 Özcan)
Bench: Meyer, Drewes, Bensebaini, Ryerson
1. FC Heidenheim. Ramaj – Busch, Mainka, Siersleben – Traoré (Schimmer, 80), Dorsch, Niehues (Schöppner, 70), Behrens, Dinkci (Kaufmann, 80) – Pieringer (Conteh, 80), Honsak (Ibrahimovic, 46)
Bench: Feller, Föhrenbach, Beck, Kerber
