45th minuteThe regular playing time of the first round is now running out. There should be a minute on top.
43rd minuteSuddenly something else happens. After a Dortmund corner from the right side, Axel Witsel is near the left post and pushes the ball into the box. But the offside whistle sounds immediately – clear thing! The Belgian is clearly in the forbidden zone when Thomas Meunier’s header.
41st minuteDortmund is noticeably in administration mode. The Westphalians do no more than necessary. Presumably the guests would like to disappear into the break now.
39th minuteFrom the left half-field, Vladimir Darida kicks a free kick into the box on the left. There is room for Jordan Torunarigha, but only hesitantly gets the limbs sorted. That looks wooden. The left-hand shot from the turn therefore also clearly flies past Marwin Hitz’s box.
38th minuteAfter a corner Mahmoud Dahoud brings the ball dangerously from the right into the center. For Alexander Schwolow it is difficult to foresee whether a player will get his foot on it. Ultimately, however, the goalkeeper fends off the cross.
36th minuteMore than one or two crosses come as a reaction from the home side. The second by Maximilian Mittelstädt is just a warm-up exercise for Marwin Hitz. The keeper grabs the ball.
33rd minuteAfterwards, the black-and-yellows let it be good for a while. It is up to the Herthanerm to take care of the ball. Determination does not develop here.
Tooooor! Hertha BSC – BORUSSIA DORTMUND 0-1. From midfield, Mahmoud Dahoud plays centrally at Erling Haaland on the penalty area. He actually wants to get through to Marco Reus. Maximilian Mittelstädt holds his foot in between, which is why the ball jumps half-left in the box into Julian Brandt’s barrel. From the left corner of the goal area, the national player carefully lifts the thing with his left foot over Alexander Schwolow and into the goal. For Brandt this is the fifth goal of the season in the Bundesliga.
29th minuteAnd since the defensive rows on both sides are now good and the teams are doing excellent defensively, there are no more goal scenes.
26th minuteThis is how a fairly open game develops. The Berliners can really stand up to the second in the table. Even with regard to the proportion of the game and the shots on goal, things are evenly balanced. It’s really not made easy for Borussia here.
23rd minuteAfter a Berlin free kick, Ishak Belfodil takes the ball well in the box on the left and tries to close it. With his right foot, the striker is clearly pushing the thing over the box.
21st minuteMahmoud Dahoud tries from the second row after a pass from Julian Brandt. The midfielder’s right-footed shot is set too high.
18th minuteThen field referee Marco Fritz should look at the whole thing again on the monitor. Shortly afterwards, the referee returns and takes the goal back because of an offside position for Ishak Belfodil, who was not on the ball but was actively involved in the scene immediately behind Myziane Maolida. Bad luck for the Hertha team, because that was really very close.
17th minuteThe hit is checked. Apparently it is about an offside position. The VAR referees Pascal Müller and Jan Seidel have something to complain about.
16th minuteThen the ball wriggles in the goal. From the right side, Peter Pekarik plays the synthetic leather flat against the goal area. There, Myziane Maolida holds out the tip of her foot and hits the short corner. There is great jubilation among the people of the capital. But wait a minute!
15th minuteValdimir Darida kicks a free kick from the left half field. In the high cross, Axel Witsel heads teammate Marin Pongracic in the sixteenth. The ball falls at Jurgen Ekkelenkamp’s feet, who only needs to shoot in from five meters. But the Dutchman does not hit the ball correctly with his right foot, which is jumping past the box on the right.
13th minuteNow Meunier crosses from the right, finds Reus again, who goes to work in the center with his head and places the ball just past the far corner. Schwolow can only look after the ball and then breathe a sigh of relief.
11th minuteWith a lot of feeling Thomas Meunier plays the ball from the right side into the top. Marco Reus escapes, appears half right in the box completely free, but does not get the ball past Alexander Schwolow with his right foot.
9th minuteAfter a one-two with Julian Brandt, Thomas Meunier penetrates the penalty area on the right and has plenty of space there. The low cross is intended for Erling Haaland, but in the goal area Niklas Stark intervenes with a courageous tackle.
7th minuteA first corner for Hertha is the result. After its execution, the ball eventually reaches Vladimir Darida, whose long-range shot clearly misses the target.
6th minuteFrom the left, Ishak Belfodil moves to the center. For the first time, the Herthaners appear in the sixteenth – and immediately dangerous. Jurgen Ekkelenkamp shoots the far corner with his left foot. Marwin Hitz has to work and parries well.
5th minuteHertha is now also trying to get involved more actively. The home side feel their way into the opposing half via a free kick.
3rd minuteA first free kick is awarded to BVB. Mahmoud Dahoud has an idea, briefly alludes to Marco Reus on the left. His attempt to bring the ball flat in the middle fails. The ball gets stuck.
1st minuteNow the whistle sounds in the Olympic Stadium, the guests toast.
Before the game startsShortly before the kick-off, we look at the team of referees. Marco Fritz was entrusted with the game management. The experienced referee is supported by the assistants Dominik Schaal and Marcel Pelgrim. Thorben Siewer is the fourth official.
Before the game startsIncidentally, BVB won both games against Hertha last season. In the Olympic Stadium, Borussia won 5-2 a good year ago. There are now five wins in a row for Dortmund. The last partial successes in Berlin were in Dortmund (2: 2) and at home (1: 1) in 2018. Hertha won their last win against BVB in March 2017 at home 2-1.
Before the game startsAt the draw for the international competitions, the Dortmund team was given a well-known but manageable task for the playoffs of the Europa League with the Glasgow Rangers on Monday after they were out of the premier class.
Before the game startsDortmund is considered to be the strongest home team in the Bundesliga, but that doesn’t help the black and yellow team today. The Westphalians have already suffered three bankruptcies abroad – in Freiburg (1: 2), in Mönchengladbach (0: 1) and in early November in Leipzig (1: 2). BVB then scored a 3-1 win in Wolfsburg and a 1-1 draw recently in Bochum. On Wednesday, the cup winners celebrated a 3-0 home win against Wolfsburg and are thus three competitive games without defeat.
Before the game startsOn Tuesday, the Berliners in Mainz were clearly shown the limits (0: 4). After three games without a defeat, the old lady went away empty-handed again. At home, however, the capitals are now unbeaten four matches, winning against Mönchengladbach (1-0) and most recently against Bielefeld (2-0). The last home bankruptcy goes back to the beginning of October, when SC Freiburg kidnapped all three counters from the Olympic Stadium.
Before the game startsAt the end of the English week and the first half of the season in the Bundesliga, we experience the duel of the second in the table against the fourteenth before this 17th matchday. There are 16 points between the two teams. For BVB, it is a matter of keeping the distance to front runner Bayern Munich within a framework, so that there may be tension again during the second half of the new year. Since yesterday, that’s nine points. The Herthaners are one meter above the line.
Before the game startsFive changes are due for the guests. Today Gregor Kobel, Mats Hummels (both with a cold), Dan-Axel Zagadou, Thorgan Hazard (both bank) and Jude Bellingham (yellow card suspension) are not part of the Dortmund starting line-up. In return, Marwin Hitz, Marin Pongracic, Mahmoud Dahoud, Emre Can and Donyell Malen have been involved right from the start.
Before the game startsBorussia Dortmund will initially have the following eleven players on the pitch: Hitz – Meunier, Witsel, Pongracic, Schulz – Can, Dahoud – Brandt, Reus, Malen – Haaland.
Before the game startsOn the home side, there are six changes compared to the game on Tuesday. Instead of Dedryck Boyata (Achilles tendon problems), Marvin Plattenhardt, Deyovaisio Zeefuik (both bench), Suat Serdar (knee bruise), Lucas Tousart (bench) and Stevan Jovetic (calf problems), Peter Pekarik, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Jordan Torunarigha, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, Myziane Myziane and Marco Richter in the Berlin starting line-up.
Before the game startsRight from the start of reporting, we devote ourselves to the personnel matters of the evening and first and foremost to the team line-ups on both sides. Hertha BSC faces today’s game in this line-up: Schwolow – Pekarik, Torunarigha, Stark, Mittelstädt – Darida, Ascacibar – Richter, Ekkelenkamp – Belfodil, Maolida.
Before the game startsWelcome to the Bundesliga for the 17th matchday between Hertha BSC and Borussia Dortmund.
After 45 minutes, Hertha BSC is 0-1 down against Borussia Dortmund at their home Olympic Stadium. The leadership of the guests is okay, as the slightly larger parts of the game spoke for the black and yellow. In addition, however, the hosts acted at eye level for a long time, recording six goals like BVB. In terms of the quality of the chances, both sides did not care much, among other things, there was an offside goal each. However, it was also a bit unhappy for the old lady. Jurgen Ekkelenkamp did not know how to use a major opportunity. Shortly thereafter, it took a long time before the goal was denied due to a few centimeters offside. And when the Dortmund hit, the ball jumped rather uncontrollably in the direction of the goal scorer Julian Brandt. With the Herthaners there can be arguments.