Borussia Dortmund opens the 20th Bundesliga matchday. BVB is visiting 1. FC Heidenheim today. RUHR24 reports on the game in the live ticker.
Lineup 1. FC Heidenheim: Müller – Traoré, Mainka, Gimber, Föhrenbach – Maloney, Dinkci, Schöppner, Beste – Kleindienst, Pieringer
Lineup BVB: Meyer – Meunier, Schlotterbeck, Süle, Maatsen – Özcan, Sabitzer – Bynoe-Gittens, Malen – Moukoko, Füllkrug
Encounter: 1. FC Heidenheim – Borussia Dortmund
Kicking off: Today (February 2nd), 8:30 p.m
Score: 0:0 (0:0)
Gates: –
Place references: –
Particular incidents: –
Referee: Bastian Dankert (43/Schwerin)
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33rd minute: BVB is at least a little better in the game now. Bynoe-Gittens shoots from 16 meters while falling, but is blocked.
30th minute: After a corner, Bynoe-Gittens takes a shot from distance, but completely misses the shot.
BVB against Heidenheim in the live ticker: VAR annuls Donyell Malen’s goal
28th minute: VAR Felix Brych switches on, the goal doesn’t count. There is said to have been an offside position.
28th minute: GOAL DISCLAIMED
26th minute: Incredible. Meunier wins the ball, Moukoko plays free to Malen, who puts the ball past the goalkeeper and makes it 1-0 for BVB. With the first chance!
26th minute: GOAL FOR BVB!
25th minute: Next big thing: Föhrenbach plays into the box and Dinkci finishes unchallenged. Dortmund’s luck that he doesn’t put the ball on goal.
24th minute: Jamie Bynoe-Gittens loses the ball while dribbling against two defenders on the right side. BVB is still waiting for its first chance.
21st minute: Pieringer regains possession of the ball on the edge of the penalty area, but this time he misses the opportunity.
19th minute: 1. FC Heidenheim is clearly the better team in the early stages. Dortmund is basically not even on the field yet.
17th minute: Beste brings the ball flat into the middle from the goal line, Schlottereck clears it first. Then the next cross sails into the penalty area, Süle involuntarily extends and Föhrenbach heads inches wide of the goal. BVB is now wobbling worryingly.
BVB against Heidenheim in the live ticker: Mega mistake by Salih Özcan – Kleindienst awarded
14th minute: Huge opportunity for Kleindienst because Özcan plays the ball right into his legs! The goal is empty and he shoots the ball past!
9th minute: Beste wants to let Meunier out on the edge of the penalty area, but the Belgian was careful. BVB in possession of the ball.
7th minute: Another loss of the ball in the forward movement. Schlotterbeck then can’t get the ball away from his own box. Pieringer shoots while falling, but the shot is blocked by Meunier.
7th minute: There are no highlights here yet. BVB tries to play a controlled build-up game, Heidenheim is stable.
5th minute: Malen loses the ball to Pieringer while dribbling, Heidenheim switches and brings the ball flat to the penalty spot. There Schlotterbeck clarifies.
3rd minute: BVB carries the ball forward, but can’t get through yet. Sabitzer takes a throw-in against ex-Borussian Maloney.
BVB against Heidenheim now in the live ticker: kick-off! The game begins
1st minute: Kick-off! BVB kicks off.
8:28 p.m.: Niklas Süle is wearing the captain’s armband again today and is making the seat selection.
8:23 p.m.: It starts in just over 5 minutes. With a win, BVB can overtake VfB Stuttgart overnight and jump to third place.
8:18 p.m.: Will penalties be an issue again today? Niclas Füllkrug has scored three times in the last three BVB games. And: Today’s opponent allows the most penalty kicks in the league (10).
BVB against Heidenheim now in the live ticker: This is how Frank Schmidt wants to annoy Dortmund
8:14 p.m.: “We have to defend this incredibly good offensive as perfectly as possible, then a lot is possible,” says Frank Schmidt DAZN. After all, even when they won, BVB always allowed their opponents to have scoring opportunities. The goal is, on the one hand, to be stable defensively and to lure Dortmund, but on the other hand to attack early. So a mix.
8:06 p.m.: Alex Meyer has to replace Gregor Kobel again in the BVB goal. From Edin Terzic’s point of view, no problem. “Alex does it outstandingly. He is popular in the team and is always there for us. He always does really well, we are very happy in the position,” said the coach.
7:59 p.m.: Although BVB had a mixed first half of the season, they were still difficult to beat away from home: there was only one defeat on a foreign pitch this season. In November at VfB Stuttgart (1:2).
7:54 p.m.: Compared to the recent 1-1 draw in Sinsheim, Heidenheim coach Frank Schmidt makes one change: ex-Schalke player Pieringer plays in place of Beck.
7:47 p.m.: A former Borussia player is particularly dangerous at 1. FC Heidenheim: Jan-Niklas Beste has already scored 5 goals and 9 assists in the current Bundesliga season.
BVB against Heidenheim now in the live ticker: Dortmund starts again with Füllkrug and Moukoko
7:39 p.m.: Edin Terzic maintains what worked well last matchday in the 3-1 win against VfL Bochum: With three-packer Niclas Füllkrug and Youssoufa Moukoko, BVB is once again starting a double leadership.
7:37 p.m.: The line-up of 1. FC Heidenheim is also there. This is how the hosts play:
Lineup 1. FC Heidenheim: Müller – Traoré, Mainka, Gimber, Föhrenbach – Maloney, Dinkci, Schöppner, Beste – Kleindienst, Pieringer
7:35 p.m.: Ramy Bensebaini is back in the squad after Algeria’s preliminary round exit from the Africa Cup of Nations. But he has to line up behind the strong newcomer Ian Maatsen.
BVB against Heidenheim now in the live ticker: The line-up is here!
7.30 p.m.: There is also a debutant: BVB talent Kjell Wätjen is in the Bundesliga squad for the first time today.
On the bench: Lotka, Morey, Bensebaini, Hummels, Wolf, Can, Pohlmann, Wätjen, Bamba
7:28 p.m.: As reported, Gregor Kobel, Julian Brandt, Marco Reus and Jadon Sancho are missing from the squad. Mats Hummels and Emre Can are there, but don’t play from the start. Jamie Bynoe-Gittens replaces Jadon Sancho on the attacking wing.
7:24 p.m.: The lineup is here! This is how BVB is playing in Heidenheim today:
Lineup BVB: Meyer – Meunier, Süle, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen – Özcan, Sabitzer – Malen, Bynoe-Gittens – Füllkrug, Moukoko
BVB against Heidenheim in the live ticker: An unpleasant task awaits Dortmund
6:55 p.m.: BVB coach Edin Terzic is aware of the difficulty of today’s task. At the matchday press conference, the BVB coach praised 1. FC Heidenheim: “Something has grown together. It is a difficult task, especially in Heidenheim. They are the strongest team in the league and extremely dangerous from set pieces.”
But the direction of travel is still clear: “We want to win there.”
6.40 p.m.: BVB still has a score to settle with 1. FC Heidenheim. Despite a 2-0 lead at Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund couldn’t get more than a 2-2 draw in the first series. Emre Can (7th) and Julian Brandt (13th) took the lead early, but Eren Dinkci (61st) and Tim Kleindienst (82nd) equalized for the blatant outsiders.
Today BVB is looking for revenge on the Ostalb with a lot of self-confidence. In 2024, the Terzic team won three games from three games (10:1 goals). But: 1. FC Heidenheim should not be underestimated either. The promoted team is in 10th place in the table and has been unbeaten in six games.
BVB against Heidenheim in the live ticker: Borussia Dortmund will be playing with this squad today
6:21 p.m.: In just over an hour, BVB will announce the line-up for today’s game in Heidenheim. Without Gregor Kobel, Jadon Sancho, Marco Reus and Julian Brandt: Coach Edin Terzic called up this squad for the Bundesliga game on matchday 20:
Goal: Alexander Meyer, Marcel Lotka
Defense: Mats Hummels, Niklas Süle, Nico Schlotterbeck, Ramy Bensebaini, Marius Wolf, Ian Maatsen, Thomas Meunier, Mateu Morey
Midfield: Emre Can, Salih Özcan, Marcel Sabitzer, Kjell Wätjen, Ole Pohlmann, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Samuel Bamba
Storm: Donyell Malen, Niclas Füllkrug, Youssoufa Moukoko
BVB against Heidenheim: Four professionals are missing from Dortmund
Update, Friday (February 2nd), 10:48 a.m.: The decision to play Gregor Kobel, Julian Brandt, Marco Reus (all with a cold) and Jadon Sancho (muscular problems) is loud Ruhr News (Paid Content) Liked. The four BVB professionals were missing from the flight to the game this Friday morning.
Instead of the professionals, BVB is relying on three talents in Heidenheim. The U23 players Ole Pohlmann and Samuel Bamba as well as U19 player Kjell Wätjen are in the squad.
BVB visits Heidenheim: bitter news from the final training session
Update, Thursday (February 1st), 4:56 p.m.: As the Picture reports, BVB star Jadon Sancho missed the final training before the away game in Heidenheim. An operation on Friday evening is therefore unlikely.
Sancho, who is suffering from muscular problems, worked individually at the training ground in Brackel on Thursday morning. At the beginning of the final training he was no longer there.
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BVB visits Heidenheim: Fans are threatened with chaos
Dortmund/Heidenheim – Verdi has called for a strike! This has an impact on BVB’s game at 1. FC Heidenheim – or on the traveling fans.
BVB supporters should find an alternative journey, as there are supposed to be restrictions in Baden-Württemberg on Friday of all days. Verdi called for the action on Monday. The union wants to increase the pressure in collective bargaining in local local transport.
BVB only played a draw against Bundesliga promoted Heidenheim
The BVB stars on the pitch will need the support of their supporters. In the first leg, BVB couldn’t get past a 2-2 draw against the newly promoted Bundesliga team.
Now the victory is coming – the fourth in a row, which should give BVB third place in the table, at least for one night. VfB Stuttgart is currently one point ahead of Dortmund (37).