Marco Reus scored the only goal as Borussia Dortmund booked their place in the DFB Cup round of 16 with🧾 victory over Hoffenheim.
Borussia Dormund 1-0 Hoffenheim
Goals: 1-0 Reus 43' (assist: Bynoe-Gittens)
Sent off: Kabak (90'+3)
Dortmund survived a huge scare when Ihlas🧾 Bebou forced the fit-again Gregor Kobel into a parried save inside the opening 120 seconds. The loose ball fell for🧾 Mergim Berisha in the six-yard box, but his effort was cleared off the line by Nico Schlotterbeck. BVB heeded the🧾 warning, and began to create chances of their own as Reus and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens crashed efforts wide from range. The🧾 Black-Yellows' persistence told late in the first half, when Reus swept in Bynoe-Gittens' pull-back for the opening goal, albeit with🧾 a hint of a mis-kick.
Dortmund threatened a second goal soon after the restart, but Youssoufa Moukoko's shot was too close🧾 to Oliver Baumann in the Hoffenheim goal. The visitors responded in kind, with Maximilian Beier stinging the palms of Kobel,🧾 but were unable to make any serious in-roads thereafter. Substitute Donyell Malen squandered a couple of promising openings, and Ozan🧾 Kabak was sent off for two bookable offences, as Dortmund extended their unbeaten start in domestic competition to 11 matches,🧾 ahead of Saturday's Klassiker with Bayern Munich.
Match stats
Reus scored his 21st DFB Cup goal.
Edin Terzić has lost just one of🧾 11 DFB Cup games as Dortmund coach.
Dortmund lifted their last of their five DFB Cups in 2024/21.
BVB have progressed in🧾 13 of their last 14 DFB Cup home fixtures. All three cup ties with Hoffenheim were won at home by🧾 Borussia.
Dortmund have won their last six competitive meetings with Hoffenheim – the best run in the 35-game history of this🧾 fixture.
Hoffenheim have won only one of their last 10 DFB Cup ties against fellow Bundesliga clubs (5-1 vs. Schalke at🧾 this stage last season).
Teams
Dortmund: Kobel (c) - Ryerson, Süle, Schlotterbeck, Wolf (Bensebaini 64') - Özcan, Reyna (Nmecha 70') - Brandt,🧾 Reus (Sabitzer 83'), Bynoe-Gittens (Malen 64') – Moukoko
Unused subs: Meyer, Haller, Füllkrug, Hummels, Adeyemi
Out: Can (muscular), Duranville (thigh), Morey (knee)
Coach:🧾 Edin Terzić
Hoffenheim: Baumann (c) - Akpoguma (Kabak 63'), Brooks, Vogt - Bebou, Prömel (Tohumcu 79'), Stach, Bülter (Bischof 88'), Berisha🧾 (Conté 64') - Weghorst, Beier
Unused subs: Phillipp, Justvan, Samassekou, Becker, Szalai
Out: Geiger (groin), John (knee), Kadeřábek (knee), Kramarić (thigh), Nsoki🧾 (knee)
Coach: Pellegrino Matarazzo
As it happened!
1 - 0 (1 - 0) Dortmund FINAL Hoffenheim DFB Pokal
Second round Second round Signal Iduna🧾 Park 90' + 4 Klassiker next Applause all around from Dortmund's fans as the men in Black and Yellow wave🧾 up to the stands. Next up for this group, it's Der Klassiker against Bayern Munich on Saturday! 90' + 4🧾 Game over! That's it. A solitary strike from Marco Reus has won this second-round DFB Cup tie and Dortmund are🧾 heading through to the last 16. 90' + 3 Kabak ordered off Kabak and Malen get into a bit of🧾 shirt tugging out on the flank and the Dortmund man goes down. The referee shows the Hoffenheim sub a second🧾 yellow and off he goes. 90' Second yellow card Ozan Kabak 90' Time added on Dortmund have four extra minutes🧾 in which to keep Hoffenheim at bay. 88' Substitution Tom Bischof Marius Bülter 85' Malen goes close Malen makes some🧾 space on the left, goes through, and powers a shot into the side-netting. 83' Reus and out Huge home applause🧾 for Marco Reus, who heads off in the hope that he'll be tonight's match winner. Marcel Sabitzer comes into the🧾 action. 83' Substitution Marcel Sabitzer Marco Reus 79' Substitution Umut Tohumcu Grischa Prömel 75' Weghorst booked Weghorst goes into the🧾 book after complaining a little too vociferously to the referee. 75' Yellow card Wout Weghorst 73' Malen goes it alone🧾 Dortmund break through Malen, who races into the area on the left. The attacker has support but chooses to go🧾 it alone and he's forced into a weak shot, which Baumann gathers with ease. 72' Özcan sighter Dortmund's eighth corner🧾 of the game leads to Özcan smacking a shot into Oliver Baumann's midriff. 69' BVB swap Gio Reyna's game is🧾 over as the American is replaced by Dortmund's recent Champions League match winner in Newcastle, Felix Nmecha. 69' Substitution Felix🧾 Nmecha Giovanni Reyna 66' Kabak booked He's only on the pitch but Kabak is already booked after tripping fellow substitute🧾 Malen. 66' Yellow card Ozan Kabak 64' Changes on both sides Marius Wolf limps out of the contest and is🧾 replaced by Bensebaini. Elsewhere, Donyell Malen is also on for the hosts while Conté and Kabak are thrown into the🧾 mix for Hoffenheim. 63' Substitution Ramy Bensebaini Marius Wolf 63' Substitution Donyell Malen Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 62' Substitution Bambasé Conté Mërgim🧾 Berisha 62' Substitution Ozan Kabak Kevin Akpoguma 59' Beier menacing Beier's cross-shot from the left flies off target. TSG's No.🧾 14 then wallops a shot into Kobel's arms. The visitors are coming more and more into this in the second🧾 half. 56' Yellow card Nico Schlotterbeck 55' Hoffenheim set piece Stach's free kick to the far post finds Beier, who🧾 volleys off target. The referee's assistant had his flag up on that play. BVB maintain lead Marco Reus's 21st DFB🧾 Cup goal in his 54th appearance in the competition keeps the Black-and-Yellows in front as the second half progresses. ©🧾 IMAGO/pepphoto 49' Dortmund go close BVB wrestle back possession, leading to Bynoe-Gittens and Moukoko linking up. The latter gets a🧾 shot away and Baumann makes a solid save. 46' Back underway We're back up and running in the second half🧾 in Dortmund. 45' Half time! The hosts lead at the break, with Marco Reus striking late in the half to🧾 give Edin Terzic's side a deserved advantage. 43' BVB lead! The hosts hit the front and it's that man Marco🧾 Reus with his fourth goal of the campaign in all competitions. Jamie Bynoe-Gittens is the man who sets Reus on🧾 his way and Dortmund's talisman applies the tidy finish for 1-0. 43' Marco Reus GOAL! 1 : 0 36' Reyna🧾 involved The USMNT international has been heavily involved in the past few minutes. Reyna's pass almost set up a clear🧾 chance for Reus while the American's subsequent delivery into the danger zone soon afterwards had Hoffenheim on their toes. 31'🧾 Different wavelength Bynoe-Gittens beats his man and gets a ball into the Hoffenheim mixer. There's nobody there for Dortmund. No🧾 breakthrough We await the game's first goal at a rainy Signal Iduna Park. © IMAGO/Beautiful Sports 24' Bynoe-Gittens effort This🧾 time it's the lively Bynoe-Gittens who combines with Reyna down the left. The former gets a shot off but it🧾 fizzes wide of the upright. 19' Reus again Marco Reus has been busy in this game and the BVB legend🧾 sees a shot blocked by Brooks and Dortmund's latest move. 15' TSG chance Hofffenheim work the ball forward quickly and🧾 Stach gets the shot away. That's gone over the top. High entertainment Dortmund are edging this Cup game thus far🧾 but Hoffenheim present a clear and present danger here. © Imago 10' Dortmund in control Reus and Moukoko cause TSG🧾 'keeper Baumann some problems while Bynoe-Gittens continues to get himself into threatening positions. Dortmund have fully settled now. 7' BVB🧾 building Moukoko does very well to win a corner but the hosts can't take advantage from the set-piece, with Schlotterbeck's🧾 header handily cleared by Hoffenheim. 4' BVB respond The Black-and-Yellows go straight down the other end and nearly take the🧾 lead following a set-piece, with Marco Reus shooting narrowly wide. What a start to this game! The home team responds🧾 through Reus! After a corner, he shoots from the back area and puts the direct shot past the left post🧾 by just centimeters. 2' So close Hohhenheim! The visitors are almost a goal up in the opening minutes. Kobel saves🧾 well from Bebou while Berisha sends the follow up straight at Schlotterbeck, who clears off the line! 1' Peeeeep! Game🧾 on! The DFB Cup second-round action is underway at the Signal Iduna Park. BVB team news For their part, BVB🧾 have made five changes to last weekend's starting XI. Niklas Süle, Julian Ryerson, Julian Brandt, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens and Youssoufa Moukoko🧾 all come in from the get-go for the Black-and-Yellows. © imago
TSG team news Hoffenheim are showing four changes🧾 to the side that started the 3-2 weekend win in Stuttgart. Anton Stach, Ihlas Bebou, Marius Bülter and Mërgim Berisha🧾 come in for Florian Grillitsch, Pavel Kadeřábek, Robert Skov and Tom Bischof. © IMAGO/Oliver Zimmermann/IMAGO/foto2press BVB starting XI Kobel (c)🧾 - Ryerson, Süle, Schlotterbeck, Wolf - Özcan, Reyna - Brandt, Reus, Bynoe-Gittens – Moukoko BVB subs Meyer, Bensebaini, Nmecha, Haller,🧾 Füllkrug, Hummels, Sabitzer, Malen, Adeyemi Hoffenheim starting XI Baumann (c) - Akpoguma, Brooks, Vogt - Bebou, Prömel, Stach, Bülter, Berisha🧾 - Weghorst, Beier Hoffenheim subs Phillipp, Kabak, Justvan, Samassekou, Becker, Conte, Bischof, Tohumcu, Szalai Form guide BVB are undefeated on🧾 the domestic front this season while last weekend's 3-3 Bundesliga draw against Eintracht Frankfurt stalled a three-game winning streak that🧾 included an impressive 1-0 win away to Newcastle in the Champions League. TSG had a four-match winning sequence ended by🧾 Dortmund in September while tonight's visitors have won two and lost one since then. © IMAGO/Moritz Müller A sell out🧾 We can expect a typically special atmosphere at the superb Signal Iduna Park after Dortmund announced that tonight's game is🧾 a sell out, with every seat at the 81,365 capacity stadium taken. "Big plans" A one-time DFB Cup winner in🧾 charge of BVB, coach Edin Terzic, explained that the Black-and-Yellows have ".. prepared meticulously and professionally to give it our🧾 all to play a really good home game," against Hoffenheim. "We have big plans in this competition and want to🧾 make it into the next round with a home win," the tactician added. © Martin Rose/Getty Images "A complete game"🧾 Hoffenheim boss Pellegrino Matarazzo would love nothing more than to go all the way in this season's DFB Cup but🧾 the New Jersey native understands his team are facing a big challenge this evening: "I find it exciting that you🧾 can win a title in just a few games," the tactician explained. "We also know that we are not the🧾 favourites [this evening] and we need a top performance; a complete game. That's the goal, and the goal is to🧾 advance one round too." History on their side If recent history is anything to go by, Dortmund will be confident🧾 of progressing here. They have won 12 of their last 13 DFB Cup home matches, while they have beaten Hoffenheim🧾 on both occasions when they two have met in this competition. Their opponents, meanwhile, have won just one of their🧾 last nine matches against Bundesliga clubs in the DFB Cup. © imago/Sven Simon First-round results In the competition's opening stage,🧾 both teams earned resounding wins. Dortmund won 6-1 away at Schott Mainz, while Hoffenheim beat Lübeck 4-1, also away from🧾 home. Dortmund team news Edin Terzić, too, faces some selection headaches. Felix Nmecha, after scoring his first Dortmund goal in🧾 the 1-0 UEFA Champions League win over Newcastle United, is likely to miss a second game in a row with🧾 a muscle problem, while Mats Hummels and Emre Can will be unavailable. Gregor Kobel needed to come off early in🧾 the draw with Frankfurt, but his issue isn't deemed to be too serious, meaning he could even start. Julian Duranville🧾 and Mateu Morey will not be able to play, although Julian Brandt could return to the starting line-up after coming🧾 on from the bench at the weekend. Hoffenheim team news Pellegrino Matarazzo has a number of absentees to contend with🧾 for this encounter. There may be good news in regards to Andrej Kramarić, who could have recovered from a thigh🧾 injury in time for this clash, but Dennis Geiger and Stanley Nsoki will not be available. Florian Grillitsch is another🧾 who will be on the sidelines, as will Pavel Kadeřábek, although Ozan Kabak could be in contention to feature after🧾 recovering from a shoulder issue. 2:03 Watch: Hoffenheim 1-3 Dortmund - previous match-up Dortmund travelled Sinsheim at the end of🧾 September during Matchday 6 of the Bundesliga campaign. Despite having Ramy Bensebaini sent off, they still managed to pick up🧾 all three points. Head-to-head Dortmund have enjoyed plenty of success in this fixture in recent years. They have won each🧾 of the previous five encounters, and are unbeaten in the previous seven meetings. Hoffenheim's last triumph came in June 2024,🧾 when the 2024/20 campaign was extended due to the coronavirus campaign - TSG prevailed 4-0 at Signal Iduna Park on🧾 that occasion. 2:03 Watch: Frankfurt 3-3 Dortmund BVB were 2-0 and 3-2 down away at Frankfurt on Sunday, but fought🧾 back to pick up a point. 2:03 Watch: Stuttgart 2-3 Hoffenheim Die Kraichgauer picked up an impressive victory over high-flyers🧾 Stuttgart in their last match, at the weekend in the Bundesliga. Welcome! Follow all the build-up and action from Borussia🧾 Dortmund's DFB Cup second-round clash with Hoffenheim right here!
