Borussia Dortmund vs Freiburg

1 December 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Frank Willenborg

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Marco Reus 40’ (pen)
  • Paco Alcácer 90+1’

Match summary

Borussia Dortmund won 2-0 at home to Freiburg. Borussia Dortmund led 1-0 at half-time.

Marco Reus put Borussia Dortmund ahead from the penalty spot in the 40th minute and Paco Alcácer made it 2-0 in stoppage time, set up by Lukasz Piszczek.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Dortmund created 2.69 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Freiburg's 0.15 from 5.

Match stats

Borussia Dortmund Freiburg
11 Shots 5
4 Shots on Target 1
2 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.69 xG 0.14
1.93 Non-penalty xG 0.14
7 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Borussia Dortmund Freiburg
Kick-off
Marco Reus
Penalty1-0 (Borussia Dortmund)
40’
Half-time1-0
Paco Alcácer
Assist: Lukasz Piszczek2-0 (Borussia Dortmund)
90+1’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Borussia Dortmund
  • Lukasz Piszczek
Freiburg
  • Janik Haberer

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.69 0.15 40’ Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), 1-0 40’ 90+1’ Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund), 2-0 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.69 0.15 40’ Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), 1-0 Reus 40’ 90+1’ Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund), 2-0 Alcácer 90+1’
Borussia Dortmund 2.69 xGFreiburg 0.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Freiburg attacking Borussia Dortmund attacking 
40’ Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 24’ Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.59 xG, off target 90+1’ Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 48’ Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 28’ Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 2’ Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 12’ Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 42’ Dominique Heintz (Freiburg), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 42’ Jérôme Gondorf (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 4’ Jacob Bruun Larsen (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 30’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 15’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Freiburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90’ Pascal Stenzel (Freiburg), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 24’ Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.59 xG, off target 90+1’ Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 48’ Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 28’ Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 2’ Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 12’ Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 79’ Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 42’ Dominique Heintz (Freiburg), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 42’ Jérôme Gondorf (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 4’ Jacob Bruun Larsen (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 30’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 15’ Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Freiburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90’ Pascal Stenzel (Freiburg), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Roman Bürki GK900 0.000.000
Lukasz Piszczek DEF9011 0.050.501
Abdou Diallo DEF900 0.000.000
Dan-Axel Zagadou DEF370 0.000.000
Achraf Hakimi DEF900 0.000.021
Axel Witsel MID902 0.090.000
Thomas Delaney MID900 0.000.000
Jadon Sancho MID901 0.100.102
Marco Reus MID8213 1.270.162
Jacob Bruun Larsen MID901 0.040.141
Mario Götze FWD712 0.660.000
Ömer Toprak Sub530 0.000.000
Paco Alcácer Sub1911 0.500.000
Maximilian Philipp Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Dortmund win 74% Bet365 odds 1.28
Draw 17% Bet365 odds 5.50
Freiburg win 9% Bet365 odds 11.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Borussia Dortmund WDWWW
Freiburg DWDLD

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.