Borussia Dortmund vs Stuttgart

9 March 2019 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Benjamin Cortus

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Marco Reus 62’ (pen)
Paco Alcácer 84’
Christian Pulisic 90+2’

Marc-Oliver Kempf 71’

Match summary

Borussia Dortmund saw off Stuttgart 3-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Marco Reus put Borussia Dortmund ahead from the penalty spot in the 62nd minute, Marc-Oliver Kempf equalised with a header in the 71st minute, set up by Gonzalo Castro, Paco Alcácer put Borussia Dortmund back in front in the 84th minute, set up by Christian Pulisic, and Christian Pulisic made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Mario Götze.

The chances backed that up: Borussia Dortmund created 2.56 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Stuttgart's 0.90 from 7.

Match stats

18 Shots 7

8 Shots on Target 1

7 Corners 1

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.56 xG 0.90

1.80 Non-penalty xG 0.90

11 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Borussia Dortmund Stuttgart

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Marco Reus
Penalty

1-0

62’

71’

Marc-Oliver Kempf
Assist: Gonzalo Castro

1-1

Paco Alcácer
Assist: Christian Pulisic

2-1

84’

Christian Pulisic
Assist: Mario Götze

3-1

90+2’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Borussia Dortmund

Marius Wolf
Axel Witsel
Marco Reus

Stuttgart

Emiliano Insúa
Santiago Ascacibar
Steven Zuber

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.

Borussia Dortmund 2.56 xGStuttgart 0.90 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Stuttgart attacking Borussia Dortmund attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Roman Bürki	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marius Wolf	DEF	89			1	0.01	0.06	1
Abdou Diallo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manuel Akanji	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Achraf Hakimi	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.02	1
Axel Witsel	MID	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Jadon Sancho	MID	90			2	0.10	0.04	2
Mario Götze	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.53	3
Marco Reus	MID	90	1		2	0.78	0.07	1
Raphael Guerreiro	MID	80			3	0.12	0.35	2
Paco Alcácer	FWD	90	1		5	0.91	0.00	0
Christian Pulisic	Sub	10	1	1	2	0.50	0.45	1
Thomas Delaney	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dan-Axel Zagadou	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ron-Robert Zieler	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andreas Beck	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Benjamin Pavard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc-Oliver Kempf	DEF	90	1		1	0.43	0.03	1
Ozan Kabak	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.00	0
Emiliano Insúa	DEF	89			1	0.01	0.00	0
Santiago Ascacibar	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gonzalo Castro	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.43	1
Steven Zuber	MID	71			1	0.01	0.35	1
Alexander Esswein	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás González	FWD	75			1	0.35	0.03	2
Anastasios Donis	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Gentner	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario Gomez	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

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

Stuttgart win 9% Bet365 odds 11.00

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Dortmund D D D W L

Stuttgart D L L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Stuttgart 0-4 Borussia Dortmund, 20 Oct 18 Next meeting: Borussia Dortmund 1-5 Stuttgart, 12 Dec 20 All Borussia Dortmund vs Stuttgart meetings

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.