By Otto
Borussia Dortmund suffered another blow on Friday, with a 2:1 loss against host Stuttgart. The first goal of the match came in the 4th minute, when Stuttgart’s Chadrac Akolo scored his 4th Bundesliga goal. Dortmund evened the score at the end of the 1st half with a goal from Maximilian Philipp, but the tie was short-lived, as Stuttgart pulled ahead again in the 51st minute when Josip Brekalo fired a shot through the legs of Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Bürki. The win was Stuttgart’s 500th on home soil in the Bundesliga and Stuttgart remain undefeated at home this season, which also gives them this season’s best home record, and ties them with Augsburg just below the middle of the table going into Saturday’s matches. Dortmund played without standout Christian Pulisic, whose last-minute muscle complaint prevented him from making his 50th Bundesliga appearance. If he recovers in time, his 50th appearance will come in next week’s Revierderby against Schalke, where he would face off against fellow USA international Westen McKennie for the first time. Bayern will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the table when they host local rival Augsburg on Saturday, although they will be without Thiago (Alcantara), Thomas Müller, and Franck Ribery, and possibly without Jerome Boateng and David Alaba. Augsburg have lost each of their last 5 matches against Bayern, but are in 3rd place in the 1. Bundesliga in the number of goals conceded. Robert Lewandowski, who is in a tight race in the scorers’ table against Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, has scored more goals against Augsburg than against any other club: 16 in 12 games. Also on Saturday, Mainz will look to end a 3-game winless streak when they host league bottom-dweller Cologne. At this point in the season, no team has ever had fewer points, and all 3 teams with records as poor as Cologne’s were relegated. Cologne have also scored the fewest goals (4) and given up the most (22). One more match to watch on Saturday: Hoffenheim hosts Frankfurt, and Frankfurt are unbeaten in their last 6 matches and have the 3rd-best away record in the Bundesliga this season. A win against Hoffenheim would put them in 3rd place should Schalke fail to defeat Hamburg. The two recently promoted B2 teams Hanover and Stuttgart played to 1:1 draw in Hanover on Friday night
Borussia Dortmund suffered another blow on Friday, with a 2:1 loss against host Stuttgart. The first goal of the match came in the 4th minute, when Stuttgart’s Chadrac Akolo scored his 4th Bundesliga goal. Dortmund evened the score at the end of the 1st half with a goal from Maximilian Philipp, but the tie was short-lived, as Stuttgart pulled ahead again in the 51st minute when Josip Brekalo fired a shot through the legs of Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Bürki. The win was Stuttgart’s 500th on home soil in the Bundesliga and Stuttgart remain undefeated at home this season, which also gives them this season’s best home record, and ties them with Augsburg just below the middle of the table going into Saturday’s matches. Dortmund played without standout Christian Pulisic, whose last-minute muscle complaint prevented him from making his 50th Bundesliga appearance. If he recovers in time, his 50th appearance will come in next week’s Revierderby against Schalke, where he would face off against fellow USA international Westen McKennie for the first time. Bayern will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the table when they host local rival Augsburg on Saturday, although they will be without Thiago (Alcantara), Thomas Müller, and Franck Ribery, and possibly without Jerome Boateng and David Alaba. Augsburg have lost each of their last 5 matches against Bayern, but are in 3rd place in the 1. Bundesliga in the number of goals conceded. Robert Lewandowski, who is in a tight race in the scorers’ table against Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, has scored more goals against Augsburg than against any other club: 16 in 12 games. Also on Saturday, Mainz will look to end a 3-game winless streak when they host league bottom-dweller Cologne. At this point in the season, no team has ever had fewer points, and all 3 teams with records as poor as Cologne’s were relegated. Cologne have also scored the fewest goals (4) and given up the most (22). One more match to watch on Saturday: Hoffenheim hosts Frankfurt, and Frankfurt are unbeaten in their last 6 matches and have the 3rd-best away record in the Bundesliga this season. A win against Hoffenheim would put them in 3rd place should Schalke fail to defeat Hamburg. The two recently promoted B2 teams Hanover and Stuttgart played to 1:1 draw in Hanover on Friday night
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