Borussia Dortmund fell on back-to-back defeats under new boss Niko Kovac in the Bundesliga after being defeated 2-0 on Saturday by relegation-threatened Bochum in Vonovia Ruhrstadion.
2024/2025 Bundesliga
2-0
- Masouras (33 ')
- Masouras (35 ')
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33 'goal! Bochum 0-1 Dortmund (Georgios Masouras)
35 'goal! Bochum 0-2 Dortmund (Georgios Masouras)
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Match report
The home team made a clear start of the game and created three chances in the opening nine minutes before they opened the score by Giorgos Masouras, who returned a pass by Captain Philipp Hofmann in the 33rd minute.
The Greek attacker then doubled the lead of Bochum only two minutes later when he intercepted a weak back -pass from Niklas Sule before he defeated goalkeeper Gregor Kobel in Dortmund's goal.
Masouras had the chance to complete his hat trick in the 69th minute, but was refused by Kobel when Bochum stayed on the front foot in the second period.
It was Kovac's second defeat in as many league matches since replacing Nuri Sahin as Dortmund manager, where they were also lost to Stuttgart last week.
However, he led the side to a 3-0 victory against sporting CP in their Champions League Knock-Out Play-off draw on Tuesday.
Dortmund, who has only won one of their last seven league games, is 11th with 29 points and the risk of missing a top-four finish and a place in the Champions League of next season. The fourth placed Leipzig are eight points ahead on the side of Kovac.
Bochum stays in 17th place, but is 14 points with Heidenheim, who are 16th and on the relegation play-off place.
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– VfL Bochum 1848 (@vflbochum1848EV) 15 February 2025
Data Debrief: Bochum claims rare success against eg
Bochum had only won one of their last 13 Bundesliga matches against Dortmund (D5 L7) and was Winloos in six competitions against their opponents since 2007 before the Saturday meeting.
However, they put an impressive display at home where they shot 18 shots with nine of them on goal to generate an expected goals (XG) of 3.0, compared to Dortmund's 2.47 xg of 17 shots and 69.2% owns .
The nine shots from Bochum on Target were also a seasonal high for them in the competition this season.
Line-ups
Bochum XI: Timo Horn, Ivan Ordets, Philipp Hofmann, Matus Bero, Holtmann, Bernardo, Masouras, Erhan Masovic, Ibrahima Sissoko, Kraus, Tim Oermann
Subs: Gamboa, Losilla, Koji Miyoshi, Dani de Wit, Jakov Medic, Moritz Broschinski, Grave, Samuel Bamba, Mats Pannewig
Dortmund XI: Gross, Sabitzer, Emre Can, Sule, Brandt, Guirassy, Kobel, Adeyemi, Schlotterbeck, Daniel Svensson, Gittens
Subs: Meyer, Anton, Özcan, Reyna, Beier, Yan Couto, Ayman Azhil, Duranville, Kabar
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