Borussia Dortmund fell to back-to-back defeats under new boss Niko Kovac in the Bundesliga after getting beaten 2-0 by relegation-threatened Bochum at Vonovia Ruhrstadion on Saturday. (More Football News)
The home side made a bright start to the game, creating three chances in the opening nine minutes before they opened the scoring through Giorgos Masouras, who turned home a pass from captain Philipp Hofmann in the 33rd minute.
The Greek forward then doubled Bochum's lead only two minutes later when he intercepted a weak backpass from바카라 웹사이트Niklas Sule before beating바카라 웹사이트goalkeeper Gregor Kobel in Dortmund's goal.바카라 웹사이트
Masouras had a chance to complete his hat-trick in the 69th minute, only to be denied by Kobel as Bochum remained on the front foot in the second period.바카라 웹사이트
It was Kovac's second defeat in as many league matches since replacing바카라 웹사이트Nuri Sahin as Dortmund manager, with them having also lost to Stuttgart바카라 웹사이트last week.바카라 웹사이트
However, he guided the side to a 3-0 win against바카라 웹사이트Sporting CP in their Champions League knockout play-off tie on Tuesday.
Dortmund, who have won just one of their last seven league games, are 11th with 29 points and바카라 웹사이트at risk of missing out on a top-four finish and a spot in next season's Champions League. Fourth-placed Leipzig are eight points ahead of Kovac's side.바카라 웹사이트
Bochum remain바카라 웹사이트in 17th place바카라 웹사이트but are level on 14 points with Heidenheim, who are 16th and in the relegation play-off spot.바카라 웹사이트
Data Debrief: Bochum claim rare success against BVB
Bochum had only won one of their last 13 Bundesliga games against Dortmund (D5바카라 웹사이트L7) and were winless in six league home games against their opponents since 2007 before Saturday's meeting.바카라 웹사이트
However, they put on an impressive display at home where they fired 18 shots with nine of them on target to generate an expected goals (xG) of 3.0, compared to Dortmund's 2.47 xG from 17 shots and바카라 웹사이트69.2% possession.바카라 웹사이트
Bochum's nine shots on target were also a season-high for them in the league this season.바카라 웹사이트
