Maximilian Beier's brace eased Borussia Dortmund to a 3-1 win over Mainz on Sunday, keeping their hopes of finishing in the Champions League positions alive this term. (More Football News)
The result lifted Dortmund up to 10th in the standings, but Nico Kovac's side still find themselves seven points adrift of the qualifying places for Europe's elite competition.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
Dortmund had dominated the opening exchanges without reward, as바카라 웹사이트Nico Schlotterbeck,바카라 웹사이트Karim Adeyemi and바카라 웹사이트Julian Brandt fired the early warning shots for the hosts.바카라 웹사이트
They got the goals their performance merited in three first-half minutes just before the break, the first seeing바카라 웹사이트Beier score바카라 웹사이트after Adeyemi's square ball in the box.바카라 웹사이트
BVB doubled their lead soon after when바카라 웹사이트Schlotterbeck's바카라 웹사이트corner was met by the head of Emre Can, despite the best efforts of a Mainz defender on the line.
Schlotterbeck provided another teasing delivery for Dortmund's third of the game after the break, with바카라 웹사이트Beier바카라 웹사이트powering the ball past바카라 웹사이트Robin Zentner to bring up his double.바카라 웹사이트
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Dortmund finished inside the top four of the Bundesliga table in just 3% of Opta's supercomputer simulations, and have an uphill task for their final seven games.바카라 웹사이트
Data Debrief:바카라 웹사이트Schlotterbeck unveils corner kick weapon
Having taken just six points from his first six Bundesliga games, Kovac was under pressure coming into this game, but was able to produce an impressive result which saw an unusual tactical switch take place in the game.바카라 웹사이트
Dortmund beat Mainz for the first time in the Bundesliga since 25th January 2023, ending a run of four바카라 웹사이트games without a win, and they were worthy victors at the Westfalenstadion, ending the contest with an expected goals (xG) total of 2.78 to their opponents' 0.81.바카라 웹사이트
The surprise moment in the match came when Schlotterbeck found himself on corner duties, and Dortmund will be wishing they had put the German international on them sooner after he helped set up two goals on Sunday.바카라 웹사이트
Indeed, Schlotterbeck is the only defender from Europe's big five leagues to have assisted two goals from a set piece in a league match this season.
