Borussia Dormund 1-0 Hoffenheim

Goals: 1-0 Reus 43' (assist: Bynoe-Gittens)

Sent off: Kabak (90'+3)

Dortmund survived a huge scare when Ihlas Bebou forced 📉 the fit-again Gregor Kobel into a parried save inside the opening 120 seconds. The loose ball fell for Mergim Berisha 📉 in the six-yard box, but his effort was cleared off the line by Nico Schlotterbeck. BVB heeded the warning, and 📉 began to create chances of their own as Reus and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens crashed efforts wide from range. The Black-Yellows' persistence 📉 told late in the first half, when Reus swept in Bynoe-Gittens' pull-back for the opening goal, albeit with a hint 📉 of a mis-kick.

Dortmund threatened a second goal soon after the restart, but Youssoufa Moukoko's shot was too close to Oliver 📉 Baumann in the Hoffenheim goal. The visitors responded in kind, with Maximilian Beier stinging the palms of Kobel, but were 📉 unable to make any serious in-roads thereafter. Substitute Donyell Malen squandered a couple of promising openings, and Ozan Kabak was 📉 sent off for two bookable offences, as Dortmund extended their unbeaten start in domestic competition to 11 matches, ahead of 📉 Saturday's Klassiker with Bayern Munich.