Raphael Guerreiro and Achraf Hakimi got the goals in another important Borussia Dortmund win at Wolfsburg.

Match Report

Borussia Dortmund kept the heat on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich ahead of Der Klassiker with a 2-0 win at 10-man Wolfsburg on Saturday.

A sixth straight league victory for Dortmund was not nearly as impressive as last weekend’s crushing of rivals Schalke but again moved Lucien Favre’s challengers to within a point of Bayern prior to the late kick-off between the defending champions and Eintracht Frankfurt.

Wolfsburg were picked apart by neat work down the right that freed Thorgan Hazard at the byline, with a low centre just evading a tumbling Erling Haaland and instead reaching Guerreiro at the far post for a simple tap-in.

Dortmund settled the match as substitute Jadon Sancho raced into the final third and fed Hakimi for a simple second.

A VAR review saw Felix Klaus dismissed for a challenge on Manuel Akanji, bringing an end to any faint hopes of a Wolfsburg comeback.

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0′ Players condole for coronavirus victims16′ Hazard’s long shot  wide out

A first opening for Dortmund, as Hazard crafts some space on the edge of the area and wastes no time in unleashing a curling, left-footed effort towards the top-left corner. Casteels would have been caught out, but there was too much on Hazard’s strike and it sails wide.

25′ CLOSE! Weghorst’s header over the bar

Mehmedi gets down the left for Wolfsburg and flicks in a cross, which Weghorst gets to. His header, however, flies over the top-right corner.

32′ GOAL! Wolfsburg 0-1 Dortmund (Guerreiro)

Finally, the visitors manage to get in behind Wolfsburg’s defence – Brandt releasing Hakimi, who in turn feeds Hazard. His cross is missed, rather comically, by Haaland, but Guerreiro is well placed to tuck home.

43′ CHANCE! Hazard’s attempt wide out

Brandt releases Hakimi with a precise throughball, and the full-back supplies a neat cross into Hazard’s path. He goes for goal, but his first-time effort flashes wide.

45′ Substitution at half time! Can replaces Hummels

There has been one change at half-time. Hummels has gone off for Dortmund, with Can coming on to replace him.

48′ CLOSE! Steffen hits the beam

The ball falls kindly to Steffen, who races through one-on-one with Burki. The Dortmund goalkeeper manages to close the angle and force Steffen into a strike, and the Wolfsburg attacker fails to keep his cool, with his effort rattling away off the woodwork.

61′ CLOSE! M. Arnold miss a golden chance!

Medmedi does well to twist and turn his way clear of several defenders before prodding in a cross which evades everyone, only to then find Arnold at the back post. He can’t adjust his feet quickly enough, though, and Dortmund are able top clear their lines.

65′ Subs! Sancho on,Brandt out!

Another change for Dortmund. Brandt’s race is run, with Sancho now coming on to offer some real pace to the visitors’ attack.

71′ CHANCE! Guerreiro’s long shot wide out

Dortmund get clear on the counter-attack, with Haaland working brilliantly to shrug off a few defenders and lay it off to Sancho. He hesitates before slipping it into the path of Guerreiro, whose first-time strike takes a deflection and flashes wide.

78′ GOAL! Wolfsburg 0-2 Dortmund (Hakimi)

Sancho drives forward from deep and, unchallenged, lays it off to Hakimi, who keeps his cool to slot home into the bottom-left corner.

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