Borussia Dortmund all but concede Bundesliga title race after shock Hoffenheim defeat

Borussia Dortmund all but concede Bundesliga title race after shock Hoffenheim defeat

The result was no fluke either as statistics show the hosts were in control for large portions of the game.

Hoffenheim produced 2.25xG from 13 chances with three big chances while Dortmund could only offer a paltry 0.7xG from their eight shots at goal.

This was despite the visitors holding the lion’s share of possession throughout the game.

The deadlock was broken by an Andrej Kramaric penalty in the 42nd minute and it seemed as if that might be enough to secure the win for the home side until Serhou Guirassy grabbed a late equaliser in the 87th minute.

However, just when it seemed as if Dortmund had rescued a point, Hoffenheim were awarded another penalty eight minutes into stoppage time at the end of the game, which Kramaric duly slotted to hand Hoffenheim a well-deserved win.

Bayern Munich will play Stuttgart on Sunday knowing a draw will be good enough for them to become champions of Germany.

Elsewhere in the Bundesliga, Koln and St Pauli played out to a 1-1 draw at Millerntor Stadion with Karol Mets (69’) and Luca Waldschmidt (86' Pen) grabbing the goals.

Wolfsburg travelled to Ander der alten Forsterei to take on Union Berlin and came away with a 2-1 win courtesy of strikes by Patrick Wimmer (11') and Dzenan Pejcinovic (46'), with Oliver Burke scoring a late consolation goal for the hosts.

Augsburg were also successful on their travels, beating Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 at the BayArena.

Leverkusen started the better of the two sides with Patrik Schick opening the scoring in the 12th minute but Augsburg fought back, equalising through Fabian Rieder three minutes later before he completed his brace with a late penalty to snatch the win.

Werder Bremen took full advantage of their numerical supremacy, beating 10-man HSV 3-1 at Weserstadion.

Jens Stage grabbed the first goal for the hosts in the 37th minute, with Robert Glatzel equalising for Hamburg just four minutes later.

The second half was all Werder Bremen and Stage added his second of the game in the 51st minute to restore their one-goal advantage.

Philip Otele was given his marching orders after a horror challenge in the 79th minute and Bremen secured their win 10 minutes later when Cameron Puertas got on the scoresheet.

RB Leipzig cruised to a comfortable 3-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt at Deutsche Bank Park.

Yan Diomande opened the scoring for Leipzig in the 27th minute with Hugo Larsson restoring parity seven minutes later.

Antonio Nusa put the visitors ahead again the the 70th minute and Conrad Harder secured their win with a strike in the 81st minute.

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