Rot-Weiss Essen vs Borussia Dortmund — result, stats and line-ups

Full Time

2025/2026

Rot-Weiss Essen

18 AUG

0:1

Borussia Dortmund

Goals

GOAL

AST

Goal79'

Serhou Guirassy (assist: Ramy Bensebaini) · Right foot shot 0-1

Man of the match

Gregor KobelBorussia Dortmund7.8

Expected goals (xG)

Rot-Weiss EssenxGBorussia Dortmund

0.571.42

Trends

season

Win %

0%33%

Over 1.5 %

0%33%

Over 2.5 %

0%0%

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Venue

Stadion EssenEssen · 20,650 seats

Conditions

RefereeFrank Willenborg
1st AssistantSascha Thielert
2nd AssistantEric Müller
4th OfficialPatrick Schwengers

Pressure index

Rot-Weiss EssenBorussia Dortmund

1′45′90′

Which side was pressing, minute by minute. The markers are the events: tap one to read the minute and the player — and, with ball positions loaded, the replay jumps there.

Match flow

OUT

Substitution64'

In: Jobe Bellingham · Out: Pascal Groß

OUT

Substitution64'

In: Julian Brandt · Out: Maximilian Beier

OUT

Substitution75'

In: Franci Bouebari · Out: Lucas Brumme

OUT

Substitution76'

In: Marvin Obuz · Out: Ahmet Arslan

PLAYER

Yellow card76'

Daniel Svensson

GOAL

AST

Goal79'

Serhou Guirassy (assist: Ramy Bensebaini) · Right foot shot 0-1

OUT

Substitution83'

In: Dominik Martinovic · Out: Ramien Safi

OUT

Substitution84'

In: Torben Müsel · Out: José Enrique Ríos Alonso

OUT

Substitution87'

In: Kelsey Owusu · Out: Klaus Gjasula

OUT

Substitution90'

In: Salih Özcan · Out: Marcel Sabitzer

PLAYER

Yellow card90'

Kelsey Owusu

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Commentary

The game concludes with a final score of Rot-Weiss Essen 0, Borussia Dortmund 1.
90+7′The second half has concluded, with the final score standing at Rot-Weiss Essen 0 and Borussia Dortmund 1.
90+5′Kelsey Owusu from Rot-Weiss Essen receives a yellow card for committing a foul.
90+5′Yan Couto of Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in his own half.
90+5′Yan Couto from Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
90+4′Substitution for Borussia Dortmund: Salih Özcan comes on to take the place of Marcel Sabitzer.
90+2′Franci Bouebari of Rot-Weiss Essen tries a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it's deflected away.Penalty
90+1′The fourth official has indicated that there will be four minutes of stoppage time.
90′Marcel Sabitzer from Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in the opponent's half.
89′Corner kick awarded to Borussia Dortmund, following a foul by Tobias Kraulich.
88′Serhou Guirassy from Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick on the right flank.
88′Franci Bouebari from Rot-Weiss Essen commits a foul.
87′Substitution for Rot-Weiss Essen: Kelsey Owusu comes on to take the place of Klaus Gjasula.
86′Jannik Hofmann from Rot-Weiss Essen commits a foul.
86′Daniel Svensson from Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
84′A shot attempt is thwarted. Dominik Martinovic from Rot-Weiss Essen tries a right-footed strike from the right side of the penalty area, but it's blocked.Penalty
84′Substitution for Rot-Weiss Essen: Torben Müsel comes on to take the place of José-Enrique Ríos Alonso.
83′Substitution for Rot-Weiss Essen: Dominik Martinovic comes on to take the place of Ramien Safi.
83′Offside call against Borussia Dortmund. Julian Brandt has been flagged for being in an offside position.
82′Serhou Guirassy of Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick on the left flank.
82′Jannik Hofmann from Rot-Weiss Essen commits a foul.
81′The shot has been blocked! Kaito Mizuta from Rot-Weiss Essen takes a right-footed attempt from outside the penalty area, but the goalkeeper makes the save.Penalty
79′Goal! Rot-Weiss Essen 0, Borussia Dortmund 1. Serhou Guirassy scores for Borussia Dortmund with a right-footed strike from outside the penalty area.
78′Missed opportunity! Marvin Obuz from Rot-Weiss Essen took a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it went wide.Penalty
76′Daniel Svensson from Borussia Dortmund receives a yellow card for committing a serious foul.
76′Tom Moustier from Rot-Weiss Essen is awarded a free kick in the defensive zone.
76′Daniel Svensson from Borussia Dortmund commits a foul.
76′Substitution for Rot-Weiss Essen: Marvin Obuz comes on to take the place of Ahmet Arslan.
75′Substitution for Rot-Weiss Essen: Franci Bouebari comes on to take the place of Lucas Brumme.
73′Felix Nmecha commits a foul for Borussia Dortmund.
73′Ahmet Arslan of Rot-Weiss Essen earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
72′The shot is deflected. Tom Moustier from Rot-Weiss Essen takes a right-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but it's blocked.Penalty
71′Missed opportunity! Julian Brandt from Borussia Dortmund takes a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area following a direct free kick, but it goes just wide to the right.Penalty
70′Jobe Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in the opponent's half.
70′Klaus Gjasula from Rot-Weiss Essen commits a foul.
66′Missed opportunity. Daniel Svensson of Borussia Dortmund took a right-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area.Penalty
65′Jobe Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in the opponent's half.
65′Jobe Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in the opponent's half.
64′Substitution for Borussia Dortmund: Julian Brandt comes on to take the place of Maximilian Beier.
64′Substitution for Borussia Dortmund: Jobe Bellingham comes on to take the place of Pascal Groß.
61′Tom Moustier of Rot-Weiss Essen commits a foul.
61′Felix Nmecha of Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in his own half.
60′Corner awarded to Rot-Weiss Essen after Yan Couto allowed the ball to go out of play.
58′Borussia Dortmund has been flagged for offside. Serhou Guirassy has been caught in an offside position.
55′Ramy Bensebaini from Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
55′Ramien Safi from Rot-Weiss Essen commits a foul.
54′Lucas Brumme from Rot-Weiss Essen earns a free kick in his own half.
54′Pascal Groß commits a foul for Borussia Dortmund.
53′Missed opportunity! Serhou Guirassy from Borussia Dortmund had a header from the middle of the penalty area, but it went wide.Penalty
52′Corner kick awarded to Borussia Dortmund after a deflection off José-Enrique Ríos Alonso.
49′Marcel Sabitzer commits a foul for Borussia Dortmund.
49′Ahmet Arslan from Rot-Weiss Essen is awarded a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
48′A shot attempt is thwarted. Felix Nmecha of Borussia Dortmund fires a right-footed strike from the left side of the penalty area, but it gets blocked. The assist came from Maximilian Beier.Penalty
46′Ramien Safi from Rot-Weiss Essen earns a free kick on the right flank.
46′Ramy Bensebaini commits a foul for Borussia Dortmund.
45′The second half is underway with the score still tied at Rot-Weiss Essen 0, Borussia Dortmund 0.
45+2′The first half concludes with the score tied at 0-0 between Rot-Weiss Essen and Borussia Dortmund.
45+2′Missed opportunity! Waldemar Anton of Borussia Dortmund heads the ball from the center of the box after a corner kick, but it goes wide.
45+1′Corner kick awarded to Borussia Dortmund after a deflection off José-Enrique Ríos Alonso.
45+1′The fourth official has indicated that there will be one minute of stoppage time.
44′Filippo Mané of Borussia Dortmund commits a foul.
44′Ahmet Arslan from Rot-Weiss Essen is awarded a free kick on the left flank.
43′Foul committed by José-Enrique Ríos Alonso from Rot-Weiss Essen.
43′Felix Nmecha from Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
41′The shot was blocked. Ramien Safi from Rot-Weiss Essen took a right-footed attempt from the center of the box, but Gregor Kobel from Borussia Dortmund made a save in the bottom right corner. The opportunity was set up by Tobias Kraulich, who provided a through ball.
40′Offside call against Borussia Dortmund. Yan Couto has been flagged for being in an offside position.
36′Corner kick awarded to Borussia Dortmund, following a play that resulted in Jakob Golz allowing the ball out of play.
36′Corner kick awarded to Borussia Dortmund, following a play that resulted in Jakob Golz giving up the ball.
36′A shot attempt is thwarted. Felix Nmecha from Borussia Dortmund takes a right-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area, but it gets blocked. The assist came from Serhou Guirassy.Penalty
35′Offside call against Rot-Weiss Essen. Michael Schultz has been flagged for being in an offside position.
34′Kaito Mizuta from Rot-Weiss Essen earns a free kick on the right side of the field.
34′Felix Nmecha commits a foul for Borussia Dortmund.
28′Serhou Guirassy from Borussia Dortmund earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
28′Jannik Hofmann from Rot-Weiss Essen commits a foul.
26′Offside call against Borussia Dortmund. Daniel Svensson has been flagged for being in an offside position.
25′Missed opportunity! Jannik Hofmann from Rot-Weiss Essen took a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it went wide.Penalty
24′Missed opportunity! Lucas Brumme from Rot-Weiss Essen took a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area after a corner kick, but it went wide.Penalty
23′Corner kick awarded to Rot-Weiss Essen, following a foul committed by Waldemar Anton.
19′The attempt was thwarted. Ramien Safi from Rot-Weiss Essen took a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it was successfully stopped.Penalty
18′The pause has ended. They’re set to resume play now.
18′Match interruption - Borussia Dortmund.
15′A shot is thwarted. Ramy Bensebaini of Borussia Dortmund tries to head the ball from the left side of the six-yard area, but his effort is blocked. The opportunity was set up by a cross from Daniel Svensson.
14′Corner kick awarded to Borussia Dortmund after a play that resulted in a deflection off José-Enrique Ríos Alonso.
12′Lucas Brumme from Rot-Weiss Essen is awarded a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
12′Yan Couto commits a foul for Borussia Dortmund.
11′Missed opportunity! Waldemar Anton from Borussia Dortmund heads the ball from close range, but it goes just over the bar. The chance was set up by Yan Couto, who delivered a cross after a corner kick.
11′Corner kick awarded to Borussia Dortmund after Jannik Hofmann allowed the ball to go out of play.
6′Filippo Mané commits a foul for Borussia Dortmund.
4′A shot from outside the penalty area by Felix Nmecha of Borussia Dortmund is stopped by Jakob Golz of Rot-Weiss Essen, who saves it in the bottom right corner. The attempt was set up by Serhou Guirassy.Penalty
1′A shot on goal has been thwarted. Marcel Sabitzer from Borussia Dortmund took a left-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but Jakob Golz of Rot-Weiss Essen made a save, diving to the bottom right corner. The effort was set up by Maximilian Beier.Penalty
The first half is underway...
The starting teams have been revealed, and the players are currently going through their warm-up routines.

Match statistics

Rot-Weiss EssenBVB

Possession and passing

34%Possession66%

74%Pass accuracy88%

322Passes644

238Successful Passes568

8Key Passes12

48Long Passes62

3 more

29%Long-pass accuracy52%

14Successful Long Passes32

20Throw-ins22

Attack

0Goals1

12Shots Total13

5Shots On Target4

1Big Chances Created0

2Corners6

31Dangerous Attacks56

14 more

3Accurate Crosses9

52Attacks126

1Big Chances Missed0

12Dribble Attempts10

36Duels Won40

12Goal Attempts13

2Offsides4

2Shots Blocked4

3Shots inside the box8

5Shots Off Target5

9Shots outside the box5

58%Successful dribbles50%

7Successful Dribbles5

10Total Crosses18

Defence and discipline

3Saves5

8Tackles13

9Interceptions6

11Fouls9

1Yellow cards1

9Free Kicks11

1 more

9Goal Kicks9

Other

0Assists1

The halves are each period's own numbers — not a split of the full-time figures.

The referee

F. WillenborgPer-match averages this season · 1 matches · career: 137

	Avg	Home	Away	Career
Yellow cards	2.00	1.00	1.00	4.14
Red cards	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09
Second yellows	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09
Penalties	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.34

Home / away: what the home and the away side received on average. Career: the average over every match officiated.

Expected goals (xG)

Rot-Weiss EssenxGBorussia Dortmund

0.571.42

Expected Goals on Target (xGoT)

0.810.65

Expected Goals Non Penalty Goals (npxG)

0.571.42

Expected Goals Open Play (xGOP)

0.420.85

Expected Goals Set Play (xGSP)

0.150.57

Expected Goals Corners (xGC)

0.020.52

Expected Goals Free Kicks (xGFK)

0.000.05

Expected Points (xPTS)

0.722.01

Starting XI

Borussia DortmundFormation: 3-5-2 · €153M10/11

Niko Kovač

Rot-Weiss EssenFormation: 3-4-2-1 · €1.2M6/11

Uwe Koschinat

The ↓ and minute under a player mean they were substituted off then.

Transfer fees

Rot-Weiss Essen€1.2Mstarting XI · 6/11€1.2Mwith bench · 6/20

Borussia Dortmund€153Mstarting XI · 10/11€245Mwith bench · 18/20

Borussia Dortmund's starting XI cost €151M more.

The amount under a player is their last known transfer fee and its year (provider data) — not a market value.

Rot-Weiss Essen — bench

Marvin ObuzAttacker6.6 11

Dominik MartinovicAttacker6.5 18

Nils KaiserMidfielder19

Franci BouebariDefender6.5 26

Torben MüselMidfielder6.5 30

Kelsey OwusuMidfielder6.5 32

Luca BazzoliMidfielder35

Felix WienandGoalkeeper39

Gianluca SwajkowskiMidfielder

Borussia Dortmund — bench

Salih ÖzcanMidfielder · €5M (2022)7

Jobe BellinghamMidfielder · €31M (2025)6.7 10

Julian BrandtMidfielder · €25M (2019)6.6 21

Giovanni ReynaMidfielder · €3M (2026)27

Karim AdeyemiAttacker · €22M (2026)33

Alexander MeyerGoalkeeper · €400K (2017)37

Cole CampbellAttacker · €6M (2026)42

Almugera KabarDefender49

Yannik LührsDefender · €150K (2026)

Player statistics

Rot-Weiss Essen starters then subs, by rating

Tobias Kraulich#33 · Defender · 90′7.0

In this match

Attack

Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Big chances created: 1
Chances created: 3

Passing

Passes (accurate/total): 57/65
Pass accuracy: 88%
Key passes: 3
Passes in final third: 6
Crosses (accurate/total): 1/1
Long balls (won/total): 6/10

Possession & duels

Touches: 72
Duels (won/total): 1/4
Possession lost: 8
Ball recoveries: 2

Defence

Tackles: 0
Interceptions: 1
Clearances: 2
Dribbled past: 1

Discipline

Fouls: 0
Fouls drawn: 1

Player	Reason	Back
Nicolai Schulte-Kellinghaus🩹 injury · Cruciate Ligament Strain	injury · Cruciate Ligament Strain	29 Sept 2025
Marek Janssen🩹 injury · Cruciate Ligament Strain	injury · Cruciate Ligament Strain	19 Aug 2025
Jaka Cuber Potocnik🩹 injury · Fitness	injury · Fitness	19 Aug 2025

Player	Reason	Back
Julien Duranville🩹 injury · Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation	injury · Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation	1 Nov 2025
Niklas Süle🩹 injury · Muscle Injury	injury · Muscle Injury	22 Sept 2025
Julian Ryerson🩹 injury · Knock	injury · Knock	22 Aug 2025

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Rot-Weiss Essen	15.006.67%	18.005.56%
Draw	8.0012.5%	9.5010.53%
Borussia Dortmund	1.1487.57%	1.1190.09%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Rot-Weiss Essen or Draw	5.5018.18%	4.6021.74%
Rot-Weiss Essen or Borussia Dortmund	1.0892.34%	1.0694.34%
Draw or Borussia Dortmund	1.0397.09%	1.0199.01%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
2+ goals	–	1.0694.34%
0–1 goals	–	7.5013.33%
3+ goals	1.2877.82%	1.3076.92%
0–2 goals	3.6027.78%	3.3529.85%
4+ goals	–	1.7756.5%
0–3 goals	–	2.0050%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Rot-Weiss Essen	11.009.09%	11.009.09%
Draw	3.4029.41%	3.6027.78%
Borussia Dortmund	1.4469.25%	1.4071.43%

Outcome	bet365
Rot-Weiss Essen → Rot-Weiss Essen	29.003.45%
Rot-Weiss Essen → X	26.003.85%
Rot-Weiss Essen → BVB	17.005.88%
X → Rot-Weiss Essen	29.003.45%
X → X	13.007.69%
X → BVB	4.0025%
BVB → Rot-Weiss Essen	51.001.96%
BVB → X	23.004.35%
BVB → BVB	1.5066.67%

Outcome	bet365
12 - 14	3.6027.78%
6 - 8	4.0025%
9 - 11	2.6238.1%
Under 6	15.006.67%
Over 14	6.5015.38%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Yes	1.9052.38%	1.9850.51%
No	1.9052.38%	1.7457.47%