Borussia Dortmund vs SV Elversberg 2-1

Borussia Dortmund beat SV Elversberg 2-1 at Signal Iduna Park after Felix Nmecha scored twice. His second goal came after the visitors had drawn level by pressing late on.

The first half ended goalless after Nmecha had already been booked on 22 minutes. Borussia Dortmund made their first change on 34 minutes when Carney Chukwuemeka made way for Maximilian Beier. SV Elversberg also changed early, with Lukas Pinckert replaced by Florian Le Joncour on 37 minutes. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Nmecha opened the scoring on 55 minutes, finishing from Fábio Silva to make it 1-0. Borussia Dortmund then had to manage a tighter game after bookings for Vincent Wagner on 59 minutes, Fábio Silva on 60 and Lasse Günther on 65. Dortmund made two changes on 67 minutes, while Elversberg made one at the same time. Nmecha struck again on 71 minutes, with Maximilian Beier providing the assist after coming on in the 34th minute, to make it 2-0. Elversberg pulled one back on 81 minutes, when Noel Futkeu scored from Florian Le Joncour after coming on in the 78th minute, but Dortmund saw out the final stages and made two more changes on 86 minutes.

Dortmund had 51% of the possession and 452 passes to Elversberg's 431. The visitors matched them on corners at 6-6 and finished with more shots on target, 7-6. Dortmund had 19 shots to 16, posted 1.49 expected goals to 1.21, and recorded 6 saves to Elversberg's 4.

Dortmund's three bookings went to Felix Nmecha, Fábio Silva and Waldemar Anton. Elversberg had one yellow card, for Vincent Wagner, and neither side had a red card.