Category: Match Analysis
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Alcacer’s Winner Moves Dortmund Seven Clear Of Bayern
This article originally featured on our dedicated tactical analysis site for football around the world, totalfootballanalysis.com The clash between the two German giants kept faith to all of its promises and was a match full of attacking prowess and goals. Within the offensive spectacle, both teams showed interesting tactical strategies to beat the opposition. In…
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Atletico Madrid Vs Borussia Dortmund: In-Possession Issues
Borussia Dortmund succumbed to their first defeat of the season against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday (06/11), on UEFA Champions League matchday 4. Lucien Favre’s side were outplayed tactically and Diego Simeone yet again proved how effective a solid defensive unit can be. Statistically, it was a disappointing performance by Dortmund as they had 68.3% possession…
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Build-Up Analysis: Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg
Ahead of a big week for Borussia Dortmund, I’ll be taking a look at their build-up play in the first half of the 1-0 win over Wolfsburg on the weekend (03/11). Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich will provide stern challenges for Dortmund, especially in the pressing phase. So I thought it would be interesting to…
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DFB Pokal 18/19: Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin
This post originally featured on our comprehensive football analysis sister site totalfootballanalysis.com. Borussia Dortmund went into the DFB-Pokal 2nd round fixture against the 2. Bundesliga side FC Union Berlin as one of the most in-form teams in the top 5 leagues, remaining undefeated after their first 9 league games (with 6 wins and 3 draws), scoring an…
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Champions League 2018/19: Borussia Dortmund Vs Atletico Madrid
This Champions League match analysis was first featured on our network site, totalfootballanalysis.com. From time to time there will be a fixture that shows us a genuine clash of styles, this past week we saw one such fixture in Group A of the Champions League as Diego Simeone and Atletico Madrid travelled to Germany to…
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Dortmund Continue Unbeaten Run With Win Over Stuttgart
Dortmund four, Stuttgart zero. The boys in black and yellow pulled off another impressive win on the weekend, thanks to some slick attacking football and excellent finishing. Stuttgart came into this game with a new coach as Markus Weinzierl made his debut at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in place of Tayfun Korkut. Korkut, having overseen a…
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Dortmund Retain Bundesliga Lead After Augsburg Win
Borussia Dortmund hosted Augsburg last Saturday (06/10) on Bundesliga matchday 6, in what turned out to be a highly entertaining fixture. Lucien Favre’s side beat Monaco 3-0 in their previous UEFA Champions League fixture, while Manuel Baum’s side had collected 4 points against Bayern Munich and Freiburg in their last two games. The 4-3 end…
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Tactical Analysis: Sancho and Reus deliver to stun Jardim’s Monaco
This tactical analysis originally featured on totalfootballanalysis.com It’s been a disastrous week in Monaco as the team continued its bad record and got defeated by Borussia Dortmund, going 0:3 down on Wednesday evening. The Monegasques have no point after two games in the group stage of Champions League (losing to Atletico Madrid in the first…
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Bundesliga 2018/19: Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund
This tactical analysis of Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund originally featured on totalfootballanalysis.com Bayer Leverkusen hasn’t had the greatest of starts in the Bundesliga this season, with 2 wins and 3 losses out of their opening 5 games, although they have faced tough opposition in Gladbach, Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg. In contrast, Borussia Dortmund has…
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Dortmund Destroy Leverkusen In Second Half Comeback
Borussia Dortmund faced Bayer Leverkusen at the BayArena last Saturday(29/09) in a highly anticipated Bundesliga match. Heiko Herrlich’s side were in 11th place while Lucien Favre and Dortmund sat pretty in 2nd place, looking to prolong the pressure on leaders Bayern Munich. The visitors had just beaten Nuremberg 7-0 and statistically, the goals were due…