BVB again without an away win: Gladbach-duel ends disappointing 1: 1

BVB again without an away win: Gladbach-duel ends disappointing 1: 1

Wiesbaden, Deutschland - On December 7, 2024, Borussia Dortmund scored in the away game on Borussia Mönchengladbach and could not win again. The prestige duel ended with a 1-1, which means the sixth winless away game this season for BVB. Jamie Gitten put the Dortmund in the lead in the 65th minute, but Kevin Stöger equalized just six minutes later through a penalty, like Radioenneperuhr.de reported. The Dortmunders were lucky in the first half when a handball was not punished by Serhou Guirassy. The game was balanced for a long time, but Gladbach ended the comparison with ten men, since Tomas Cvancara flew off the square with yellow-red.

bad gap in the table

The lousy away balance sheet is now crucial for the Dortmund, which only scored two out of a maximum of 18 possible points and are therefore continuously removed from the goal, the Champions League ranks. The gap to the coveted places is already three points. According to bvb.de , the first half for BVB was anything but convincing, on the contrary to Gladbach, which showed the better game structure, but could hardly play out any chances. Dortmund went into the second half with the lead, but then lost control and was balanced shortly afterwards by the penalty.

The game was characterized by a lack of creativity of both teams, regarding the chances of scoring. Dortmund's problems on the defensive were cleverly exploited by Mönchengladbach, while BVB was unable to change the situation decisively despite a dominant ball possession statistics. The next challenge is already waiting with the next opponent if the BVB wants to play for victory again to catch up in the table.