M. Batshuayi has scored a goal for Borussia Dortmund! Assist by Ł. Piszczek.
GOAL! Michy Batshuayi rescues it once again for Dortmund. Frankfurt are panicked trying to clear it and Piszczek chips the ball into the striker inside the box, who brings the ball down from the air and powers a half-volley beyond Hradecky. 3-2!
Łukasz Piszczek chips a pass into space inside the box for Batshuayi to seal a dramatic winner for Dortmund.
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D. Blum has scored a goal for Eintracht Frankfurt! Assist by D. da Costa.
The fourth official has indicated four minutes of additional time.
Danny da Costa's low cross from the right allows Blum to fire in Frankfurt's equaliser from close range.
GOAL! Dortmund switch off at the back and Frankfurt are back on level terms. da Costa is afforded far too much space on the right wing to fire a low cross across the face of goal, and Danny Blum welcomes it with open arms to tap in from barely four yards out. 2-2.
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Frankfurt have a corner on the right. It is cleared only as far as Blum, who can only rifle his shot high over the bar from the edge of the box.
88'
R. Bürki gets yellow.
Roman Bürki is booked for time wasting.
87'
S. Papastathopoulos enters the game and replaces M. Reus.
Marco Reus is replaced by Sokratis for Dortmund's final change of the evening.
85'
Dortmund are in control now and this will surely be a matter of just seeing out these final five minutes or so.
82'
Wolf races to the byline to cut the ball back towards the six yard box but it is too close to Burki. Time is running out for Frankfurt now, who could be left to rue a number of spurned chances earlier in the second half.
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D. Blum enters the game and replaces C. Salcedo.
Carlos Salcedo is replaced by Danny Blum for Frankfurt's final change of the game.
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M. Batshuayi has scored a goal for Borussia Dortmund! Assist by C. Pulišić.
Christian Pulisic slots the ball into the path of Batshuayi, who restores Dortmund's lead.
GOAL! Frankfurt's celebrations last barely two minutes. Michy Batshuayi plays a neat one-two on the edge of the box with Pulisic before the latter slides the Dortmund striker into space, who fires a low effort into the bottom left corner.
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L. Jović has scored a goal for Eintracht Frankfurt! Assist by J. de Guzmán.
Jonathan de Guzmán's brilliant cross towards the centre of the box allows Jovic to bring Frankfurt back on level terms.
GOAL! Frankfurt have been on top all half and they finally have their equaliser. de Guzman delivers an inch-perfect cross from the free kick and Luka Jovic is unmarked in the area to power his header into the left corner and well beyond the reach of Burki. Game on.
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STAT: Marco Russ has scored five own goals in the Bundesliga. Only Nikolce Noveski and Manfred Kaltz (six each) have scored more in the competition.
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Dortmund try to work their way through the Frankfurt defence but they are not really getting anywhere. It is all a bit tame from the home side at the moment and they could very well be behind if Frankfurt's finishing was better.
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L. Jović enters the game and replaces S. Haller.
Sébastien Haller is replaced by Luka Jović.
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Frankfurt continue to control the game but their final product is causing the Dortmund defence no real trouble. This time de Guzman tries an acrobatic effort from inside the box but he can only fire it high into the stands.
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M. Batshuayi enters the game and replaces M. Philipp.
62'
Maximilian Philipp is replaced by Michy Batshuayi for Dortmund's second change of the evening.
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Frankfurt are causing problems again. This time Wolf slips da Costa down the inside right of the box, who fires a low pass towards the penalty spot. Boateng is there to meet it but again it is fired high over the bar.
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Wolf is blocked off at the edge of the Dortmund box and it drops to Chandler, who can only blaze his effort high into the stands.
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A good start to the half from Frankfurt but they have still yet to really test Burki in the Dortmund goal.
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Frankfurt have started this second half just as Dortmund started the first. They are pressing the home side high up the bitch and are flying at them as soon as they get the ball. Dortmund look a little rattled at the moment.
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CLOSE! da Costa has space on the right to swing in a brilliant cross towards the back post, but Piszczek gets just ahead of Boateng to head clear for another Frankfurt corner, which is well defended by Dortmund.
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Dortmund have a free kick but Reus's cross is headed clear for their first corner of the second half.
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Another Frankfurt corner. It is whipped in by de Guzman and flicked on by Haller to Boateng at the back post. The midfielder tries a cheeky back heel into the near corner but Burki is wise to the danger and saves well.
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Frankfurt with a corner early in this second half but it is hammered away by Reus. Dortmund a little under pressure in these opening minutes.
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J. de Guzmán enters the game and replaces A. Rebić.
J. Weigl enters the game and replaces Mahmoud Dahoud.
Ante Rebić is replaced by Jonathan de Guzmán.
Mahmoud Dahoud is replaced by Julian Weigl.
We are back underway!
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It is a brilliant delivery from the corner but no Frankfurt player can get on the end of it. Omer Toprak hammers it clear.
45'
The fourth official has indicated one minute of additional time. Wolf and Chandler link up on the right wing and the former wins his side a corner.
43'
Dahoud barges over Boateng right in front of the referee but nothing is given. He is already on a yellow card so he will have to be careful the Dortmund midfielder.
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Five minutes left to play of the first half and the game has died down a little bit since Dortmund's quick opening minutes. There are plenty of free kicks being given and neither side are able to gain any real momentum.
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The delivery isn't the best and it is well cleared at the second attempt by Frankfurt.
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C. Salcedo gets yellow.
Yellow card number five. This time Carlos Salcedo is the man to be booked after stepping on the heel of Philipp.
This time Dortmund have a free kick, in a very similar position to Frankfurt's. Can they make more of it than their opponents?
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M. Akanji gets yellow.
Manuel Akanji is the fourth player to go into the referee's book after a late challenge on Rebic.
A Frankfurt free kick is well delivered by Marius Wolf towards the back post. Sebastien Haller is free to meet it but he completely mistimes his shot. The referee had blown for a foul anyway though.
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Great work from Dahoud as he turns away from two Frankfurt players. The finish did not match it though, with his shot dipping straight into the arms of Hradecky.
28'
A. Rebić gets yellow.
Ante Rebić is booked for stepping on the shin of Pulisic. Poor challenge.
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Mahmoud Dahoud gets yellow.
Mahmoud Dahoud is booked for a foul on Russ.
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Frankfurt try to work something down the right wing but the pass for Danny da Costa is overhit and straight out of play. The game has levelled out again though, with Frankfurt seeing plenty of the ball in these last 10 minutes.
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The corner is swung in by Schurrle but it is an easy catch for Lukas Hradecky. Shortly after Dahoud nicked the ball in midfield and rolled it to Reus inside the right of the Frankfurt box, but the midfielder could only fire his first-time shot wide of the far post.
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Reus plays Schurrle into space inside the left of the box. The stand-in forward takes a touch to get himself a yard of space before firing a low effort wide of the near post with the help of a slight deflection. Dortmund corner.
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Frankfurt with their first real attack of the game but Chandler's cross from the left wing is an easy claim for Burki in the end.
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Frankfurt continue to press Dortrmund quickly as soon as they cross the halfway line but the home side are in a confident mood and are dealing with it with relative ease.
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Oops! Boateng breaks forward on the counter attack and ends up tripping over his own feet as he tries to play a pass out wide. Dortmund back in possession.
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Roman Burki tries a route one approach but Philipp is flagged for offside. The men in yellow are well on top at the moment.
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M. Russ is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
GOAL! Pulisic is the danger man again after Mahmoud Dahoud plays a brilliant pass towards the left of the box. The American chips another delightful cross towards the back post and in his bid to get ahead of Reus, it is slid into the back of the net by Marco Russ for an own goal. It had been coming for the home side.
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CLOSE! Pulisic fires a brilliant cross across the face of goal and Schurrle arrives at the back post to meet it. It isn't the best of heights for the German international and he can only power his header wide, unmarked.
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The free kick is taken short initially before Marcel Schmelzer swings it into the box. It takes a deflection before finding Reus at the back post, who can only fire his volley narrowly wide.
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Pulisic attempts to drive past Timothy Chandler on the right wing and wins a free kick. Promising position.
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There is little between these sides in the opening exchanges. Dortmund try to work something down the left wing but they are pressed quickly by the Frankfurt defenders.
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M. Russ gets yellow.
Marco Russ gets an early yellow card for a late challenge on Marco Reus.
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Dortmund get the game underway, kicking left to right, in their yellow and black home kit. Frankfurt are in all red.
Borussia Dortmund lost their midweek Europa League tie to Red Bull Salzburg, meaning they have now gone four games in all competitions without a win. They are in danger of falling behind in the race for Champions League qualification and Peter Stoger will be eager to see his side end their slump with a victory today.
The Black and Yellows remain without defenders Erik Durm and Jeremy Toljan through injury. They are joined on the side lines by midfielders Sebastian Rode, Shinji Kagawa and winger Andriy Yarmolenko.
Eintracht Frankfurt are level on points with Dortmund and could climb up to third place with a win this evening. The Eagles have won four of their last five games in all competitions, which included a 2-1 win over fellow top-four hopefuls Leipzig.Niko Kovac’s side last tasted defeat at the hands of Stuttgart at the end of February and they have hit a good spell of form at the right time, with only 10 games left to play of the season.
Frankfurt have only three absentees coming into today’s tie. Midfielder Omar Mascarell is out with a foot injury, while strikers Nelson Mbouhom and Alexander Meier are out with cruciate ligament injury and a lack of match fitness respectively.
Dortmund make four changes to the side that were beaten by Salzburg during the week. Sokratis is replaced at centre-back by Manuel Akanji, while Lukasz Piszczek takes his place at right-back, with Gonzalo Castro moving into a midfield role in place of Julian Weigl. Mario Gotze and Michy Batshuayi take their place on the bench, with Maximilian Philipp and Christian Pulisic coming into the side and Andre Schurrle taking his place as the lone striker.
Frankfurt make three changes themselves to the side that won 1-0 against Hannover last weekend. Marco Russ and Carlos Salcedo take their place along the back three, replacing Simon Falette and Gelson Fernandes. Kevin-Prince Boateng also comes into the side in place of Jonathan de Guzman, who drops to the bench.
The two sides are making their way out onto the pitch, with just a few minutes to go until kick-off.
Dortmund go in at the break with a slender lead after an impressive opening 10 minutes which resulted in Marco Russ sliding in Christian Pulisic's cross at the back post. Frankfurt slowly grew into the game after that but neither side created much else in a half that was frequently disrupted with free kicks, resulting in five yellow cards. Little between the sides though and Frankfurt will firmly believe they can get back into this.
The two sides are making their way back out onto the pitch, ahead of the start of the second half.
Frankfurt are a little late coming out of the changing rooms. It looks like both sides are making a change at the interval.
Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of today’s Bundesliga game between Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt at the Signal Iduna Park.
There’s just over 15 minutes left to go until kick-off, so let’s have a look at how the two teams will be lining up this evening…
Late, late drama at the Signal Iduna Park as Michy Batshuayi comes off the bench to twice restore the lead for Dortmund. The home side had left after Marco Russ diverted into his own net but Frankfurt took charge of the second half, getting back on level terms through Luka Jovic's header. It lasted barely two minutes as Batshuayi played a neat one-two with Pulisic to fire into the bottom corner. Dortmund looked set to seal the victory but a lapse in concentration defensively allowed Danny da Costa to fire a low cross across the face of goal and Danny Blum to level the score with only three minutes of injury time left to play. Dortmund looked on the verge of their fifth game without a win but Lukasz Piszczek chipped the ball into Batshuayi in space, who turned and rifled a half-volley beyond the outstretched hands of Hradecky with barely 30 seconds left to play. The result means Dortmund climb back upto third, one point behind Schalke. Frankfurt stay fifth.
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