TSG Hoffenheim

8-6-9, 30 PTS

Donyell Malen (21')
Nico Schlotterbeck (25')

Ihlas Bebou (2')
Maximilian Beier (61', 64')

Borussia Dortmund beaten 3-2 at home by Hoffenheim

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Maximilian Beier slots in the goal for TSG Hoffenheim

Updated: Feb 25, 2024, 06:52 pm

Borussia Dortmund suffered a 3-2 defeat at home to Hoffenheim after a second-half double from Maximilian Beier on Sunday left the hosts' hold on fourth place in the Bundesliga in jeopardy.

Dortmund remain on 41 points, one clear of RB Leipzig in fifth, and six adrift of third-placed VfB Stuttgart, who played out a 1-1 home draw with Cologne on Saturday.

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Hoffenheim opened the scoring after two minutes when Ihlas Bebou stole the ball from the Dortmund defence to run into the box and slot home from a tight angle.

Dortmund grabbed the equaliser in the 21st through Donyell Malen's close-range volley from a corner flicked on by Marco Reus and Nico Schlotterbeck's towering header off a free kick made it 2-1 to the hosts four minutes later.

Hoffenheim's win over Borussia Dortmund leaves them in seventh place in the Bundesliga.

Beier equalised in the 61st minute with a deflected shot from the edge of the box and the 21-year-old scored his second three minutes later with a tap-in to restore the visitors' lead.

Dortmund captain Emre Can came close to a stoppage-time leveller but his close-range header went wide as his side fell to their first defeat in 2024.

Hoffenheim are seventh on 30 points after 23 games.

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4:30 PM, 25 February 2024

Dortmund, Germany

Attendance: 81,365

Referees:
Marco Fritz

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Bayer Leverkusen	31	25	6	0	+55	81
Bayern Munich	31	22	3	6	+51	69
VfB Stuttgart	31	20	4	7	+32	64
RB Leipzig	31	19	5	7	+38	62
Borussia Dortmund	31	16	9	6	+20	57
Eintracht Frankfurt	31	11	12	8	+5	45
SC Freiburg	31	11	7	13	-12	40
FC Augsburg	31	10	9	12	-4	39
TSG Hoffenheim	31	11	6	14	-8	39
1. FC Heidenheim 1846	31	9	10	12	-8	37
Werder Bremen	31	10	7	14	-9	37
VfL Wolfsburg	31	9	7	15	-14	34
Borussia Monchengladbach	31	7	11	13	-7	32
1. FC Union Berlin	31	8	6	17	-24	30
VfL Bochum	31	6	12	13	-25	30
Mainz	31	5	13	13	-17	28
FC Cologne	31	4	11	16	-30	23
SV Darmstadt 98	31	3	8	20	-43	17

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