Dortmund beat Frankfurt 1-0 with Beier's late goal and move top of the Bundesliga

Beier's late strike settles a tight game

Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 at home on Saturday, 24 October, with a goal in the 80th minute from substitute Maximilian Beier. Beier received the ball back from Jobe Bellingham on the left and struck from about 17 metres, half-left, past Frankfurt keeper Noah Atubolu. The win ended two consecutive league draws for Dortmund. Frankfurt pushed for an equaliser in the closing stages, but Dortmund held on to the lead. Germany coach Jürgen Klopp watched from the stands next to BVB president Hans-Joachim Watzke.

Chances and crossbars in a goalless first half

Dortmund created the first clear chances, and Serhou Guirassy's shot from about 20 metres in the 15th minute was turned around the post by Atubolu. Two minutes later Guirassy was through one-on-one, but Atubolu parried his lob with one hand. Frankfurt's first real effort came in the 27th minute, when a Jonathan Burkardt shot from the edge of the box went just wide. In the 31st minute a deflected shot by Daniel Svensson struck the crossbar, and in the 34th minute Younes Ebnoutalib failed to beat Gregor Kobel one-on-one. Two disputed incidents in the Frankfurt box, involving Svensson (18th) and Ramy Bensebaini (19th), brought no penalty from referee Sven Jablonski, and the first half ended 0-0.

The second half followed a similar pattern, with Dortmund controlling possession and Frankfurt looking for quick counterattacks. Just after the restart, Kobel had to push a Chaibi shot from 18 metres over the bar. In the 53rd minute a Guirassy header after a corner hit the crossbar, which Frankfurt had also benefited from earlier in the match. Beier's winner came with Bellingham setting him up on the left, and Frankfurt chased an equaliser until the final whistle.

Other Bundesliga results on the day

Leipzig beat Elversberg 4-0, with Tidiam Gomis opening the scoring in the 48th minute and Romulo Cardoso adding goals in the 66th minute and in stoppage time at 90+4. Christoph Baumgartner made it 3-0 in the 84th minute. Augsburg and Union Berlin drew 1-1 in a match with two red cards, one for each side. Han-Noah Massengo gave Augsburg the lead in the 71st minute, and Janik Haberer equalised three minutes later. Bremen beat Mainz 3-2, with Niclas Füllkrug converting two penalties in the 7th and 25th minutes, while Anthony Caci (33rd) and Ludovit Reis (61st) also scored and Jae-sung Lee pulled one back two minutes after Reis.

Table race and the next fixtures

Dortmund moved to 17 points after seven matches, provisionally ahead of Bayern Munich on 14 points. Bayern are scheduled to play at Freiburg on Sunday, 25 October, at 17.30 on DAZN, and a win there would take them back to the top. Frankfurt dropped to 13th place with eight points and played their first match since parting ways with long-serving sporting director Markus Krösche. According to n-tv, Beier's goal gave Dortmund their 15th win in their last 16 home games against Frankfurt. The next top-of-the-table meeting is in Munich on Saturday, 31 October, at 18.30 on Sky, according to Die Welt. Dortmund had come from three away games in Bodø, Berlin and Baku, including a 2-1 Champions League win at Sabah four days earlier, which Die Welt put at more than 11,000 travel kilometres.

Borussia Dortmund17

Bayern Munich14

Eintracht Frankfurt8

Borussia Dortmund

17 points

Bayern Munich

14 points

Eintracht Frankfurt

8 points

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