Dortmund 5 – Freiburg 1: No mercy for Breisgau Brazilians as Die Borussen take the points

Borussia Dortmund cruises against SC Freiburg on a home win at the Signal Iduna Park on Friday. Dortmund were looking to pick up points, following a 3-2 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt whilst Freiburg had managed to pick up a single point in their encounter with Arminia Bielefeld. At the moment, Dortmund are in 2nd place, with 40 points from 19 matches, while Freiburg sit in 4th, with 30 points from 19.

Dortmund didn’t take long to get on the score-sheet, with Thomas Meunier opening the rout after 14 minutes. The momentum was now with Dortmund, who then scored again through a second effort from Thomas Meunier, 29 minutes in to establish a 2-0. Dortmund then scored again and increased their advantage thanks to a goal from Erling Haaland just before half-time, finalising the first half 3-0.

Freiburg took the lead in the second half, with Ermedin Demirovic finding the net in the 61st minute. However, Die Borussen increased their lead with another Erling Haaland goal at the 75 minute mark to make it 4-1. Die Borussen then netted once more and increased their lead thanks to a goal from Mahmoud Dahoud just before the final whistle with a final score of 5-1.

For Dortmund, Manuel Akanji, Nico Schulz, Thorgan Hazard, Marius Wolf and Axel Witsel, came on for Emre Can, Raphael Guerreiro, Marco Reus, Thomas Meunier and Jude Bellingham. Freiburg brought on Ermedin Demirovic, Kevin Schade, Yannik Keitel, Noah Weisshaupt and Nils Petersen, to replace Woo-yeong Jeong, Vincenzo Grifo, Janik Haberer, Roland Sallai and Lucas Holer.

The referee booked Julian Brandt and Erling Haaland for Dortmund.

Dortmund will next play Hoffenheim away, with Freiburg facing Stuttgart at home.