BVB hold Hoffenheim to draw

BVB's winless streak in the Rückrunde continued with a scoreless draw against 1899 Hoffenheim at Westfalenstadion. Although die Schwarzgelben controlled the visitors attack, the inability to score was very costly as BVB now as drawn nine matches at home.

Jürgen Klopp tactical plan utilized his standard 4-4-2 "diamond" but with Kevin-Prince Boateng out injured, Nelson Valdez came in his place. Additionally Mohamed Zidan and Tinga took spots in the starting eleven, relegating Alexander Frei and Florian Kringe to the bench. Alongside them, in a surprise decision, Dedê sat. Although he has is not fully recovered he is likely to see some duty shortly.

At fifteen minutes BVB missed taking the lead when Nelson Valdez's shot from twenty metres was blocked with the rebound coming to Mohamed Zidan but his attempt was pushed wide by 1899 goalkeeper Daniel Haas. The cadence of the match maintained a high pace with Roman Weidenfeller denying Sejad Salihović ten minutes before the break from eighteen metres. Following the break both sides had a few close chances but for the most part the fast pace was limited from box to box with near perfect defending within. Finally after seventy-eight minutes of well played Football with many tough challenges tempers boiled over as Tobias Weis drew a straight red-card for kicking Sebastian Kehl. At the same time Kehl was sent off with his second yellow for dissent. In the final moments of the match Weidenfeller came to the rescue, denying Salihović's drive from eighteen minutes as the match ended without a score.