Beier's late goal settled a match Frankfurt barely shaped

Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0, Maximilian Beier scoring in the 80th minute, while Frankfurt's attack fell well below its usual level.

Maximilian Beier's goal in the 80th minute was the only one of the match, and Jobe Bellingham supplied the final pass. It settled the game for Borussia Dortmund against Eintracht Frankfurt at Signal Iduna Park. For most of the afternoon, though, the ball and the shots belonged to Dortmund, and Frankfurt struggled to make much of their rare moments.

Dortmund had 59% of the ball, a little above their usual 55.2% at home, and took 18 shots against a usual 15.2. Those figures are higher than normal, but the quality of the chances was ordinary. Expected goals, a number that adds up how likely each shot was to go in, came to 1.65, close to their home average of 1.72. More shots, roughly the same chances.

Frankfurt's figures fell away. They managed eight shots, well below the 14.3 they usually take on the road, and only three were on target. Their expected goals of 0.88 sits far beneath the 1.34 they normally produce away from home. They also had just 41% of the ball, where they usually hold 51.5%.

Dortmund's shot count was not unusual across the league. The average side in this division takes 15.1 shots a match, and Dortmund's 18 is only modestly above that. Frankfurt's eight is barely more than half of it. Dortmund's chances were a touch better than their norm, but the bigger story is how little Frankfurt could create.

Dortmund were not flawless. Their defence allowed expected goals of 0.88, above the 0.76 they usually concede at home, so Frankfurt did get into better positions than normal. Still, Dortmund kept a clean sheet, where they usually concede 0.7 goals per home match. Frankfurt scored nothing, against an away average of 1.7. Nnamdi Collins and Farès Chaïbi were both booked for Frankfurt, who committed 12 fouls to Dortmund's seven.

Goalkeeper Atubolu was Frankfurt's busiest player at the back, making four saves. Elias Baum won 11 duels for the visitors, which kept them in the contest longer than their shot count suggests. Dortmund won the corner count 13 to one, a sign of how often they pushed forward.

Dortmund are second in the table with 14 points from six matches, four wins, two draws and no defeats. Frankfurt are 13th on 8 points, with two wins, two draws and two defeats, and have conceded 16 goals in six games.

Player of the matchM. Beier1 goal7.7

C. Chukwuemeka3 chances created7.5

N. Schlotterbeck5 duels won7.4

R. Bensebaïni1 chance created7.3