Bundesliga
Dortmund edge Frankfurt on penalties
Borussia Dortmund reached the 2025/26 DFB Cup last 16 after a penalty shootout win over Bundesliga rivals Eintracht Frankfurt.
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Borussia Dortmund (Dortmund won 4-2 on pens.)
Goals: 1-0 Knauff 7' (assist: Götze), 1-1 Brandt 48' (assist: Ryerson)
Frankfurt scored early through former Dortmund youngster Ansgar Knauff, but the Black-Yellows hit back soon after the restart as Julian Brandt converted Julian Ryerson's teasing right-wing cross from close range.
Eintracht went closest to winning it inside 90 minutes when Ritsu Dōan hit the woodwork, while Jonathan Burkardt had an extra-time winner ruled out as the contest went to penalties.
Dortmund scored all four of their penalties, while Dōan missed Eintracht's second attempt and Gregor Kobel saved from Farès Chaïbi to seal a 4-2 shootout win.
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As it happened!
1 - 1(1 - 0)
Frankfurt
FINAL
Dortmund
Chaïbi - SAVED!
Kobel's the hero. Frankfurt are out, but Dortmund march on.
Nmecha - SCORES
Cool as you like as BVB move a step closer to the last 16...
Batshuayi - SCORES
Confident from the Belgian, who keeps Eintracht's cup dream alive...
Chukwuemeka - SCORES
Right in the corner. Dortmund are three from three from 12 yards...
Doan - MISSES
The Japanese attacker blazes his penalty over to give Dortmund a 2-1 lead...
Süle - SCORES
The defender squeezes his effort beyond Zetterer...
Uzun - SCORES
All square after two penalties. Kobel went the wrong way...
Silva - SCORES
Advantage Dortmund...
Win or bust!
The contest ends 1-1 after 120 minutes, so it's over to the lottery of penalties to decide who will advance to the round of 16. BVB will take the first spot-kick...
Bats-man on
Another ex-Dortmund player, Michy Batshuayi, replaces second-half sub Bahoya. That's surely been done with penalties in mind...
118'
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Michy Batshuayi
Jean-Mattéo Bahoya
Schlotterbeck from downtown!
Some hit by the Dortmund defender. It's rising and Zetterer is taking no chances, the Frankfurt keeper flying to his right to push it away. Schlotterbeck heads over from the resultant corner.
Disallowed goal!
Frankfurt think they've won it as Burkardt sticks out a leg to convert Doan's free-kick from close range, but the linesman's flag had already gone up. That all came about after a foul by Silva on Brown.
114'
vs
Fabio Silva
Blocked!
Koch does really well to adjust his body at the near post and stop Ryerson's cross from finding Guirassy. That would have been a certain goal!
Denied!
Süle - a striker in his youth - jinks into the Frankfurt area before being dispossessed as he prepared to shoot. For a moment, it looked like he was going to be in!
It's tense!
One last push needed at Deutsche Bank Park...
Acrobatics!
Chukwuemeka pulls back an inviting cross that drifts across the six-yard penalty area for Silva to pick up. He gets the better of Zetterer and crosses for Guirassy, who sends an ambitious overhead attempt over. Tired defending from Frankfurt...
Kobel at full stretch!
Kobel dives to his left to stop Chaïbi's rising strike form finding the top corner. He'll take some beating, if this does go to penalties...
Caution
Chaïbi goes into the book after catching Nmecha a little late. No malice in that.
99'
vs
Farès Chaïbi
Off cue
Silva does really well to keep the ball in play as Dortmund threaten on the break, but his cross into the penalty area doesn't find its intended target.
Warning shot
Doan beats his marker to an in-swinging cross, but the pint-sized Japan international can't keep his header on goal.
Midfield changes
Kovač tries to inject some energy into his midfield with the introduction of Chukwuemeka and Nmecha. Sabitzer and Brandt were certainly feeling it at the end of the 90.
91'
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Carney Chukwuemeka
Julian Brandt
91'
vs
Felix Nmecha
Marcel Sabitzer
0 - 0
End of second half
90' +2
Nobody home!
Doan slips a pass into the penalty area for Kristensen, who whips a first-time cross into the six-yard area, but no one in a white shirt gambles. Huge chance not taken!
90'
Time added on
Four minutes go up on the fourth official's board as Silva runs in off the left and nearly catches out Zetterer at his near post.
88'
Attacking switch
The Frankfurt goalscorer makes way after a very energetic display against his former club. Bahoya, who hasn't scored since hitting a brace on the opening day of the Bundesliga season, is sent on. He was also on target in the DFB Cup first round.
88'
vs
Jean-Mattéo Bahoya
Ansgar Knauff
85'
Silva sent on
Fábio Silva scored from the bench in Copenhagen and set up Beier's winner as a sub against Cologne last week. What's the Portuguese forward got up his sleeve today?
84'
vs
Fabio Silva
Maximilian Beier
81'
Chances!
Desperately close to another Frankfurt goal as Doan darts inside and smashes an effort against the crossbar. Uzun then draws a flying save from Kobl with another fierce strike from outside the area.
78'
Here comes Guirassy!
Dortmund's top scorer replaces Adeyemi. He's got six goals this season, but none in four competitive games since 1 October...
77'
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Serhou Guirassy
Karim Adeyemi
73'
Fresh legs
Uzun and Skhiri - the two Eintracht players who dropped to the bench for this one - join the action. This could yet go to extra-time and penalties, remember...
72'
vs
Ellyes Skhiri
Hugo Larsson
72'
vs
Can Uzun
Mario Götze
69'
Strong goalkeeping
Knauff latches onto a quick forward pass up the middle. He races towards the edge of the area, before testing Kobel's reflexes with a low shot across goal. Koch's attempted header from the ensuing corner also finds the BVB stopper's gloves.
67'
Battling run
Adeyemi tries to beat four white shirts, but Theate has too much muscle for the Dortmund forward. BVB come again as Ryerson forces a corner, which is cleared.
63'
Neat football
Doan rolls Svensson with a fabulous turn on the right-hand touchline. The ball's worked over to Brown, but his long-range shot bobbles harmlessly wide of the far post.
61'
Sabitzer down
The Austrian takes an accidental stray hand to the nose as Dortmund swarm the Frankfurt penalty area. Zetterer claims Brandt's eventual cross, before Sabitzer gets back to his feet.
52'
Side netting
Frankfurt win a free-kick on the corner of the Dortmund area. Chaibi elects to go around wall, but can only find the side netting. Kobel had it covered, in any case.
48'
Game on!
What a start from Dortmund. They move the play really effectively from left to right with Svensson and Bellingham. Ryerson arrows in a peach of a low ball that travels across the six-yard area, with Brandt arriving to force it home.
46'
Here we go again!
Big second half of football to come in Frankfurt...
46'
One change
Young Anselmino's hooked after that booking at the end of the first 45, with Niklas Süle his replacement.
46'
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Niklas Süle
Aarón Anselmino