Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Rot-Weiss Essen vs Borussia Dortmund, DFB-Pokal 2025-26 ROUND 1

DFB-Pokal · 2025-26
Rot-Weiss Essen
0 – 1
Full Time
Borussia Dortmund
Mon 18 Aug 2025 · 18:45 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Rot-Weiss Essen vs Borussia Dortmund — DFB-Pokal .

Match Details

  • Referee Frank Willenborg

Head-to-Head

1
Rot-Weiss Essen 1 games · Avg 1.0 goals Borussia Dortmund
Last 5 meetings
2025-08-18 Rot-Weiss Essen 0–1 Borussia Dortmund

Recent Form

Rot-Weiss Essen
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Aug Borussia Dortmund H 0–1 L
17 Aug RB Leipzig H 1–4 L
13 Aug Hamburger SV H 3–4 L
03 Mar Holstein Kiel H 0–3 L
02 Feb Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 2–1 W
23 Dec TSV Fortuna 95 Düsseldorf H 3–2 W
Borussia Dortmund
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Aug Rot-Weiss Essen A 1–0 W
05 Jul Real Madrid CF A 2–3 L
02 Jul CF Monterrey H 2–1 W
25 Jun Ulsan HD FC H 1–0 W
21 Jun Mamelodi Sundowns FC A 4–3 W
17 Jun Fluminense FC A 0–0 D

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
100% Clean Sheets
Rot-Weiss Essen this season
100% Clean Sheets
Borussia Dortmund this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Rot-Weiss Essen
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Borussia Dortmund
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
3/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Borussia Dortmund
Samuele Inacio 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Rot-Weiss Essen kicks off things out of here…
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-1.

Lineups

Rot-Weiss Essen Lineups

Borussia Dortmund Lineups

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.09 Rot-Weiss Essen xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.41 Borussia Dortmund xG
I would bet for: Borussia Dortmund or Draw 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Rot-Weiss Essen28% Draw29% Borussia Dortmund43%
Actual: Borussia Dortmund win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 2.5
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 71%
29%
± 2.5 45%
55%
± 3.5 25%
75%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

Rot-Weiss Essen or Draw
57%
Draw or Borussia Dortmund
72%
Rot-Weiss Essen or Borussia Dortmund
71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Rot-Weiss Essen21% Draw49% Borussia Dortmund30%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.5%
0 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
10.3%
1 – 2
8.6%
0 – 2
7.9%
1 – 0
7.9%
2 – 1
6.6%
2 – 0
4.8%
2 – 2
4.8%
1 – 3
4.1%
0 – 3
3.6%
3 – 1
2.4%

Asian Handicap — Rot-Weiss Essen

Handicap Rot-Weiss Essen covers Push Borussia Dortmund covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 8% 89%
-1.5 11% — 89%
-1 11% 17% 72%
-0.5 28% — 72%
+0.5 57% — 43%
+1 57% 22% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 13% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Rot-Weiss Essen keeps clean sheet
25% ✓
Borussia Dortmund keeps clean sheet
34% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.