Match ends, FC Augsburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 3.
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Borussia Dortmund came from behind to beat struggling Augsburg 3-1 and close the gap on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich to five points.
Dortmund, missing top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang due to a family bereavement, fell behind to a 14th-minute tap-in from Alfred Finnbogason.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan poked the ball home to level at 1-1 just before the break.
Gonzalo Castro's deflected effort made it 2-1 before Adrian Ramos fired in at the second attempt in the 75th minute.
Bayern's 1-0 win at Cologne on Friday night had extended their advantage in the title race as they look to secure a fourth successive championship.
Dortmund, who last week knocked Tottenham out of the Europa League, struggled to respond with a poor first-half showing against an Augsburg side which had won just one of its previous nine league games as they battle to avoid the drop.
But once Mkhitaryan's deflected shot had beaten former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger, who was playing his first game of the season, they dominated the second half to secure their sixth win in seven league games.
Line-ups
Augsburg
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Manninger
- 6GouweleeuwBooked at 87mins
- 20Hong
- 5KlavanBooked at 90mins
- 2Verhaegh
- 21KohrBooked at 88mins
- 10BaierSubstituted forFeulnerat 45'minutes
- 31Max
- 27Finnbogason
- 19Koo Ja-cheolSubstituted forBobadillaat 78'minutes
- 30CaiubyBooked at 33minsSubstituted forEssweinat 89'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Altintop
- 8Feulner
- 11Esswein
- 13Werner
- 16Janker
- 25Bobadilla
- 28Oettl
B Dortmund
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 38Bürki
- 26Piszczek
- 25Papastathopoulos
- 15Hummels
- 37Durm
- 33Weigl
- 18SahinSubstituted forPasslackat 68'minutes
- 10MkhitaryanBooked at 24mins
- 23KagawaSubstituted forLeitnerat 62'minutes
- 11ReusSubstituted forCastroat 45'minutes
- 20Ramos
Substitutes
- 1Weidenfeller
- 3Park Joo-ho
- 4Subotic
- 14Leitner
- 27Castro
- 28Ginter
- 30Passlack
- Referee:
- Christian Dingert
- Attendance:
- 30,660
Match Stats
Home TeamAugsburgAway TeamB Dortmund
- Possession
- Home24%
- Away76%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away5
- Corners
- Home2
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home16
- Away6
Live Text
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Second Half ends, FC Augsburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 3.
Booking
Ragnar Klavan (FC Augsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Gonzalo Castro (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ragnar Klavan (FC Augsburg).
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Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Markus Feulner.
Substitution
Substitution, FC Augsburg. Alexander Esswein replaces Caiuby.
Booking
Dominik Kohr (FC Augsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Dominik Kohr (FC Augsburg).
Booking
Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (FC Augsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (FC Augsburg).
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Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Caiuby (FC Augsburg).
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Gonzalo Castro (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (FC Augsburg).
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Adrián Ramos (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ragnar Klavan (FC Augsburg).
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Gonzalo Castro (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
