Hummels makes Bundesliga history with Dortmund
Mats Hummels has scored at least one goal for the 16th Bundesliga season in a row. That's a joint all-time Bundesliga record! Only five players achieved that feat before him: Michael Zorc, Holger Fach, Bernd Nickel, Olaf Thon, and Willi Neuberger. The match facts. Mats Hummels achieved a historic achievement with his team, Borussia Dortmund, in the German League, after the victory he achieved over his guest, Union Berlin 4-2 in the seventh round competitions. Turnaround: Borussia Dortmund won a Bundesliga match in which they were behind at half-time for the first time since August 2022 – like today, that game was in Freiburg. Opta network reported that Hummels reached his 207th victory in his 348th match in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund, surpassing Michael Zorc as the player who won the most matches in Dortmund's history in the tournament (206). Dortmund opened the scoring through Niklas Wolkrug seven minutes into the match, after following up on a rebound from Union Berlin's goalkeeper. Union Berlin succeeded in achieving the equalizer quickly in the ninth minute through Robin Gosens. The Italian defender Leonardo Bonucci added the second goal for the hosts in the 31st minute from a penalty kick. The Westphalia Lions turned the score around in the second half, by scoring 3 goals through Niko Schlotterbeck, Julian Brandt, and Julian Ryerson, in the 49th, 54th, and 71st minutes of the match. Dortmund raised its score to 17 points, in second place in the German League table, behind Stuttgart, the leader with 18 points, while Union Berlin's score stopped at 6 points in thirteenth place.