Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Borussia Dortmund v 1. FC Heidenheim - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - September 13, 2024 Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) -Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi scored twice and set up another goal as the Ruhr valley club earned a 4-2 victory over visitors Heidenheim on Friday, to make it two wins from three Bundesliga matches and go provisionally top of the table.
Dortmund, who had new signing Serhou Guirassy in the line-up for the first time with the Guinea international having recovered from injury, now are on seven points, one more than Heidenheim.
Adeyemi first set up Donyell Malen for the lead in the 12th minute before doubling it with his first goal after completing a textbook break five minutes later.
Heidenheim briefly cut the deficit with Marvin Pieringer's powerful header in the 39th but Dortmund restored their two-goal cushion before the break with Adeyemi's low drive two minutes later.
Guirassy, last season's VfB Stuttgart leading scorer with 28 league goals, had a hand in Adeyemi's second goal, faking a move with a clever dummy and allowing the ball to reach the Germany forward.
He also missed a golden chance to get onto the scorsheet himself in the 67th, sending his point-blank volley onto the Heidenheim keeper before being taken off five minutes later.
The visitors scored against the run of play with a 74th minute penalty by Maximilian Breunig. But Dortmund earned a spot kick themselves in stoppage time with Emre Can making it 4-2.
Champions Bayer Leverkusen travel to Hoffenheim on Saturday while Bayern Munich, on six points, will look to make it three wins from three games when they take on newly-promoted Holstein Kiel.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
