Bodo/Glimt 1-0 Borussia Dortmund: Sjovold strike stuns Kovac's side

Bodo/Glimt registered yet another famous Champions League win as Fredrik Sjovold's 52nd-minute goal was enough to beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0 at Aspmyra Stadion. 

The Norwegian minnows beat the likes of Manchester City and Inter in their giant-killing run last season, and they added another European powerhouse to that list on Wednesday.

Sondre Fet fired over after 21 seconds as Bodo looked to make a lightning start, with Ramy Bensebaini then sending a speculative effort wide of Nikita Haikin's at the other end. 

The only shot on target in the first half came in the 10th minute, but Jens Petter Hauge's volley from just inside the Dortmund penalty area was comfortably held by Gregor Kobel. 

But Bodo came closest to taking the lead when Fet's curling attempt narrowly evaded the right post, with Hauge then firing over as the opening 45 minutes petered out with nothing to split the two sides going into the break. 

Andreas Helmersen forced Kobel into action 23 seconds after the restart, and Bodo's lightning start to the second half was rewarded when Sjovold smashed Sondre Auklend's cross in at the Dortmund goalkeeper's near post. 

Kovac responded by making four changes on the hour, with Felix Nmecha, Serhou Guirassy, Julian Ryerson and Ethan Nwaneri all thrown on to try and change the game. 

Nmecha came close to making an instant impact, but his curling effort from distance was brilliantly tipped behind by Haikin, with Nwaneri then seeing a glancing header land in the grateful arms of the Bodo shot-stopper soon after. 

More heroics from Haikin smothered another Nwaneri attempt from close range before Nmecha once again saw his shot repelled, with Bodo holding on for their first Champions League win of the season. 

There was, however, a better result for Dortmund's Bundesliga counterparts Stuttgart, who made light work of Slovan Bratislava and eased to a comfortable 3-0 win. 

Deniz Undav put Stuttgart ahead in the 29th minute before an own goal from Sandro Cruz pulled the visitors further clear, with Ermedin Demirovic sealing the victory late on. 

At Stamford Bridge, Shakhtar Donetsk maintained their unbeaten start in Europe by beating AEK Athens 3-1, though they needed two late goals to get themselves over the line. 

Lovro Majer's opener was cancelled out by Pedrinho's 34th-minute penalty, but two goals in six minutes from Vinicius Tobias and Gleiker Mendoza turned the game around.

Dortmund's away day struggles continue at Bodo's fortress

Ahead of kick-off, Kovac urged his Dortmund players to be wary of the threat Bodo possessed after their Champions League exploits from last season, but the Bundesliga giants failed to take on that early warning as they failed to win on their travels in Europe again. 

Dortmund have now lost each of their last four Champions League away matches. It's only the third time in their European Cup/UCL history that they have suffered that fate after four-match losing runs between 1956 and 1958 and between 2019 and 2020.

And Kovac will not want to travel to this part of the world any time soon. Dortmund have failed to win any of their four Champions League matches against sides from Norway (D2 L2), their most matches against teams from a certain nation without ever winning.

For Bodo, however, they hit back from their 5-0 defeat to Bayern Munich on MD1 as they continued to cause teams problems at Aspmyra Stadion. In 2026, they have won each of their four Champions League home matches, conceding just two goals across those four games.

Bodo were forced to weather a late storm from Dortmund, but they were able to hold on for all three points. They edged the expected goals (xG) battle with a total of 1.13 from their 11 attempts to BVB's 0.78 from their nine attempts.