📸 Quick-fire Holstein hit Dortmund in first-half blitz | OneFootball

Bundesliga debutant Holstein Kiel are enjoying themselves on a night out in front of home support at Holstein-Stadion as they lead German giants Borussia Dortmund 3-0.

Goals from Japanese striker Shuto Machino and young forward Phil Harres sent Die Störche supporters into rapture on a night where many anticipated another defeat for the relegation candidates.

But Kiel had more to say before the interval, with Marcel Rapp's men finding a third on the stroke of halftime thanks to Alexander Bernhardsson to add insult to injury.

Sitting 17th in the table and 14 points adrift of a lacklustre Die Schwarzgelben side, Kiel could be in line for one of the biggest results in the club's history should they hang on to this result.

Machino's goal has shown his improvement on a decent 2023-24 2.Bundesliga season that saw him hit 5 goals for the club, and now sits on seven markers this term.

Could the forward trio spark the club to league safety come the end of the season?

📸 AXEL HEIMKEN - AFP or licensors