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BVB had dropped out of the automatic last-16 places with results on Tuesday but could have climbed as high as third with a victory of their own.

They were frustrated by Bodo, however, as the visitors refused to be beaten despite twice trailing to Julian Brandt goals.

Brandt opened the scoring after 18 minutes with a clinical finish after a Dortmund breakaway, but Bodo was level before half-time when Haitam Aleesami nodded in.

It took Brandt only six minutes of the second half to restore Dortmund's lead from close range after Maximilian Beier's header was saved but not cleared.

Yet Bodo did not fold and earned a hard-fought point when the ball fell kindly for Jens Petter Hauge to sweep in a second equaliser 15 minutes from time.