Eleventh victory – TSG beat Frankfurt
Personnel and tactics:
Julian Nagelsmann made three changes to his team, bringing Benjamin Hübner back into the back three to replace Ermin Bicakcic. Pavel Kaderabek started on the right-hand side with Nadiem Amiri back in midfield. Oliver Baumann, Kevin Vogt and Niklas Süle made up the rest of the “Hoffe” back line, while Sebastian Rudy and Kerem Demirbay took to the middle of the park alongside Steven Zuber. Sandro Wagner and Andrej Kramaric completed the attack-
It took until just half an hour for Nagelsmann to make his first change, bringing off Kramaric for Mark Uth. He also made substitutions in the 74th minute as Lukas Rupp came in for Amiri. With ten minutes to go, Demirbay made way for Adam Szalai.
Moment of the match - 90th minute
TSG love to score late on. After a corner from Rudy, Benjamin Hübner gets up highest. His positioning is perfect, he finds the back of the net, TSG lead. That is now Hoffenheim’s 13th goal of the season after the 80th minute, a league high.
Number of the match - 58th minute
TSG broke their club record on matchday 31 of the Bundesliga. 55 points was the highest the club had ever reached back in the 2008/2009 season. Now the team has 58 points with three games still to go.