Draw against Freiburg

No winner in Baden battle: the TSG Hoffenheim home game against SC Freiburg ended 1-1 (0-0). Despite Hoffenheim having several good chances, both teams were goalless at half time. In the second half, TSG also had the better chances at first, but it was the guests who went into the lead. Following a free kick, Matthias Ginter scored from a short distance away (68). However, TSG responded quickly, and Tom Bischof swiftly equalised (73) following an assist from Max Moerstedt, meaning the game ended in a draw.

Line-up

Head coach Christian Ilzer made two changes to the team that lost 0-3 in the DFB Cup game away to VfL Wolfsburg: Jacob Bruun Larsen and Stanley Nsoki started instead of Max Moerstedt and Kevin Akpoguma.

The scenario

Before the match day, TSG Hoffenheim was 14th in the table, while Freiburg was 6th after twelve match days.

Moment of the match

The equaliser: with his back to the goal, Max Moerstedt tapped the ball to Tom Bischof, who scored his second goal of the season. A lovely team effort from two former academy players.

Number of the game: 346

TSG had gone three consecutive games without scoring. After a total of 346 minutes, the team could finally celebrate a goal again.

Outlook

TSG's next game is coming up on Thursday, when they will host FCSB from Bucharest in the Europa League. Kick-off is at 18:45 CET. In the Bundesliga, TSG will be playing away to Borussia Dortmund next Sunday (kick-off 17:30 CET).

Stats

Line-ups:

TSG Hoffenheim: Baumann – Gendrey, Arthur Chaves, Nsoki, Prass – Stach, Samassékou (Geiger, 72) – Bischof, Kramarić (Moerstedt, 72) – Hložek (Akpoguma, 82), Bruun Larsen (Berisha, 78)

SC Freiburg: Atubolu – Kübler (Rosenfelder, 69), Ginter, Lienhart, Günter (Makengo, 81) – Eggestein, Höfler – Doan, Osterhage (Grifo, 60), Höler (Dinkci, 81) – Gregoritsch (Röhl, 69)

Goals: 0-1 Ginter (68), 1-1 Bischof (73)

Match highlights

32. Min.

Bruun Larsen misses chance to go into the lead

The best chance of the game so far! After a cross from the right, Bruun Larsen comes storming into the centre, gets his head to the ball and shoots, but Atubolu is able to parry and clear the ball to the corner.

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44. Min.

Atubolu makes strong save

The next big chance for Hoffenheim: Gendrey gets to the ball following a free kick, but Atubolu powerfully deflects his shot onto the post.

49. Min.

Near miss for Kramaric

TSG start strongly: after a strong piece of team play from Stach, Bischof and Gendrey on the right wing, Bischof finds Kramaric in the penalty area, whose shot narrowly rolls past the back post.

51. Min.

Höler too high

On the other side of the pitch, Freiburg miss a chance to take the lead: after the ball is lost in the build-up play, Höler breaks free, but his shot from eight metres away goes over the top of the goal.

66. Min.

Bruun Larsen misses chance at 1-0

This has to be 1-0 to TSG. Baumann hits a long ball to Bruun Larsen, who has an open goal and only has to get past Atubolu. But the Freiburg goalkeeper wins the one-on-one.