TSG battle to earn late draw in Dortmund

A very late equaliser away to BVB: TSG Hoffenheim played out a 1-1 (0-0) draw away to Borussia Dortmund. In the first half in particular, TSG were well in the game and even had the better chances but failed to take the lead. Dortmund took control of the match in the second period and opened the scoring thanks to Giovanni Reyna's goal (46). Jacob Bruun Larsen then redeemed Hoffenheim by scoring the deserved equaliser in stoppage time.

The line-up

Head coach Christian Ilzer made three changes compared to the 0-0 draw against FCSB in the Europa League. Alexander Prass, Valentin Gendrey and Max Moerstedt started in place of David Jurásek, Pavel Kadeřábek and Jacob Bruun Larsen.

The scenario

TSG Hoffenheim went into Matchday 14 in 14th position with 13 points. Dortmund were eight points and eight places above TSG.

Number of the game: 1

Max Moerstedt made the starting XI in the Bundesliga for the first time. The striker had the first major chance to put Hoffenheim in front in the seventh minute.

Moment of the match

The goal for 1-1: Everything pointed towards a defeat for TSG until Jacob Bruun Larsen scored the deserved equaliser. A throw-in from the right side was flicked on by Haris Tabaković towards the back post, where Jacob Bruun Larsen was in the right place and clinically slotted into the right corner.

Debut of the day

Paul Hennrich was included in the TSG Hoffenheim first-team squad for the first time. The U19 double-winner was substituted on in the 79th minute and got his first taste of Bundesliga action.

Outlook

For the first time in a long time, TSG Hoffenheim do not have a midweek fixture. The 2024 calendar year will end for TSG with a home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday (15:30 CET).

Stats

Line-ups

Borussia Dortmund: Kobel – Couto (Lührs, 86), Can, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini – Nmecha – Reyna (Wätjen, 76), Groß (Sabitzer, 61) – Beier (Adeyemi, 46), Gittens (Duranville, 76) – Guirassy

TSG Hoffenheim: Baumann – Gendrey, Arthur Chaves, Akpoguma, Prass – Stach (Akpoguma, 79), Samassékou (Bruun Larsen, 54) – Bischof (Geiger, 71), Hložek, Kramarić (Hennrich, 79) – Moerstedt (Tabaković, 71)

Goals: 1-0 Reyna (46), 1-1 Bruun Larsen (90+1)

Match highlights

7. Min.

Moerstedt fires over

The biggest chance of the game so far: TSG press early and win the ball back on the edge of the opposition box. Kramarić finds Moerstedt, who fires narrowly over with his left foot from a tight angle.

16. Min.

Shot into the side-netting

Stach plays a brilliant ball from deep into the path of Kramarić, who tees himself up with a header and then attempts a shot at goal from a centre-left position but can only strike the side-netting.