Defeat away to St. Pauli
The line-up
Christian Ilzer made four changes to his starting line-up compared to the 1-1 draw against 1. FC Heidenheim: Kevin Akpoguma, David Jurásek, Anton Stach and Umut Tohumcu started in place of Arthur Chaves, Valentin Gendrey, Diadie Samassékou and Haris Tabaković.
The scenario
TSG went into the game in 13th place with 26 points. St. Pauli were in 15th position with 22 points.
Number of the game: 250
The number of Bundesliga appearances Pavel Kadeřábek reached in the 1-0 loss at FC St. Pauli. The Czech has played all 250 games for TSG Hoffenheim.
Moment of the match
The goal for 1-0: In a game of few chances, it was a big clanger that decided the game. A pass from Oliver Baumann to Tom Bischof on the edge of the box was significantly underhit. Philipp Treu pounced on the ball, outpaced Baumann and then unselfishly squared to Noah Weißhaupt, who slotted into the empty net (51).
Outlook
The Bundesliga will pause next week. TSG Hoffenheim will continue their campaign with a home game against FC Augsburg at 15:30 CET on (Saturday) 29 March.
Stats
Line-ups
FC St. Pauli: Vasilj – Nemeth, Wahl, van der Heyden (Ritzka, 73) – Saliakas, Irvine, Smith, Treu – Sinani (Boukhalfa, 86) – Weißhaupt (Afolayan, 73), Saad (Eggestein, 73)
TSG Hoffenheim: Baumann – Kadeřábek (Gendrey, 71), Akpoguma, Østigård, Jurásek (Yardimci, 85) – Stach, Becker (Touré, 71) – Bischof, Kramarić, Tohumcu (Bülter, 57) – Orban (Tabaković, 57)
Goal: 1-0 Weißhaupt (51)
Match highlights
St. Pauli create the first chance
A corner leads to a big chance for St. Pauli: the ball is delivered sharply towards the back post, where Van der Heyden comes rushing in and heads only narrowly wide of the goal.
The hosts open the scoring
Baumann significantly underhits a pass to Bischof on the edge of the box. Treu pounces on the ball, outpaces Baumann and then unselfishly squares to Weißhaupt, who slots into the empty net.

The lead is almost doubled
Hoffe are on the ropes: Irvine meets a corner-kick with a header at the back post, but Baumann reacts and claws the ball off the goal-line before it is eventually cleared away to safety.
Gendrey almost restores parity
Toure delivers a good cross into the penalty area and picks out Gendrey, but his header misses the right upright by a matter of centimetres.
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