Defeat away to St. Pauli

TSG Hoffenheim have suffered a 1-0 (0-0) defeat away to St. Pauli. The home team were closer to the opening goal than TSG in a first half of few chances but the score remained goalless at the break. St. Pauli took the lead through Noah Weißhaupt in the 51st minute after a mistake by Hoffenheim in their own box. The visitors grew livelier after conceding the goal but created almost no dangerous shooting opportunities and came away with a 1-0 defeat.

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

28. Min.

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.

51. Min.

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.

58. Min.

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.

90 + 3. Min.