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Kramarić bags brace as TSG beat Mainz
Line-up
Christian Ilzer made one (forced) change to his starting line-up compared to the match away to RB Leipzig (3-1 defeat): Leo Østigård was sidelined due to his red card and replaced by Kevin Akpoguma.
The scenario
TSG headed into the matchday in 14th place with 27 points on the board, while Mainz were up in fourth position prior to the weekend.
Moment of the match
The goal for 1-0: Hoffenheim immediately took their first chance of the game and went ahead after three minutes and 22 seconds. Andrej Kramarić's opener was TSG's earliest goal of the season to date.
Number of the game: 200
TSG recorded their 200th Bundesliga victory against 1. FSV Mainz 05 – a great milestone in the history of the club.
Clean sheet drought over
TSG had conceded at least one goal in 34 consecutive home games, but the victory against Mainz finally brought an end to that inglorious and two-year-long unwanted clean sheet drought.
Outlook
TSG will be away to SC Freiburg on the Easter weekend. The all-Baden clash will kick off at 15:30 CEST on Saturday (19 April).
Stats
Line-ups
TSG Hoffenheim: Baumann – Gendrey, Arthur Chaves, Akpoguma, Nsoki – Stach, Bischof – Touré (Hložek, 67), Kramarić (Geiger, 85), Bülter (Jurásek, 73) – Tabaković (Yardimci, 85)
1. FSV Mainz 05: Zentner – da Costa, Jenz, Kohr (Hong, 82) – Caci, Sano, Lee, Mwene (Nordin, 40) – Nebel, Veratschnig (Sieb, 66) – Weiper
Goals: 1-0 Kramarić (4), 2-0 Kramarić (32)
Red card: Nebel (90+4)
Match highlights
Hoffe take the lead!
Baumann hits a long ball to Toure, who is quicker than Kohr and plays the ball across the face of goal. Kramaric is completely unmarked and slots home the early opener for Hoffenheim from close range.
Kramaric doubles lead
Very nicely played. Following a Mainz corner kick, a long ball arrives with Toure who first does very well to assert himself and then picks out Kramaric in the middle. The Croat keeps his cool in front of Zentner and slots home his 10th goal of the season.
Chaves squanders chance for 3-0
That should have been the result in the bag: Chaves meets a corner-kick with a header but Zentner blocks it with a strong save.
Lee fires wide of goal
TSG get lucky: Mainz play it down the right to Lee, who shoots from 12 metres but does not find a gap and fires wide of the near post.
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