Ten men of TSG lose in Leipzig

Personnel

Christian Ilzer made three changes to the starting line-up that played out a 1-1 draw with FC Augsburg: Valentin Gendrey, Stanley Nsoki and Haris Tabaković began in place of Pavel Kadeřábek, David Jurásek and Gift Orban.

THE SCENARIO

TSG went into the match in 14th place with 27 points. Leipzig were in sixth position with 42 points on the board.

NUMBER OF THE GAME: 4

The number of long-range goals Tom Bischof has scored this term – a league high.

MOMENT OF THE MATCH

The 28th minute: Leo Østigård fouled Lois Openda as the last man and was red-carded. It was the turning point of a match which TSG had contested on a completely level footing up to that point.

CHANCE OF THE CLASH

The 10 men of TSG had the opportunity to restore parity in the 70th minute. Following outstanding individual play and a lovely through-ball from Anton Stach, Valentin Gendrey went clean through on Peter Gulacsi. But the Frenchman failed to beat the Hungarian shot-stopper, who also saved the follow-up attempt from Tom Bischof.

OUTLOOK

TSG Hoffenheim will play host to 1. FSV Mainz 05 at 15:30 CEST on Saturday next week.

STATS

Line-ups

RB Leipzig: Gulacsi – Nedeljkovic (Klostermann, 72), Orban, Lukeba, Raum – Vermeeren (Baumgartner, 46), Seiwald (Haidara, 72) – Baku (Gomis, 46), Xavi – Sesko, Openda (Poulsen, 81)

TSG Hoffenheim: Baumann – Gendrey, Arthur Chaves (Jurásek, 82), Østigård, Nsoki – Stach, Bischof – Touré (Hložek, 82) , Kramarić (Tohumcu, 89), Bülter (Akpoguma, 46) – Tabaković (Orban, 76)

Goals: 0-1 Bischof (11), 1-1 Sesko (24), 2-1 Baku (43), 3-1 Poulsen (84)

Red card: Østigård for professional foul (28)

Match highlights

10. Min.

Orban fires over

Best chance of the game so far. A corner-kick is deflected and lands at the feet of Orban, who fires over the crossbar on the turn from 11 metres out.

11. Min.

Bischof opens the scoring

Gulasci makes a mistake and passes to Touré, who cuts the ball back to Bischof. The midfielder fires a left-footed shot from distance into the left corner. Hoffenheim lead.

24. Min.

Sesko levels scores

That's bitter. Sesko's header from a corner actually does not pose a threat. But Baumann misjudges it and the ball trundles over the line.

28. Min.

Østigård sent off

Leo Østigård fouls Lois Openda as the last man and is red-carded.

43. Min.

Baku makes it 2-1

Touré cannot clear the ball following a cross into the penalty area. Baku is in the right place and slots into the left corner.

70. Min.

double chance to equalise

That must be the goal for 2-2. Stach does outstandingly and sets up Gendrey. His shot from the left fails to beat goalkeeper Gulacsi, who saves Bischof's follow-up too.

84. Min.

Poulsen seals the deal

The decisive goal. Poulsen is first thwarted by Baumann. The ball eventually finds its way back to the striker, who then scores at the second attempt.