The line-up
Head coach Pellegrino Matarazzo made two changes to the team that suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Borussia Dortmund. Pavel Kadeřábek and Wout Weghorst returned from their injuries and replaced Ihlas Bebou and the injured Andrej Kramarić.
The scenario
TSG Hoffenheim went into the match in seventh position with 12 points, while Bremen had six points fewer on the board and occupied 13th place.
Moment of the match
The second minute of stoppage time: Bremen levelled in the 90th minute through a dream strike from Jens Stage, but TSG responded perfectly: 83 seconds after the goal, Bremen headed clear a throw-in to the feet of Bülter, who shot first-time and scored the winning goal with a perfect strike. Jiri Pavlenka could only stand and watch it – the ball flew into the bottom left corner.
Number of the game: 5
Maximilian Beier has already scored five goals this season. The last time that a TSG player had scored at least five goals after seven games was in the 2020/21 season. Back then it was Andrej Kramarić (6).
Career first
For the first time in his Bundesliga career, Grischa Prömel scored a goal and assisted another. He had never previously achieved a scorer point double in his 93 Bundesliga appearances.
Outlook
The Bundesliga will be on a break next weekend. TSG will then play host to Eintracht Frankfurt on 21 October. Kick-off in the match is at 15:30 CET on a Saturday.
Stats
Line-ups:
SV Werder Bremen: Pavlenka – Veljkovic, Rapp (Groß, 72), Friedl (Bittencourt, 83) – Weiser, Lynen (Woltemade, 72), Jung – Schmid, Keita (Stage, 59) – Njinmah (Borre, 59), Ducksch
TSG Hoffenheim: Baumann – Ozan Kabak (Akpoguma, 66), Brooks, Vogt – Grillitsch (Becker, 81) – Kadeřábek, Prömel, Stach, Skov (Bülter, 60) – Weghorst, Beier (Bebou, 81)
Goals: 0-1 Beier (8), 1-1 Schmid (17), 1-2 Prömel (29), 2-2 Stage (90+1), 2-3 Bülter (90+2)
Match highlights
Beier fires TSG into the lead
An early lead for TSG: Beier is played in behind the defence, turns on the afterburners and pulls away from the chasing defender. The Bremen players try to bring Beier down but he holds firm and slots the ball home as he stumbles over.
Schmid equalises
TSG are hit on the counter. Weiser plays in Ducksch, who squares the ball to the unmarked Schmid in the box. His shot takes a deflection and then flies past Baumann into the net.
Prömel arrows home
Prömel initiates the goal himself: the midfielder passes to Skov, who dribbles down the left and then cuts the ball back to Prömel. He pulls the trigger right-footed and arrows it into the bottom left corner.
Vogt spurns the big chance
That should’ve been 3-1: Kevin Vogt shoots from an unmarked position following a wonderful piece of link-up play, but fails to beat the keeper. There won’t be much better chances than that.
Stage with the late equaliser
TSG concede the equalising goal. Bremen cut the ball back from the right flank, Stage strikes it perfectly and thunders the ball into the roof of the net. Baumann is powerless.
Bülter with the winner in stoppage time
Bülter thunders the ball home: a throw-in is cleared to Bülter, who simply goes for it and perfectly finds the corner right-footed. What a thunderbolt.
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Match highlights
Beier fires TSG into the lead
An early lead for TSG: Beier is played in behind the defence, turns on the afterburners and pulls away from the chasing defender. The Bremen players try to bring Beier down but he holds firm and slots the ball home as he stumbles over.
Schmid equalises
TSG are hit on the counter. Weiser plays in Ducksch, who squares the ball to the unmarked Schmid in the box. His shot takes a deflection and then flies past Baumann into the net.
Prömel arrows home
Prömel initiates the goal himself: the midfielder passes to Skov, who dribbles down the left and then cuts the ball back to Prömel. He pulls the trigger right-footed and arrows it into the bottom left corner.
Vogt spurns the big chance
That should’ve been 3-1: Kevin Vogt shoots from an unmarked position following a wonderful piece of link-up play, but fails to beat the keeper. There won’t be much better chances than that.
Stage with the late equaliser
TSG concede the equalising goal. Bremen cut the ball back from the right flank, Stage strikes it perfectly and thunders the ball into the roof of the net. Baumann is powerless.
Bülter with the winner in stoppage time
Bülter thunders the ball home: a throw-in is cleared to Bülter, who simply goes for it and perfectly finds the corner right-footed. What a thunderbolt.