MKE Ankaragücü
Alanyaspor
Beşiktaş
Ç. Rizespor
Luton Town
Everton
Hoffenheim
RB Leipzig
Getafe
Ath. Bilbao
Torino
Bologna
Toulouse
Montpellier
Lens
Lorient
F. Sittard
Go Ahead
Almere City
Heerenveen
The line-up
Pellegrino Matarazzo made two changes to the starting XI that lost 1-0 away to RB Leipzig. Grischa Prömel started in place of Pavel Kadeřábek (muscular injury), while Stanley Nsoki replaced the suspended Kevin Akpoguma.
The scenario
Schalke’s victory on Friday meant TSG went into the game against Eintracht Frankfurt in 15th place, while the visitors were up in ninth position.
Number of the game: 250
Andrej Kramarić made his 250th appearance for TSG Hoffenheim in a competitive game and moved ahead of Sejad Salihović (249 games) in the rankings. TSG’s record goalscorer now sits behind Oliver Baumann (327) and Sebastian Rudy (324) with the third-most appearances for Hoffenheim. He scored a goal to mark the occasion.
Moment of the match
The goal for 1-0: Following an outstanding passing move, Christoph Baumgartner headed a Geiger cross into the back of the net. The goal paved the way for the victory over SGE.
Fighting spirit
Despite being down a player for almost the entirety of the second half, the whole team fought with great passion to secure the three points.
Outlook
TSG Hoffenheim face an away trip to VfL Wolfsburg next week. Kick-off is at 15:30 CET on Saturday.
Stats
Line-ups
TSG Hoffenheim: Baumann – Ozan Kabak, Brooks, Nsoki – Bebou, Geiger, Angeliño – Kramarić (Becker, 78), Prömel (Tohumcu, 90+6) – Baumgartner (Dolberg, 78), Dabbur (Bičakčić, 51)
Eintracht Frankfurt: Trapp – Ndicka, Hasebe, Toure (Borre, 55) – Buta (Knauff, 83), Kamada, Sow (Ebimbe, 73), Lenz (Alidou, 73) – Lindström (Aaronson, 46), Götze – Kolo Muani
Goals: 1-0 Baumgartner (8), 2-0 Kramarić (41), 3-0 Bebou (45+3), 3-1 Götze (54)
Incidents of note: Red card for Frankfurt coach Oliver Glasner (45+1), red card for Stanley Nsoki (47)
Match highlights
TSG take the lead
That is brilliant play! Hoffenheim link up in the final third and a passing move involving many players culminates in Geiger delivering an inviting cross and Baumgartner heading home in clinical fashion.
Huge opportunity for a second goal
That should have been the next goal! Bebou is played in by Geiger and perfectly picks out Kramarić. The Croat briefly stops the ball and then shoots, but Trapp manages to get a hand to it and turns it onto the crossbar.
Kabak to the rescue
Almost the equaliser at the other end: Buta plays it from the right into the middle towards World Cup winner Götze, who targets the far corner only for Kabak to block just in front of the line.
Kramarić increases lead from spot
Baumgartner cuts into the penalty area and is fouled. Kramarić clinically converts the resultant spot-kick.
The third goal
Angeliño initially cuts back to Geiger, then gets the ball back first-time and heads it into the path of Bebou, who slots home from close range. World class, boys!
Nsoki is dismissed
Stanley Nsoki unintentionally catches Aaronson in the face with his boot and is sent off for it. A very bad start to the second half.
Götze reduces deficit
Baumann does brilliantly to save the first shot from Aaronson, but Götze is in the right place and slots the ball into the net.
Angeliño goes agonisingly close
Angeliño steps up to take a free-kick from around 22 metres and misses the top corner by centimetres.
Oh so close from Kolo Muani
That was close: Kolo Muani pulls the trigger from 20 metres but the ball goes wide of the left post.
Match facts and statistics »
Match highlights
TSG take the lead
That is brilliant play! Hoffenheim link up in the final third and a passing move involving many players culminates in Geiger delivering an inviting cross and Baumgartner heading home in clinical fashion.
Huge opportunity for a second goal
That should have been the next goal! Bebou is played in by Geiger and perfectly picks out Kramarić. The Croat briefly stops the ball and then shoots, but Trapp manages to get a hand to it and turns it onto the crossbar.
Kabak to the rescue
Almost the equaliser at the other end: Buta plays it from the right into the middle towards World Cup winner Götze, who targets the far corner only for Kabak to block just in front of the line.
Kramarić increases lead from spot
Baumgartner cuts into the penalty area and is fouled. Kramarić clinically converts the resultant spot-kick.
The third goal
Angeliño initially cuts back to Geiger, then gets the ball back first-time and heads it into the path of Bebou, who slots home from close range. World class, boys!
Nsoki is dismissed
Stanley Nsoki unintentionally catches Aaronson in the face with his boot and is sent off for it. A very bad start to the second half.
Götze reduces deficit
Baumann does brilliantly to save the first shot from Aaronson, but Götze is in the right place and slots the ball into the net.
Angeliño goes agonisingly close
Angeliño steps up to take a free-kick from around 22 metres and misses the top corner by centimetres.
Oh so close from Kolo Muani
That was close: Kolo Muani pulls the trigger from 20 metres but the ball goes wide of the left post.
