Fulham
Brentford
Bristol City
Sheffield Utd
Oxford Utd
Hull City
QPR
Middlesbrough
S. Wednesday
Norwich
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Swansea City
Watford
Celta Vigo
Getafe
Lazio
Cagliari
PSV
Girona
S. Bratislava
D. Zagreb
B. Dortmund
Sturm Graz
Bologna
Monaco
Celtic
Leipzig
Lille
Juventus
Liverpool
B. Leverkusen
Real Madrid
Milan
Sporting CP
Man. City
The line-up
Head coach Pellegrino Matarazzo made five changes compared to the 2-1 victory against 1. FC Nürnberg in the DFB-Pokal: Stanley Nsoki, Valentin Gendrey, Alexander Prass, Tom Bischof and Andrej Kramarić came into the starting line-up.
The scenario
A meeting of two table neighbours: TSG were in 15th place ahead of the match, while St. Pauli were three points behind in 16th position. The promoted outfit leapfrogged TSG with the win.
Moment of the match
The goal for 1-0: St. Pauli took their first chance of the match and scored the golden goal from it.
Number of the game: 522
TSG might have completed 522 passes, but none of them brought about a goal.
Outlook
TSG Hoffenheim will already be in action again on Thursday: Olympique Lyon will then be the visitors to the PreZero Arena in the Europa League. Kick-off at 21:00 CEST.
Stats
Line-ups:
TSG Hoffenheim: Baumann – Arthur Chaves (Bruun Larsen, 85), Stach, Nsoki – Gendrey (Kadeřábek, 85), Bischof, Grillitsch, Prass (Jurásek, 65) – Kramarić – Hložek (Tabaković, 46), Bülter (Berisha, 65)
FC St. Pauli: Vasilj – Wahl, Smith, Mets – Saliakas (Dzwigala, 88), Irvine, Boukhalfa, Treu (Ritzka, 50) – Afolayan (Wagner, 80), Eggestein (Albers, 88), Guilavogui
Goals: 0-1 Afolayan (20), 0-2 Albers (90+3)
Match highlights
The opener for St. Pauli
The visitors take their first opportunity and make it 1-0. Irvine plays a cross from the right into the penalty area and Afolayan volleys into the net with a shot that was not easy to convert.
Almost the equaliser
TSG almost hit back immediately: Bischof plays a free-kick from a deep central position in front of goal and Stach shoots but is denied by Vasilj.
Guilavogui strikes the upright
St. Pauli counter down the right, Afolayan then passes to Guilavogui in the middle. The striker is probably decisively impeded by Gendrey and his shot thunders against the woodwork.
Bischof tests Vasilj
Following a cross the ball lands in the path of Bischof, who manages to bring it down and takes a shot. The ball flies towards the corner, but Vasilj dives across to that corner and prevents the equaliser.
The decisive goal
Bischof misplaces a pass and St. Pauli launch a 3v1 counter-attack. Irvine then sets up Albers, who keeps ice cool in front of Baumann.
Match facts and statistics »
Match highlights
The opener for St. Pauli
The visitors take their first opportunity and make it 1-0. Irvine plays a cross from the right into the penalty area and Afolayan volleys into the net with a shot that was not easy to convert.
Almost the equaliser
TSG almost hit back immediately: Bischof plays a free-kick from a deep central position in front of goal and Stach shoots but is denied by Vasilj.
Guilavogui strikes the upright
St. Pauli counter down the right, Afolayan then passes to Guilavogui in the middle. The striker is probably decisively impeded by Gendrey and his shot thunders against the woodwork.
Bischof tests Vasilj
Following a cross the ball lands in the path of Bischof, who manages to bring it down and takes a shot. The ball flies towards the corner, but Vasilj dives across to that corner and prevents the equaliser.
The decisive goal
Bischof misplaces a pass and St. Pauli launch a 3v1 counter-attack. Irvine then sets up Albers, who keeps ice cool in front of Baumann.
