A sloppy VfB Stuttgart left two points in the fight for the Champions League places. The playful Swabians performed the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Baden-Württemberg duel over long distances, but only came to a 1: 1 (1: 0) at the end of the 23rd match day. The team of coach Sebastian Hoeneß remains table seventh.
In front of 30,150 spectators in the sold -out stadium of Sinsheim, Nick Woltemade (9th minute) took the lead for VfB. As if out of nowhere, Winterneuzug Gift Orban still equalized (74th). The personnel -weaked Kraichgauer improved in 14th place. TSG has been at home for eight competitive games now without a win. In addition, chief coach Christian Ilzer won only three of his 13 league games, but could be more than satisfied with the point.
Again Woltemade
The VfB started with the goals that had been a goalless striker Deniz Undav as a top. Woltemade, who last hit the 1-2, was also in the initial formation for the first time since his illness. The TSG, who was still strongly weakened in terms of personnel, came under pressure from the start.
More than 13,000 vocal VfB fans made the game for the guests almost a home game – and cheered after less than ten minutes. Undav let the ball go through after a cross from Maximilian Mittelstädt Clever – and so Woltemade could easily shoot in.
TSG now no white vest at home 32 times
It quickly became clear that the Hoffenheimers set up a league negative record: they also conceded at least one goal in the 32nd home game in series. VfB had remained less without a white vest between April 2021 and February 2023.
The Stuttgarters often let the ball run faster than the TSG professionals came behind. With her high pressing, the decimated Kraichgau defense had a lot of problems. VfB varied almost arbitrarily.
Baumann representative Philipp Rettet
After half an hour, TSG keeper Luca Philipp, who again represented the injured national goalkeeper Oliver Baumann, had to save in the highest need: he just steered a shot from VfB captain Atacan Karazor on the post. Then Philipp was shot from Stuttgart’s strategist Angelo Stiller from a short distance.
When the vice-mistake took a first chance at the runner-up, Hoffenheim came to his first chance before the break: Andrej Kramaric failed due to the strong-reacting goalkeeper Alexander Nübel in his 100th league game.
VfB strategist silent missed 2: 0
Even after the change, Hoffenheim mostly rushed after. Philipp saved again after a remarkable VfB combination. On the TSG page, the future Bayern midfielder Tom Bischof rarely came to the train. So the attempted attack of the Ilzer team remained.
However, VfB continued to miss a possible preliminary decision. Woltemade alone could have scored two more goals. The guests were punished by Orban’s surprising compensation for a counterattack.