setback in the relegation battle
Christoph Baumgartner dealt VfB Stuttgart the next heavy blow in the relegation battle of the Bundesliga with a late brace. With the 1:2 (0:0) at the national rivals TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, VfB lost another victory. Coach Pellegrino Matarazzo’s side led for much of Friday night’s game thanks to a 58th-minute goal from Wataru Endo. Baumgartner made sure in the 85th and 90th minute that the Swabians have been without a three for nine games. As a result, VfB remains second to bottom in the table and must continue to fear having to take the next step into the second division after 2016 and 2019.
In front of 18,099 spectators in the Sinsheim stadium, which was not sold out – 22,000 were allowed – Hoffenheim made the leap to a place in the Champions League. The Stuttgarters have been waiting for success for the Kraichgauers for nine years. The 2,200 VfB fans in the away corner made a hell of a racket to support their battered team. Borna Sosa was also out of the Stuttgart team with a bruised knee. The not quite fit goalscorer Sasa Kalajdzic initially sat on the bench.
The first big chance for the initially superior TSG was missed by Pavel Kaderabek with a header – and then the game really picked up speed. Within less than two minutes, the ball crashed into both sides against Alu: First, Chris Führich hit the Hoffenheim post (19′) after a counterattack from close range, then Kaderabek hit the crossbar of the VfB goal. However, his captain Benjamin Hübner should have headed the 1-0 lead just before that.
Reus, Pizarro & Co.: Most goals involved in a Bundesliga game since 2000
Marco Reus (BVB): 5 scorers in the 6-0 vs. Gladbach (February 20, 2022)
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2 goals, 3 assists – to the match report
Status of the data: February 21, 2022 – only game reports from January 1, 2000 were used as a basis
Arjen Robben (FC Bayern): 5 scorers in the 8:1 vs. St. Pauli (05/07/2011)
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2 goals, 3 assists – to the match report
Roberto Firmino (Hoffenheim): 5 scorers in the 5:1 vs. HSV (17.8.2013)
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2 goals, 3 assists – to the game report
Thomas Müller (FC Bayern): 5 scorers in the 8-0 vs. HSV (February 14, 2015)
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2 goals, 3 assists – to the match report
Erling Haaland (BVB): 5 scorers in 5: 2 vs. Frankfurt (14.8.2021)
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2 goals, 3 assists – to the match report
Roy Makaay (FC Bayern): 5 scorers in the 5-0 vs. BVB (February 19, 2005)
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3 goals, 2 assists – to the match report
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern): 5 scorers in the 6-0 vs. Augsburg (April 1, 2017)
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3 goals, 2 assists – to the match report
Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg): 5 scorers in the 5:2 vs. Düsseldorf (March 16, 2019)
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3 goals, 2 assists – to the match report
Philippe Coutinho (FC Bayern): 5 scorers in the 6-1 vs. Werder (December 14, 2019)
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3 goals, 2 assists – to the match report
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern): 5 scorers in the 5-0 vs. Stuttgart (December 14, 2021)
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3 goals, 2 assists – to the match report
Mesut Özil (Werder Bremen) – 5 scorers in the 6:0 vs. Freiburg (21.11.2009)
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1 goal, 4 assists – to the game report
Bart Goor (Hertha BSC): 5 scorers in the 6-0 vs. HSV (March 10, 2002)
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4 goals, 1 assist – to the match report
Giovane Elber (FC Bayern): 5 scorers in the 6:2 vs. Bielefeld (17.8.2002)
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4 goals, 1 assist – to the match report
Mario Gómez (FC Bayern): 5 scorers in the 7-0 vs. Freiburg (September 10, 2011)
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4 goals, 1 assist – to the match report
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (BVB): 5 scorers in the 5:2 vs. HSV (November 5, 2016)
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4 goals, 1 assist – to the match report
Patrik Schick (Bayer 04): 5 scorers in the 7-1 vs. Fürth (December 4, 2021)
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4 goals, 1 assist – to the match report
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern): 5 scorers in the 5-1 vs. Wolfsburg (September 22, 2015)
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5 goals – to the match report
Luka Jovic (Frankfurt): 5 scorers in 7: 1 vs. Dusseldorf (10/19/2018)
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5 goals – to the match report
Timo Werner (RB Leipzig): 6 scorers in the 8-0 vs. Mainz 05 (November 2nd, 2019)
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3 goals, 3 assists – to the match report
Claudio Pizarro (FC Bayern): 6 scorers in the 9:2 vs. HSV (March 30, 2013)
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4 goals, 2 assists – to the match report
A week after the bitter 1-1 draw against VfL Bochum with the equalizer in injury time, the Stuttgart team showed the right reaction. Omar Marmoush, in particular, repeatedly caused a stir in attack from the right and tested goalkeeper Oliver Baumann with a solid shot after just under half an hour.
Again and again the home side tried to succeed via crosses from national player David Raum. In the 43rd minute, Hoffenheim celebrated an alleged goal from Hübner. But referee Matthias Jöllenbeck rightly annulled the goal after consulting his video assistant Tobias Stieler. The VfB fans in the stands immediately rolled up their banner “Abolish video evidence”.
Reus & Nkunku increase: The Bundesliga scorer list
10 – Serge Gnabry – 15 points scorer in 23 games
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10 goals, 5 assists
As of February 25, 2022
9 – Anthony Modeste – 16 points scorer in 22 games
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15 goals, 1 assist
7 – Florian Wirtz – 17 points in 21 games
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7 goals, 10 assists
7 – Moussa Diaby – 17 points scorer in 21 games
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10 goals, 7 assists
6 – Marco Reus – 20 points in 22 games
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9 goals, 11 assists
4 – Christopher Nkunku – 22 points scorer in 23 games
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13 goals, 9 assists
4 – Erling Haaland – 22 points scorer in 14 games
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16 goals, 6 assists
3 – Patrik Schick – 23 points in 20 games
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20 goals, 3 assists
2 – Thomas Müller – 26 points in 23 games
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7 goals, 19 assists
1 – Robert Lewandowski – 29 points in 23 games
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28 goals, 1 assist
Matarazzo gave a hopeful signal for the VfB supporters when Kalajdzic came on after the break. Hoffenheim first had to cope with the failure of Dennis Geiger, who was carried off the pitch in a daze. Stuttgart took advantage of the momentary confusion and the corner kick: Kalajdzic headed it up and Endo was there at the far post to make it 1-0.
The persistence of Hoffenheim was rewarded: Baumgartner scored with a flick to equalize. Her coach Sebastian Hoeneß, who was German champion with the VfB U17s in 1999 and whose father Dieter used to manage Stuttgart, was even able to celebrate the first win against the Swabians on the fourth attempt because Baumgartner was still upping the ante.
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