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And the consequence follows almost immediately. Bielefeld runs the counter on the left side and sets the pace. Klos takes Bello with him and his cross in the center lands perfectly on Hack’s head – he actually has to put it in from seven meters, but there is a good half a meter missing to connect.
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18:56
Hoffenheim’s urge to get the third goal seems to be over for the time being. The hosts have shifted down a gear.
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18:54
Four changes are ready on the sidelines: Klos, Bello and Hack replace Serra, Laursen and Krüger at Arminia. Goalscorer Rutter leaves the field for Kadeřábek.
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18:53
Pavel Kadeřábek comes on at 1899 Hoffenheim
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18:53
Substitution at 1899 Hoffenheim: Georginio Rutter
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18:52
Substitution at Arminia Bielefeld: Fabian Klos
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18:52
Substitution at Arminia Bielefeld: Janni-Luca Serra
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18:52
Substitution at Arminia Bielefeld: George Bello
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18:52
Substitution at Arminia Bielefeld: Jacob Laursen
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18:51
Substitution at Arminia Bielefeld: Robin Hack
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18:51
Substitution at Arminia Bielefeld: Florian Krüger
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18:50
Almost the 3:0! Baumgartner caresses a sharp cross from the left on the fifth with his parting and gives the ball a boost in the right direction, but centimeters are still missing to score.
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18:48
A small reaction from Arminia, but the pass from Okugawa to Schöpf comes too late and that’s why he’s already offside.
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18:48
Pieper is taken off the field to be on the safe side and Guilherme Ramos replaces him.
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18:47
Substitution at Arminia Bielefeld: Guilherme Ramos
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Substitution at Arminia Bielefeld: Amos Pieper
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18:46
Arminia is hooked and Hoffenheim wants more! The hosts press and constrict the guests, but Bielefeld can just about free themselves.
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18:44
Rutter and Pieper rattle their heads against each other – the Bielefeld man was hit harder, but after a short break in treatment he is back.
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18:43
The goal for Bielefeld could hardly have come at a worse time. The Arminia came out of the cabin with new momentum and is now caught cold.
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18:40
Tooor for 1899 Hoffenheim, 2-0 through Georginio Rutter
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18:40
The offside whistle sounds at the end, but that was Arminia’s best attack of the entire game! Serra sends Castro down to the left and he crosses into the penalty area. Brunner shoots from 14 meters, but the ball bounces off the left post again and Hoffenheim can clear.
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18:36
By the way, there are no changes to change sides.
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18:34
Kick-off 2nd half
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18:19
mid-term conclusion
Hoffenheim deservedly lead 1-0 against Arminia Bielefeld, who can be more than happy with this result after 45 minutes. TSG had a lot planned from the start and were the dominant team, but then needed some time to bring about the overdue lead. After that, the home side had chances en masse, but the second goal just didn’t work. However, almost no offensive danger came from the DSC, but the half-time result is too thin for Hoffenheim.
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18:18
Yellow card for Dennis Geiger (1899 Hoffenheim)
Geiger is clearly too late against Serra in midfield and picks up an unnecessary yellow card – bitter above all, it’s his fifth.
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18:17
Hoffenheim feels like it wins every header duel. Samassékou is completely free on the left in the penalty area at the corner from the right and aims for the far corner, but Ortega flies to the save, which is worth seeing.
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18:16
Bielefeld swims again! After the blocked header, Samassékou followed up strongly on the right side of the five, retrieved the ball in the penalty area and put the ball in sharply. Baumgartner has to go with the hoe and still puts the shot dangerously into the short corner – Ortega clears for a corner.
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18:14
Hit number 16 – in terms of aluminum this season! Raum’s deflected cross from the left lands at Dabbur and he heads over Ortega to the crossbar.
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18:12
There was a chance there, but Okugawa’s through ball to Castro was a tad too long.
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18:11
The guests just can’t manage to put Hoffenheim under pressure defensively. Too little speed, too few ideas.
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18:08
Bielefeld does not learn it. Raum has too much room to cross again, this time Hübner finds it from the left in the penalty area and he heads over the bar from almost eight meters.
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18:07
This is played almost perfectly! Space is wonderfully sent into the penalty area on the left and he actually does everything right, puts it across the second post, but Brunner runs into the pass and clears it in dire need.
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18:06
A hit might have been taken back, because Serra hits Grillitsch with his arm on the head when he receives the ball. The Hoffenheim player is now playing with a nose clip.
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18:05
Where did this chance come from? Schöpf crosses from the right half-high into the middle and Serra takes the ball down hard. He fails at Baumann from an acute angle, then the people in front of him prevent Arminia from making a follow-up shot.
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But now there is the stationary ball a good 25 meters from the goal. Castro stands up and shoots the free kick directly at the box. Baumann has to intervene, but the shot doesn’t put him to the test.
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18:00
Bielefeld does not bring much forward.
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18:00
After Hübner’s recent comeback after a long injury, this goal is of course balm for his soul. And you can also pay attention to space with the goal, because it is already his seventh assist of the current season.
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17:58
Vasiliadis runs the counterattack through the opposing half and also has two pass stations up front, but TSG’s backward movement fits and so the Bielefeld player fritters away the pill.
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17:56
Luck is finally on Hoffenheim’s side after the last few weeks. TSG’s leadership is definitely deserved. So far, Bielefeld has been too tame up front and too far away in defence.
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17:53
Tooor for 1899 Hoffenheim, 1-0 through Benjamin Hübner
Hoffenheim takes the following corner briefly, then Raum crosses into the box from the right. Hübner prevailed in a header duel and sent the ball from nine meters to the lower edge of the crossbar – from there the ball bounced to Ortega’s back and just over the line. Brunner’s rescue operation comes too late.
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17:52
Vogt makes the excursion forward and crosses to Rutter’s head – whose header comes as an arc lamp to Ortega, who clears for a corner to be safe.
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17:52
Castro positions himself on the right for a free kick, but TSG can easily defend it.
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17:49
The corner ball comes sharply to the five, but looking away from the goal, Rutter heads clearly past the left – but Bielefeld again lacks access in the air.
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17:48
Pieper clears his keeper with a header for a corner after Bebou passes Vasiliadis far too easily and crosses into the center from the right.
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17:46
Centimeters are missing for the lead! Grillitsch has far too much space on the right flank and crosses softly into the centre. Rutter has almost more space, climbs up eight meters in front of the box and wants to do it too precisely – the header rushes past the left very delicately.
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17:44
Strong action by Rutter, who walks through the center past three men and only gets stuck on the fourth. But Hartmann just waited for the advantage and then whistled off the foul against the Frenchman.
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17:44
After twelve seconds, Serra fires the first shot from a good 20 meters in the direction of the goal, but clearly misses.
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17:41
The first ten minutes are over, Hoffenheim promised a fast-paced game from the start, but since Bielefeld arrived, the hosts have not been able to do it as well as in the first moments of the game.
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17:40
Hoffenheim plays the ball a little too much in their own ranks and then Arminia thinks, why not just put the pressure on? TSG remains in possession of the ball thanks to an offensive foul, but what the home team is doing in their own third is somewhat negligent.
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17:37
Both Castro’s corner kick from the left and then from the right brings nothing.
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17:36
Ortega then makes the game fast, Krüger runs through half of Hoffenheim on the counterattack and pulls from 18 meters – deflected. The first corner for the guests follows.
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17:36
The corner kick in itself is useless, but TSG remains active in the last third. Samassékou has the first shot on the left in the penalty area, but Schöpf keeps the beet clean.
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17:32
Hoffenheim sets the pace right from the start, Bebou has a lot in front of him and moves to the baseline on the right. His low cross slips through to the second post, where space at least gets the corner from an acute angle.
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17:31
Robert Hartman whistles the encounter.
17:25
Kramer on the guest side made it clear that his team travels to the ProZero Arena with a lot of self-confidence: “I attach strength to the homogeneity. Our boys burn on the pitch, for and with each other. We were able to come together well as a team . With the absolute will to continue this consistently in the next games.”
17:06
After the many goals conceded in the past few games, Hoffenheim’s coach is giving a clear route today: “We’d prefer to keep a clean sheet, in any case conceding fewer goals than last time. We have to do that in order to score, get the hoped-for home win and in the end not come back empty-handed.” But he also knows. “It’s going to be an intense game, they run very fast, fight a lot of duels and have a good phase. That’s why they have a certain lightness in their actions.”
16:53
Frank Kramer, on the other hand, makes four changes after the 1-1 draw against Gladbach: Guilherme Ramos, De Medina and Kunze are only on the bench, Wimmer is missing due to his fifth yellow card. Pieper, Laursen, Castro and Schöpf take over the jobs in the starting formation.
16:52
Let’s also take a look at the staff, starting with Sebastian Hoeneß’s team. He made three changes after the 0: 2 in Mainz: Grillitsch, Samassékou and Baumgartner start for Posch (bench), Stiller (ill) and Kramarić (Covid-19).
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Bielefeld, on the other hand, did not lose six times in a row, even scoring twelve out of a possible 18 points. It also got itself out of the red zone, but the relegation zone is still very close for the climber. Augsburg on the relegation place is level on points with Arminia, but with a three Bielefeld could at least increase the relegation to Stuttgart and thus the first direct relegation place to seven points.
16:42
Hoffenheim wants and needs to achieve a liberation after recent weak performances. There were three defeats in a row in the league, with the cup defeat against Freiburg even four competitive defeats in a row. As a result, the Sinsheimer also slipped down the table, are only in eighth place and outside of the European business in the coming year.
Hello and welcome to the last game of matchday 22 in the Bundesliga. At 5:30 p.m., TSG 1899 Hoffenheim welcomes Arminia Bielefeld.