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Three historic TSG wins against Bayern Munich
4 April 2017: TSG 1-0 FC Bayern: The first win
Who else, if not Andrej Kramarić? It was TSG's all-time record goalscorer who fired the Kraichgau club to their first-ever Bundesliga victory against Bayern Munich in April 2017, scoring the winner in a 1-0 triumph. The TSG head coach back then was Julian Nagelsmann, who managed to devise a strategy to outmanoeuvre the men from Munich. It was a deserved triumph against the league leaders that Tuesday evening, with a strong opening half and a disciplined second 45 minutes paving the way for a first-ever win against the Bavarians. It was only the second time all season that coach Carlo Ancelotti and his team had lost a game. Hoffenheim ultimately beat Borussia Dortmund to third place in the table and qualified for European competition for the first time in their history.
5 October 2019: FC Bayern 1-2 TSG: The first away victory
Sargis Adamyan probably won't forget 5 October 2019 in a hurry. The Armenian made his first Bundesliga start against none other than FC Bayern Munich and ended up the hero on a memorable afternoon at the Allianz Arena. The striker opened the scoring and then, with the score all square after Robert Lewandowski's equaliser, netted the winner in the 79th minute. It was Hoffenheim's first away victory against FC Bayern Munich at the 12th time of asking – there had previously been two draws and nine defeats – and to make it all the sweeter, the victory came during the Oktoberfest. It was quite the rude awakening for head coach Niko Kovac's team, who had strolled to a 7-2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in London a few days earlier. Next Saturday, TSG will have the opportunity to make it two consecutive away wins in Munich – a feat last achieved by Borussia Dortmund in 2011.
27 September 2020: TSG 4-1 FC Bayern: A special success
It was a special day for TSG head coach Sebastian Hoeness, who had left the Bayern Munich reserves for Hoffenheim that summer. On Matchday 2 of the current campaign, he and his new team brought the Bavarian giants' stunning run of form to an end. The 4-1 defeat that day was FC Bayern's first competitive loss of 2020 – a year in which they had won the Bundesliga, DFB Cup, Champions League and UEFA Super Cup, the last of which Manuel Neuer & Co. had lifted only 60 hours prior to kick-off after beating Sevilla in Budapest. Ermin Bičakčić and Munas Dabbur scored in the 16th and 24th minutes respectively to fire TSG into a two-goal lead over the quadruple winners. Joshua Kimmich halved the deficit on the 36-minute mark, but "Hoffe" remained in the ascendancy and it was the outstanding Andrej Kramaric who extended the advantage to 3-1 in the 77th minute and then made it 4-1 from the spot in the 92nd minute. The final whistle sounded not long afterwards and Bayern's streak of 32 competitive matches unbeaten was over. And there's another reason why the game deserves a special mention: it was the last game that fans were allowed to attend, with 6,300 spectators at the PreZero Arena to witness a perfect Sunday for TSG.
