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Hard-fought draw in Bielefeld
Personnel & tactics:
Head coach Sebastian Hoeness made two injury-enforced changes to the starting XI that had beaten FC Schalke 04 4-2 in the previous round. Philipp Pentke replaced Oliver Baumann between the sticks. The back four of Pavel Kadeřábek, Stefan Posch, Kevin Akpoguma and Ryan Sessegnon was unchanged, as was the defensive midfield partnership of Florian Grillitsch and Diadie Samassékou. Sargis Adamyan came in for Christoph Baumgartner and started in attacking midfield alongside Andrej Kramarić, who was wearing the captain's armband, and Robert Skov. Ihlas Bebou was the lone frontman.
TSG made a double substitution in the 62nd minute, bringing on Mijat Gaćinović and Marco John for Skov and Sessegnon. Akpoguma had to be subbed off with an injury only four minutes later and was replaced by Kevin Vogt at the heart of defence (66). Georginio Rutter then replaced Adamyan in the closing stages (83).
Moment of the match:
The 75th minute: Florian Grillitsch switched the play brilliantly and Pavel Kadeřábek spotted the unmarked Andrej Kramarić, but Stefan Ortega made a strong reflex save to keep out the Croat's diving header.
Number of the game: 19
The opening goal was the 19th time Andrej Kramarić has scored in this Bundesliga season. That means he has beaten Vedad Ibisevic's club record of 18 goals from the 2008/09 campaign and has now scored more goals in a single Bundesliga season than any other Hoffenheim player in history.
Line-ups:
Arminia Bielefeld: Ortega – Brunner, Pieper, Nilsson, Lucoqui – Prietl, Maier (Kunze, 89) – Doan (Schipplock, 89), Okugawa (Hartel, 79), Voglsammer (Soukou, 79) – Klos
TSG Hoffenheim: Pentke – Kadeřábek, Posch, Akpoguma (Vogt, 66), Sessegnon (John, 62) – Samassékou, Grillitsch – Skov (Gaćinović, 62), Kramarić, Adamyan (Rutter, 83) – Bebou
Goals: 0-1 Kramarić (5), 1-1 Voglsammer (23)
Match highlights
TSG score following a Bielefeld corner-kick. Kramarić is threaded through and he picks out Adamyan, who returns the ball to his fellow striker for Kramarić to tap into the net.
Brilliant attack from Hoffenheim. Adamyan plays the ball to Grillitsch, who dribbles past his marker but then fails to beat Ortega from a tight angle. That was almost 2-0 to TSG.
Bielefeld almost restore parity. The ball is cut back from the byline on the right towards Maier, but the midfielder’s effort is blocked and it flies narrowly wide of the target.
Voglsammer takes a free-kick from more than 22 metres out and fires the ball perfectly into the top corner. 1-1. No chance for Pentke.
Another big opportunity to take the lead: Kadeřábek plays a low cross in towards Bebou, who decides to cut the ball back to Skov rather than go for goal himself. But the Dane’s shot strikes the side-netting. That was a good chance.
Akpoguma doesn’t spot Voglsammer behind him and heads the ball straight to the Bielefeld forward. Voglsammer has a free shot at goal but Pentke makes a strong save from close range.
Another important intervention from Pentke. A dangerous long ball is played into the box and Klos heads it goalbound, but Pentke gets down quickly to make a strong save.
Great attack from TSG. Grillitsch plays a perfect pass to Kadeřábek, who has the vision to pick out Kramarić in the penalty area. His diving header catches Ortega wrong-footed, but the Bielefeld shot-stopper makes a brilliant reflex stop to prevent Hoffenheim from taking the lead.
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