HEIDENHEIM AN DER BRENZ. TSG Hoffenheim had a striking comeback against Heidenheim. TSG Hoffenheim was truly better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Jan-Niklas Beste squandered a decisive penalty (16′). That would have allowed Heidenheim to draw the match.
The match was played at the Voith-Arena stadium in Heidenheim an der Brenz on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Robert Hartmann who was helped by Markus Schüller and Christian Bandurski. The 4th official was Wolfgang Haslberger. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 20.65 degrees Celsius or 69.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 20 Total 16
- 9 On Target 6
- 6 Off Target 6
- 5 Shots blocked 4
- 72 Attack 113
- 59 Dangerous attack 61
- 75 Ball safe 89
- 1 Penalties 1
- 10 Corners 6
Fouls
- 10 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
TSG Hoffenheim had a superior ball possession 63% while Heidenheim was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
TSG Hoffenheim was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why TSG Hoffenheim won the encounter.
Heidenheim shot 20 times, 9 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, TSG Hoffenheim shot 16 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Heidenheim received 1 yellow card (Eren Dinkçi). Talking about the opposition, TSG Hoffenheim received 5 yellow cards (Florian Grillitsch, Pavel Kadeřábek, Marius Bülter, Kevin Akpoguma and Wout Weghorst).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Heidenheim stays with 0 points to occupy the 16th place in the standings. On the opposite side, TSG Hoffenheim has 3 points (10th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Bundesliga, Heidenheim will host FC Köln on the 18th of May with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of FC Köln (1 draw).
TSG Hoffenheim will host FC Bayern München on the 18th of May with a 20-4 head to head in favor of FC Bayern München (7 draws).
Heidenheim – Formation
Heidenheim started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Frank Schmidt decided to play with the following team: Florian Pick, Adrian Beck, Kevin Müller
, Haktab Omar Traore , Patrick Mainka , Tim Siersleben , Jonas Föhrenbach , Eren Dinkçi , Lennard Maloney , Denis Thomalla , Jan-Niklas Beste , Marvin Pieringer and Tim Kleindienst .The home team had on the bench: Jan Schöppner, Benedikt Gimber, Stefan Schimmer, Kevin Sessa, Nikola Dovedan, Vitus Eicher and Norman Theuerkauf.
Substitutions
Heidenheim made 4 changes: Marvin Pieringer for Jan Schöppner (78′), Denis Thomalla for Nikola Dovedan (90′), Haktab Omar Traore for Stefan Schimmer (90′) and Eren Dinkçi for Kevin Sessa (78′).
Best player: Jan-Niklas Beste
The player that probably impressed the most for Heidenheim was Jan-Niklas Beste.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 20 passes (75% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 12 crosses.TSG Hoffenheim – Formation
TSG Hoffenheim started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Pellegrino Matarazzo played with: Angelo Stiller, Attila Szalai, Oliver Baumann
, Ozan Kabak , John Brooks , Kevin Akpoguma , Pavel Kadeřábek , Grischa Prömel , Florian Grillitsch , Marius Bülter , Ihlas Bebou , Wout Weghorst and Andrej Kramarić .They had on the bench: Kevin Vogt
, Maximilian Beier , Julian Justvan, Diadié Samassékou, Finn Ole Becker , Robert Skov , Luca Philipp and Tom Bischof .Substitutions
TSG Hoffenheim made 5 changes: Marius Bülter for Robert Skov (52′), John Brooks for Kevin Vogt (53′), Ozan Kabak for Maximilian Beier (64′), Grischa Prömel for Finn Ole Becker (65′) and Ihlas Bebou for Tom Bischof (74′).
Best player: Oliver Baumann
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for TSG Hoffenheim was the goalkeeper: Oliver Baumann. His rating is 8.36. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- Darmstadt 98 – FC Union Berlin – 1-4
- Heidenheim – TSG Hoffenheim – 2-3
- VfL Bochum 1848 – Borussia Dortmund – 1-1
- FC Köln – VfL Wolfsburg – 1-2
- Borussia Mönchengladbach – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 0-3
- SC Freiburg – Werder Bremen – 1-0