Hoffenheim vs Werder Bremen

29 September 2024 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Tobias Reichel

Full time 3 – 4

Half-time: 3–3

Marius Bülter 5’, 8’
Adam Hlozek 12’

Julián Malatini 21’
Jens Stage 26’, 39’, 49’

Match summary

Werder Bremen came back from 3 goals down to win 4-3 away at Hoffenheim. It was 3-3 at half-time.

In the first half, Marius Bülter put Hoffenheim ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Mërgim Berisha, Bülter made it 2-0 in the 8th minute, set up by Umut Tohumcu, Adam Hlozek made it 3-0 in the 12th minute, Julián Malatini pulled one back to make it 3-1 from a corner in the 21st minute, set up by Niklas Stark, Jens Stage made it 3-2 with a header in the 26th minute, set up by Marvin Ducksch, and Stage equalised in the 39th minute. In the second half, Stage won it with a header in the 49th minute, set up by Mitchell Weiser.

The chances backed that up: Werder Bremen created 4.07 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Hoffenheim's 1.79 from 10. Hoffenheim had a player sent off.

Match stats

10 Shots 18

5 Shots on Target 10

2 Corners 6

3 Yellow Cards 3

1 Red Cards 0

1.79 xG 4.07

1.79 Non-penalty xG 4.07

4 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Hoffenheim Werder Bremen

Kick-off

Marius Bülter
Assist: Mërgim Berisha

1-0

5’

Marius Bülter
Assist: Umut Tohumcu

2-0

8’

Adam Hlozek

3-0

12’

21’

Julián Malatini
Assist: Niklas Stark

3-1

26’

Jens Stage
Assist: Marvin Ducksch

3-2

39’

Jens Stage

3-3

Half-time3-3

49’

Jens Stage
Assist: Mitchell Weiser

3-4

Full-time3-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Hoffenheim

Stanley N'Soki
Umut Tohumcu
Anton Stach
Tim Drexler

Werder Bremen

Derrick Köhn
Jens Stage
Keke Maximilian Topp

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Hoffenheim 1.79 xGWerder Bremen 4.07 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Werder Bremen attacking Hoffenheim attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Oliver Baumann	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Akpoguma	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Grillitsch	DEF	50			0	0.00	0.07	1
Stanley N'Soki	DEF	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pavel Kaderábek	MID	80			1	0.01	0.00	0
Tom Bischof	MID	90			1	0.02	0.01	1
Umut Tohumcu	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.41	1
Alexander Prass	MID	50			2	0.11	0.00	0
Adam Hlozek	MID	90	1		2	0.70	0.00	0
Marius Bülter	FWD	73	2		2	0.80	0.11	1
Mërgim Berisha	FWD	26		1	1	0.11	0.38	1
Tim Drexler	Sub	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valentin Gendrey	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.02	1
Anton Stach	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.04	1
Max Moerstedt	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jacob Bruun Larsen	Sub	10			1	0.04	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Michael Zetterer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julián Malatini	DEF	90	1		2	0.18	0.00	0
Anthony Jung	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Niklas Stark	DEF	62		1	1	0.10	0.11	1
Felix Agu	MID	90			0	0.00	0.11	1
Derrick Köhn	MID	80			2	0.38	0.07	2
Jens Stage	MID	90	3		4	1.95	0.02	1
Senne Lynen	MID	80			2	0.07	0.09	1
Mitchell Weiser	MID	90		1	4	0.27	0.46	2
Romano Schmid	MID	80			2	0.13	0.47	6
Marvin Ducksch	FWD	90		1	5	0.45	0.66	2
Amos Pieper	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Olivier Deman	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Skelly Alvero	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Keke Maximilian Topp	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.54	1
Marco Grüll	Sub	1			1	0.54	0.13	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Hoffenheim win 42% Avg odds 2.28

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.73

Werder Bremen win 32% Avg odds 2.95

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Hoffenheim W W L L L

Werder Bremen W D D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Hoffenheim 2-1 Werder Bremen, 03 Mar 24 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 1-3 Hoffenheim, 16 Feb 25 All Hoffenheim vs Werder Bremen meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.