The Hoeneß-Elf gave a lead and had to be content with a draw.
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim missed the leap to the top of the table in the German Bundesliga and left important points in front of their own audience. The team of coach Sebastian Hoeneß didn’t get past a 2: 2 (2: 1) against 1. FC Union Berlin on Sunday despite the lead. Kevin Akpoguma (14th) and Jacob Bruun Larsen (30th) scored the goals for the hosts in front of 8,014 spectators, while Niko Gießelmann (10th) and Taiwo Awoniyi (47th) scored for Union.
In the drizzle of Sinsheim, both teams acted bravely and aggressively, the first goal area scenes were not long in coming. In contrast to the current trend to change coaches, Hoffenheim and Union had stuck to their coaches. This has paid off in the course of the season so far, the processes are well established. TSG first demonstrated this on Sunday. With director Andrej Kramaric as well as the wingers Bruun Larsen and Christoph Baumgartner it went rapidly to the top, the strong impression of the victory in Augsburg was confirmed by the Hoeneß-Elf.
Baumgartner collided with the assistant referee on the sidelines in the 78th minute, and was replaced the minute after. Stefan Posch played through, the ailing Florian Grillitsch was not in the squad. Christopher Trimmel was not in the starting line-up for the Berlin team this time, he was substituted on in the 69th minute.
