TSG 1899 Hoffenheim ended their winless streak when new coach André Breitenreiter made his home debut. The Kraichgauers came to a late 3:2 (2:2) against VfL Bochum on the second match day of the Bundesliga. Substitute Munas Dabbur headed the winning goal in the 88th minute. Andrej Kramaric had previously failed in front of 17,005 spectators in the Sinsheimer Stadion with a penalty kick on guest keeper Manuel Riemann (59th).
Simon Zoller put the guests ahead with a double strike (10th/13th). After Christoph Baumgartner’s goal (15′), Ozan Kabak (22′) equalized in the wild early stages. In the end there was the first success for Hoffenheim with the inconspicuous new signing Angelino after ten winless games across the season.
Bochum noticed right after the first scan that the newly formed TSG defense around Kevin Vogt still had to find itself. At 1-0, when Philipp Hofmann put the ball on his head, Stanley Nsoki didn’t switch quickly enough. And when Zoller hit the target for the second time, Kabak looked bad. It went on just as wildly. The goal was preceded by a one-two from Kramaric and Robert Skov. Bochum’s keeper Riemann was only able to fend off the shot from the Croatian vice world champion and Baumgartner scored.
Former Schalke Kabak then suddenly shone on the offensive: the new signing from Norwich City headed in a corner from Dennis Geiger almost unchallenged to make it 2-2. From then on, Hoffenheim dominated the game. Shortly after the break, Hoffenheim’s defense chief Vogt had to leave the pitch after a collision with Zoller. As TSG tried to attack, Baumgartner got a penalty against Anthony Losilla – but Riemann parried Kramaric’s shot from the spot. When the TSG pros ran up more and more desperately, Dabbur redeemed his team.