On 17 February, one of the matches of the 21st round of the German football championship took place. Augsburg (Germany) and Hoffenheim (Germany) met.
«Аугсбург» - «Хоффенхайм» - 1:0. Чемпионат Германии, 21-й турGerman championship, 21st round
"Augsburg (Germany) v Hoffenheim (Germany) - 1-0 (0-0)
Goal: F. Jensen (88)
Warnings: A. Engels (35), Ozan Kabak (39), Mergim Berisha (43), Geoffrey Gouveleu (49), Kaderabek (65), Kevin Akpogouma (90+5)
FC Augsburg hosted 1899 Hoffenheim at the WWK Arena in a thrilling Bundesliga encounter. Early in the game, both teams had good chances to pull out a win. In the 8th minute, Augsburg had the first opportunity to score, but the goal was cancelled out due to a handball by A. Engels. Later, in the 35th minute, Engels was sent off for a foul and in the 39th minute, O. Kabak sent off 1899 Hoffenheim. The half ended without goals, but the second half was no less eventful, starting with M. Berisha being sent off for a foul on FC Augsburg. K. Dolberg and F. Aslani replaced K. Vogt and E. Bicakcic in the 46th minute and E. Demirovic nearly put Augsburg ahead just before the break but the goal was cancelled out due to a foul.
In the 49th minute, J. Guvelev became the fourth suspended player of the match, while I. Bebu and A. Kramaric were replaced in the 63rd minute, shortly after another substitution by K. Baumgartner and T. Bischof. P. Kaderabek was sent off for a foul in the 65th minute. In the 76th minute, FC Augsburg made the first substitution: E. Demirovic was replaced by D. Bellejo, followed by K. Yeboa for F. Jensen and E. Rexbekai for Jago, both on the same minute. P. Kaderabek and K. Akpoguma were substitutes in the 78th minute for Hoffenheim 1899. Р. Veiga came on as a substitute for J. Baumgartlinger in the 86th minute for FC Augsburg before F. Jensen scored the winning goal in the 88th minute. The game ended 1-0 in favour of FC Augsburg. Both teams had one penalty each: K. Akpoguma was sent off in the 90th minute for Hoffenheim 1899, while M. Berisha made his last substitution of the game, being replaced by M. Bauer in the same minute.
In the next round, the games between Hertha and Augsburg and Hoffenheim and Borussia D will be played.
Augsburg v Hoffenheim match statistics:
| Augsburg | Hoffenheim | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals on goal | 2 |
| 13 | Shots | 8 |
| 4 | Blocked kicks | 4 |
| 8 | Kicks from the penalty area | 3 |
| 5 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 5 |
| 13 | Offences | 14 |
| 6 | Corner | 1 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 46% | Possession of the ball | 54% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 1 |
| 372 | Total assists | 448 |
| 256 | Accurate passes | 330 |
| 69% | Accuracy of transmissions | 74% |
