Werder Bremen 5-4 TSG Hoffenheim: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 27 September 2008
Result
Werder Bremen 5-4 TSG Hoffenheim
Bundesliga · Saturday 27 September 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 4-2
Werder Bremen 5-4 TSG Hoffenheim: match report
Werder Bremen won against TSG Hoffenheim 5-4 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 27 September 2008. The half-time score was 4-2.
M. Özil opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from M. Özil (8'), Claudio Pizarro (16'), Diego (21'), Aaron Hunt (30') and M. Özil (81'). TSG Hoffenheim scored through Demba Ba (15'), Sejad Salihovic (36'), Vedad Ibišević (61', penalty) and Marvin Compper (71').
Discipline: Werder Bremen received no yellow cards and 1 red card; TSG Hoffenheim received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Werder Bremen were 7th on 8 points from 5 and TSG Hoffenheim 2nd on 10 points from 5. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and TSG Hoffenheim 7th with 55.
Werder Bremen lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and TSG Hoffenheim in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Werder Bremen's last five read W-W-L-D-D and TSG Hoffenheim's W-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · M. Özil
- 15'Goal · Demba Ba
- 16'Goal · Claudio Pizarro
- 21'Goal · Diego
- 30'Goal · Aaron Hunt
- 36'Goal · Sejad Salihovic
- 61'Penalty goal · Vedad Ibišević
- 62'Red card · Per Mertesacker
- 71'Goal · Marvin Compper
- 81'Goal · M. Özil
- 88'Yellow card · Sejad Salihovic
Team news
Werder Bremen line-up (4-1-3-2)
Tim Wiese, Sebastian Boenisch, Naldo, Per Mertesacker, Clemens Fritz, Mesut Özil, Aaron Hunt, Markus Rosenberg, Claudio Pizarro, Diego, Torsten Frings
TSG Hoffenheim line-up (4-3-3)
Ramazan Özcan, Marvin Compper, Per Nilsson, Selim Teber, Luiz Gustavo, Sejad Salihovic, Demba Ba, Vedad Ibišević, Chinedu Obasi, Andreas Beck, Andreas Ibertsberger