Hertha BSC – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0:3 (0:1), Tore: 0:1 Rudy (33.), 0:2 Kramaric (68.), 0:3 Kramaric (88.)
The former European Cup aspirant Hertha BSC and coach Bruno Labbadia are coming under increasing pressure in the relegation battle of the Bundesliga. Against the direct competitor TSG Hoffenheim, the Berliners, who started the season with great ambitions, lost 3-0 (0-1) on Tuesday evening after a weak offensive performance. Hertha have only won one of the last seven first round games and are five points ahead of relegation rank 16.
National players Sebastian Rudy (33.) and Andrej Kramaric (68./88.) Shot the Hoffenheim team to their first victory in 2021, which should also help the last head coach Sebastian Hoeneß. Previously, Hertha’s striker Krzysztof Piatek (12th) failed with a poorly kicked foul penalty against Hoffenheim’s goalkeeper Oliver Baumann.
Due to the success after three games without a three-point, TSG overtook Hertha in the table. With 19 points, the team is two points ahead of the capital city club, where the situation is becoming increasingly uncomfortable. “The facts are there, of course we have to change something,” said Niklas Stark Sky: “We urgently need to start taking something that can be counted. Everyone must work together to make it better.”
FSV Mainz 05 – VfL Wolfsburg 0: 2 (0: 0), Tore: 0:1 Bialek (65.), 0:2 Weghorst (79.)
FSV Mainz 05 are facing very difficult weeks in the relegation battle. Coach Bo Svensson’s team not only lost the home game against VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 (0-0) on Tuesday evening, but also has to do without the outgoing Jean-Philippe Mateta for the rest of the season. In a very weak game, the Polish joker Bartosz Bialek (65th minute) and Wout Weghorst (79th) scored the goals to win, which brings the Lower Saxony very close to the Champions League places.
Mainz, on the other hand, remained goalless in the fourth home game in a row and without a win in the ninth home game in a row – both are negative records in the club’s Bundesliga history. Top striker Mateta, who has scored seven goals so far, significantly more than all other Mainz professionals, will no longer play in the Bundesliga in the second half of the season. Head coach Svensson confirmed a report on Sky pictureAccording to which the 23-year-old Frenchman is already at the medical check-up in London and is about to move to Crystal Palace.
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