Hannover 96 2-5 TSG Hoffenheim: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 October 2008

Result

Hannover 96 2-5 TSG Hoffenheim

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 October 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Hannover 96 2-5 TSG Hoffenheim: match report

Hannover 96 were beaten by TSG Hoffenheim 2-5 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 18 October 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Vedad Ibišević opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Hannover 96's goals came from Christian Schulz (48') and Jiri Stajner (63'). TSG Hoffenheim scored through Vedad Ibišević (36'), Chinedu Obasi (70'), Sejad Salihovic (72'), Demba Ba (80') and Vedad Ibišević (83').

Discipline: Hannover 96 received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; TSG Hoffenheim received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hannover 96 were 13th on 8 points from 7 and TSG Hoffenheim 2nd on 13 points from 7. Hannover 96 went on to finish that season 11th with 40 points, and TSG Hoffenheim 7th with 55.

Hannover 96 lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and TSG Hoffenheim in a 4-3-3.

Going into the match Hannover 96's last five read D-W-L-W-L and TSG Hoffenheim's W-L-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Andreas BeckTSG Hoffenheim
  • 36'Goal · Vedad IbiševićTSG Hoffenheim · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · S. HusztiHannover 96
  • 44'Yellow card · Luiz GustavoTSG Hoffenheim
  • 48'Goal · Christian SchulzHannover 96 · 1-1
  • 63'Goal · Jiri StajnerHannover 96 · 2-1
  • 70'Goal · Chinedu ObasiTSG Hoffenheim · 2-2
  • 72'Goal · Sejad SalihovicTSG Hoffenheim · 2-3
  • 80'Goal · Demba BaTSG Hoffenheim · 2-4
  • 83'Goal · Vedad IbiševićTSG Hoffenheim · 2-5
  • 85'Red card · Arnold BrugginkHannover 96

Team news

Hannover 96 line-up (4-2-3-1)

Florian Fromlowitz, Steven Cherundolo, Arnold Bruggink, Szabolcs Huszti, Hanno Balitsch, Mikael Forssell, Vinícius Bergantin, Jan Schlaudraff, Christian Schulz, Frank Fahrenhorst, Konstantin Rausch

TSG Hoffenheim line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Haas, Marvin Compper, Matthias Jaissle, Tobias Weis, Luiz Gustavo, Carlos Eduardo, Demba Ba, Vedad Ibišević, Chinedu Obasi, Andreas Beck, Andreas Ibertsberger