Nürnberg 1-3 TSG Hoffenheim: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 October 2018

Result

Nürnberg 1-3 TSG Hoffenheim

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 October 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nürnberg 1-3 TSG Hoffenheim: match report

Nürnberg were beaten by TSG Hoffenheim 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 20 October 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

H. Behrens opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Nürnberg's goal came from H. Behrens (18', penalty). TSG Hoffenheim scored through R. Nelson (50'), R. Nelson (57') and Ádám Szalai (67').

Discipline: Nürnberg received 4 yellow cards; TSG Hoffenheim received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nürnberg were 12th on 8 points from 7 and TSG Hoffenheim 13th on 7 points from 7. Nürnberg went on to finish that season 18th with 19 points, and TSG Hoffenheim 9th with 51.

Nürnberg lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and TSG Hoffenheim in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Reiss Nelson of TSG Hoffenheim (8.8), ahead of Kerem Demirbay (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nürnberg wins, 3 draws and 4 for TSG Hoffenheim.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Penalty goal · H. BehrensNürnberg · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Florian GrillitschTSG Hoffenheim
  • 36'Yellow card · Enrico ValentiniNürnberg
  • 38'Yellow card · Virgil MisidjanNürnberg
  • 45+2'Yellow card · E. LöwenNürnberg
  • 50'Goal · R. NelsonTSG Hoffenheim · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · R. NelsonTSG Hoffenheim · 1-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Kevin VogtTSG Hoffenheim
  • 67'Goal · Ádám SzalaiTSG Hoffenheim · 1-3
  • 69'Yellow card · Lukas MühlNürnberg

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nürnberg 3, draws 3, TSG Hoffenheim 4.

Team news

Nürnberg line-up (4-1-4-1)

Christian Mathenia, Enrico Valentini, Georg Margreitter, Lukas Mühl, Robert Bauer, Ondřej Petrák, Federico Palacios, Eduard Löwen, Hanno Behrens, Virgil Misidjan, Mikael Ishak

TSG Hoffenheim line-up (3-5-2)

Oliver Baumann, Kasim Adams, Kevin Vogt, Ermin Bicakcic, Pavel Kaderabek, Kerem Demirbay, Florian Grillitsch, Andrej Kramaric, N. Schulz, Joelinton, Reiss Nelson