TSG Hoffenheim 1-1 FSV Mainz 05: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 23 December 2018

Result

TSG Hoffenheim 1-1 FSV Mainz 05

Bundesliga · Sunday 23 December 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

TSG Hoffenheim · FSV Mainz 05 · Bundesliga predictions

TSG Hoffenheim 1-1 FSV Mainz 05: match report

TSG Hoffenheim drew with FSV Mainz 05 1-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 23 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Kerem Demirbay opened the scoring in the 11th minute. TSG Hoffenheim's goal came from Kerem Demirbay (11'). FSV Mainz 05 scored through J. Mateta (16').

Discipline: TSG Hoffenheim received 1 yellow card; FSV Mainz 05 received no yellow cards.

Going into the game TSG Hoffenheim were 7th on 24 points from 16 and FSV Mainz 05 12th on 20 points from 16. TSG Hoffenheim went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and FSV Mainz 05 12th with 43.

TSG Hoffenheim lined up in a 3-4-3 and FSV Mainz 05 in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kerem Demirbay of TSG Hoffenheim (7.8), ahead of Florian Grillitsch (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 TSG Hoffenheim wins, 3 draws and 2 for FSV Mainz 05.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Kerem DemirbayTSG Hoffenheim · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · J. MatetaFSV Mainz 05 · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Steven ZuberTSG Hoffenheim

Head-to-head

10 meetings: TSG Hoffenheim 5, draws 3, FSV Mainz 05 2.

Team news

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

Oliver Baumann, Stefan Posch, Kevin Vogt, Benjamin Hübner, Joshua Brenet, Kerem Demirbay, Florian Grillitsch, N. Schulz, Steven Zuber, Ishak Belfodil, Vincenzo Grifo

FSV Mainz 05 line-up (4-3-1-2)

Robin Zentner, Daniel Brosinski, Stefan Bell, Moussa Niakhaté, Aarón Martín, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Pierre Kunde, Danny Latza, Jean-Paul Boëtius, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Robin Quaison