Leipzig down Hoffenheim in Lőw’s Bundesliga debut
Zsolt Lőw’s two adjustments from his midweek Leipzig debut have seen his compatriot Péter Gulácsi and Castello Lukeba again within the beginning lineup. In the meantime, Christian Ilzer, who beat Leipzig 4-3 on his debut, changed his beginning fullbacks from the Augsburg draw with Stanley Nsoki and Valentin Gendrey. Haris Tabaković takes Present Orban’s place up entrance.
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Nevertheless, it’s the 19-year-old winger Bazoumana Touré who referred to as Gulácsi to motion as early because the second minute earlier than he picked up a yellow card a few minutes later. It took the hosts 10 minutes to create a primary likelihood, however that was shortly adopted by the opening aim for Hoffenheim.
Touré was as soon as once more within the thick of it as he benefited from a poor Gulácsi clearance. The Ivorian laid it off to Tom Bischof, who blasted it dwelling from 30 yards out. The visitors continued on their promising begin, however Leipzig leveled the rating from their first shot on the right track.
German worldwide Oliver Baumann was unable to save lots of Benjamin Šeško’s highly effective header from a David Raum corner-kick. Moments later, one other key second within the sport goes in Leipzig’s favor as Leo Østigård sees a straight purple card for knowledgeable foul on Loïs Openda.
Hoffenheim coped properly with ten males till Ridle Baku’s first Leipzig aim additional shifted the momentum two minutes earlier than the half-time break. A complete of three substitutions happen firstly of the second-half.
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Regardless of the 2 objectives conceded, Ilzer opted to fill the void left by Østigård’s sending off by introducing Kevin Akpoguma. In the meantime, Christoph Baumgartner is among the many two substitutes for Leipzig, whereas Baku’s sport was over after his essential aim.
As anticipated, Leipzig dominated the second-half, however they had been lucky when Lukeba’s own-goal was flagged offside on the hour mark. Ten minutes later, Gulácsi made a double save to disclaim Gendrey and Bischof.
That proved decisive when Yussuf Poulsen prolonged Leipzig’s lead within the 84th minute. The Denmark worldwide netted his first Bundesliga aim of the season from Tidiam Gomis’ help. Poulsen practically doubled his tally within the final motion of the sport.
Leipzig momentarily climbed to fifth after a win of their three hundredth Bundesliga fixture. Hoffenheim can be dropped to fifteenth if St. Pauli beat Gladbach in Sunday’s earlier fixture. If Gerardo Seoane’s staff proceed on their good run, Leipzig can be again in sixth.