Hoffenheim 1-4 Gladbach
Goals: 0-1 Hofmann 11' (assist: Stindl), 0-2 Hofmann (37'), 1-2 Bebou 80' (assist: Baumgartner), 1-3 Stindl 83' (assist: Hofmann), 1-4 Wolf 90'+1 (assist: Netz)

After a cagey opening between two teams looking for their first victories of 2023, Christoph Baumgartner had the first chance for Hoffenheim on eight minutes when he collected Jonas Omlin's wayward attempted clearance from the back, but he couldn't punish the goalkeeper as he dragged his shot wide. Hofmann showed him how it was done shortly afterwards as Gladbach countered, with Lars Stindl spreading a brilliant cross-field ball over the home defence for Hofmann to chase and lash past Oliver Baumann. Baumgartner very nearly equalised straight away from the restart after rounding Omlin, but Ko Itakura scrambled back to clear off the line. Hofmann grabbed his second of the game shortly before half-time, drilling in after a fortunate ricochet when John Brooks' attempted clearance hit Stanley Nsoki and fell at his feet. Pavel Kaderabek should have pulled a goal back for the hosts before the break but blazed his shot over from 10 yards.

Hoffenheim had the next opening in the second half too, when Ihlas Bebou scampered clear down the right and crossed to the back post, where Munas Dabbur was lurking. He seemed set to score until Itakura threw himself in the way again, preventing the hosts from gaining a foothold in the game. Hofmann miscued a left-footed chance to get his hat-trick moments later, following good work from Marcus Thuram, with Stindl's follow-up attempt blocked by Baumann. The home side intensified their efforts in the closing stages and Andrej Kramaric fizzed a shot just wide of the post before Baumgartner hit the upright with a header. They were eventually rewarded when Baumgartner met a deep cross at the back post and headed it back across goal for Bebou to tap in from close range. Any hopes of a comeback were quashed almost instantly though when Hofmann teed up Stindl to curl in from 10 yards, before Hannes Wolf added gloss to the scoreline in stoppage time to put the seal on a much-needed win.

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