Eintracht Frankfurt women beat Hoffenheim 4-2 at Stadion am Brentanobad in the Bundesliga regular season match on Saturday. The hosts opened the scoring early through Nina Luhrssen and never looked back. To be fair, the match changed direction after Hoffenheim lost their player to a red card. By then Frankfurt had already built enough of a cushion to control proceedings.
Luhrssen scored in the second minute, giving the home side an early advantage. Hoffenheim's Svenja Vohringer received a red card in the eighteenth minute, leaving her side with ten players. Three minutes later Paulina Kate Krumbiegel picked up a yellow card for Frankfurt. The numerical disadvantage forced Hoffenheim to sit deep and defend.
Chiara Hahn pulled one back for Hoffenheim in the fiftieth minute before Svenja Fölmli added another in the sixty-second. Frankfurt responded through Laura Freigang in the sixty-eighth and Danique Tolhoek in the seventy-second. Ereleta Memeti completed the scoring in the eighty-eighth minute. And here's the thing about these away sides — they often forget to close down space after a goal.
Frankfurt made six substitutions during the match, bringing on Hayley Raso, Dilara Acikgoz, Hanna Bennison, and others. Hoffenheim introduced Laia Martret and Laura Gloning as they searched for something. The statistics tell a story. Frankfurt enjoyed 51 per cent possession and created 118 attacks compared to Hoffenheim's 54. They registered twelve shots on target against just two.
Hoffenheim's goalkeeper made eight saves while Frankfurt's kept a clean sheet. The visitors managed only one corner to the hosts' twelve. Frankfurt's shot accuracy was 55 per cent, while Hoffenheim managed 22 per cent. It was a performance built on patience rather than force.
The result moves Frankfurt into third place with ten points from four matches. They have three wins and one draw, and have not lost yet. Hoffenheim remain in twelfth place with zero points from four defeats. They need the points badly, and this result extends their winless run to eight matches.