Hoffenheim Women hosted Bayer Leverkusen at the Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion on Friday evening, and the visitors took all three points with a 2-1 victory in the Women's Bundesliga. The result moves Leverkusen up to seventh while Hoffenheim remain rooted at the bottom of the table with zero points from two games.
And here's the thing about this fixture — it opened with pace. Loreen Bender gave Hoffenheim an early lead in the second minute, a strike that caught Leverkusen off guard. Marie Steiner responded before half-time to level matters, and by then the match had found its rhythm.
Leverkusen took the lead through Paulina Tomasiak in the sixty-eighth minute, a goal that shifted everything. Hoffenheim pushed for an equaliser but could not find the net, and the visitors held firm to secure their first victory of the season.
Hoffenheim dominated possession at 56 per cent and registered 109 attacks compared to Leverkusen's 59, yet the visitors were far more efficient. Six shots on target for both sides tells a different story — Leverkusen converted two while Hoffenheim could only manage one.
To be fair, the statistics show a match where one side controlled territory but the other controlled the decisive moments. Hoffenheim's goalkeeper made four saves to Leverkusen's five, and the visitors earned six corners to their opponents' four despite having less of the ball.
For Hoffenheim, this extends a winless run that stretches back to May, when they drew 1-1 with Bayern in their last competitive fixture. Leverkusen, meanwhile, have now matched their previous points tally and are building something tangible.