In the early morning of December 16, Beijing time, the 16th round of the Bundesliga continued, with a focus on the Bayer Arena, with Bayer Leverkusen sitting at home and visiting Hoffenheim in a four-game battle. Bayer Leverkusen's winning streak was terminated with a crushing defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend, while Hoffenheim won another four-game away win over Freiburg to win four straight.
After the opening, the two sides began to attack, and in the 26th minute, The Sinkape's hammer in front of the goal was blocked by the goal frame, and then Hoffenheim also had a frame, Richards seemed to pass like a shot, and the ball was blocked by the crossbar. In the 36th minute, Bayer Leverkusen's quick counter-attack shifted to the right, Diaby broke through the bottom cross, and at the back post, Hick inserted a left-footed volley in the air with no one to defend, goalkeeper Bowman struggled to prevent the ball from entering the net, and Bayer Leverkusen opened the record 1-0.
In the 57th minute, Diaby broke through the bottom cross on the left and Bellaby followed up on the right to get a good chance to get a super close range, but his small angle shot was saved by goalkeeper Bauman. In the 62nd minute, Bayer Leverkusen was still on the left side to create a killer, Simkape picked out a 45-degree angle pass, Hick inserted a nodding mallet in the back row to attack the goal, the ball was answered into the net, and Bayer Leverkusen extended the lead 2-0.
Hoffenheim, who were two goals behind, then pounced back, but their luck was a little unlucky, and 3 minutes later Kramarić's shot was blocked by the goal frame. In the 80th minute, Hoffenheim went down on the left side, Vogt went straight, Stiller entered the penalty area from a small angle like a pass and a strong draw, the ball passed under the armpit of goalkeeper Hradecki, flew past the near goalpost, and then hit the inside of the far post and bounced into the net, Hoffenheim pulled back a goal 1:2.
In the 83rd minute, Hoffenheim launched an attack with a long pass from midfield, Rütte inserted the ball at high speed on the right side to force a breakthrough inverted triangle cross, Dabur grabbed a wonderful flower arrangement foot in front of the point, the ball went straight into the net, Hoffenheim scored two goals in 3 minutes, 2:2 equalized. In stoppage time, Diaby scrambled to bring down Glilig, referee Stiller decisively issued him a second yellow card, the last 2 minutes or more, 10 Bayer Leverkusen was also unable to break the goal, and finally the home lead of 2 goals was eliminated by Hoffenheim in the last minute, suffering a two-round winless. Hoffenheim ended with four consecutive wins, and remained unbeaten in the last five rounds with 4 wins and 1 draw.