FC Augsburg drew 2:2 with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Friday's Bundesliga 29th-round match. The hosts squandered a two-goal halftime lead, missed a late penalty, and remain winless. Hoffenheim mounted a comeback to avoid a third straight defeat.
FC Augsburg took an early lead against Hoffenheim: Alexis Claude-Maurice scored in the 11th minute, with Michael Gregoritsch making it 2:0 four minutes later. The visitors equalized before halftime – Robin Hranáč headed in from a corner (35th) and Bazoumana Touré (42nd).
The second half stayed competitive, but Claude-Maurice blasted a 85th-minute penalty over the bar past TSG goalkeeper Oliver Baumann. Before 28,600 fans at Augsburg's stadium, several players received yellow cards, and coaches Christian Ilzer and Manuel Baum briefly clashed before shaking hands.
Augsburg climbs to tenth place but endures a fifth winless game. Hoffenheim, in fifth, misses closing on Leipzig and Stuttgart, winning just one of their last seven. TSG player Leon Avdullahu told Sky: "We had a bad start but reacted very well. We must definitely show a reaction and win a game again."
Baumann, current DFB number one, responded calmly to Manuel Neuer's Real Madrid heroics: "I do it like in qualifying: I stay calm, I trust myself, I trust my strengths."
