§ Bundesliga · 2025-26 · Matchday 24

TSG Hoffenheim 0–1 St. Pauli

  • Lage 45+4'

28 February 2026

The match in data

A 1–0 win for St. Pauli against TSG Hoffenheim on 28 February 2026, on matchday 24 of the 2025-26 Bundesliga.

Player of the match: Eric Smith (St. Pauli), rated 62, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 4 tackles. Smith produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.

It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.

For TSG Hoffenheim, the highest-rated player was Albian Hajdari, with 62.

62
Player of the match

Eric Smith

St. Pauli · 90'

Produced 1.15× and cost 0.49× their position's average

Added
  • 8 final-third passes 1.3×
  • 4 tackles 2.3×
  • 6 duels won 1.3×
Took away
  • 10 misplaced passes 1.4×
  • 2 duels lost 0.6×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

TSG Hoffenheim
PlayerPositionMinRating
Albian Hajdari Defender 86 62
Grischa Prömel Midfielder 90 59
Leon Avdullahu Midfielder 90 57
Robin Hranac Defender 74 56
Wouter Burger Midfielder 62 55
Ozan Kabak Defender 90 50
Fisnik Asllani Forward 90 46
Vladimír Coufal Defender 90 46
Alexander Prass Midfielder 28 46
Bazoumana Touré Forward 90 36
Andrej Kramaric Midfielder 74 32
Oliver Baumann Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Bernardo Defender 16 no rating
Tim Lemperle Forward 16 no rating
Cole Campbell Forward 4 no rating
St. Pauli
PlayerPositionMinRating
Eric Smith ★ Defender 90 62
Mathias Pereira Lage Forward 75 62
Karol Mets Defender 46 53
Hauke Wahl Defender 90 49
Manolis Saliakas Defender 90 48
Jackson Irvine Midfielder 90 42
James Sands Midfielder 90 39
Lars Ritzka Defender 44 38
Joel Chima Fujita Midfielder 90 36
Danel Sinani Midfielder 88 35
Arkadiusz Pyrka Defender 90 27
Nikola Vasilj Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Connor Metcalfe Midfielder 15 no rating
Abdoulie Ceesay Forward 2 no rating

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.