Sebastian Rudy sent out an early sighter for the Stuttgart goal, missing by a margin, but signalling the Sinsheimers intentions to attack. It was therefore no surprise that a Hoffenheim player got his name on the scoresheet first, although the fact it was an own goal was unexpected. Adams was the unlucky blue-shirted player who turned Silas Wamangituka s cross into his own goal and did the hosts a huge favour. Unfazed, Hoffenheim continued to ask most of the questions and they very nearly levelled just before the break when Andrej Kramaric met Pavel Kaderabek s cross, but his header was turned away well by Gregor Kobel.
1-1Schlotterbeck (o.g. 29 )
The hosts made a flying start with Florian Grillitsch bringing down Christopher Trimmel inside the penalty area within ten minutes. Kruse, whose pass had sent Trimmel through, stepped up to convert from the spot with a textbook penalty into the top right-hand corner. Ihlas Bebou almost replied by scoring for a fourth straight Bundesliga game, but Marvin Friedrich cleared his chipped effort from in front of the line. The equalising goal did eventually come for Hoffenheim and Bebou was involved as Loris Karius pushed a cross against the Hoffenheim forward s shoulder and the ball ricocheted in off Union defender Schlotterbeck.
Bayern 4-1 Hoffenheim: Player ratings as Bavarians romp to fourth successive win
An easy win for Bayern on Saturday afternoon | Pool/Getty Images
Bayern Munich won their fourth match in a row on Saturday afternoon as they brushed aside Hoffenheim 4-1 at the Allianz Arena, equalling the Bundesliga record of 57 goals scored after 19 games in the process.
The game started openly as Hoffenheim s Ilhas Bebou wasted two glorious opportunities to hand the visitors the lead. Inevitably, Bayern dominated the ball thereafter and made it count when Jerome Boateng headed home Joshua Kimmich s corner to open the scoring.
The hosts then doubled their advantage as Robert Lewandowski assisted Thomas Muller, only for Andrej Kramaric to halve the deficit a minute later.