Bundesliga · Sep 20, 2026
SC Paderborn 07 beats TSG Hoffenheim 3–1 after two first-half goals
By Row Seventeen ·
SC Paderborn 07 beat TSG Hoffenheim 3–1 (Bundesliga) on September 20, 2026.
Castaneda and Marino scored before halftime, Daghim pulled one back for Hoffenheim, and Tigges headed in Paderborn’s third.
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Paderborn builds a first-half lead
Coufal hit the post for TSG Hoffenheim in the 23rd minute. Six minutes later, Castaneda put SC Paderborn 07 ahead with a deflected shot after a corner. Marino added another in the 42nd minute from a Curda cross. The two goals came 13 minutes apart and gave Paderborn a 2–0 lead at halftime. Hoffenheim’s earlier chance had not produced a goal, while Paderborn had scored twice before the break.
Hoffenheim answers after the break
Hoffenheim reduced the deficit in the 50th minute. Moerstedt supplied a cutback, and Daghim scored to make it 2–1. That goal changed the margin Paderborn had built through Castaneda and Marino, but Hoffenheim was still behind. It also made Daghim the only Hoffenheim scorer in the match. With the first three goals falling in the 29th, 42nd and 50th minutes, the next recorded goal came after a longer gap.
Tigges completes Paderborn’s win
That next goal belonged to Paderborn in the 69th minute. Tigges headed in a Sticker cross to restore the two-goal margin after Daghim had cut it to one. Castaneda’s deflected shot, Marino’s finish from Curda’s cross and Tigges’s header accounted for Paderborn’s three goals. The match ended 3–1, with Hoffenheim unable to add to Daghim’s goal. Paderborn had led at halftime, conceded early in the second half and then scored the final goal of the match.
Based on the match coverage and records linked below. Core match facts were checked against the linked source pages. This is an original, AI-assisted recap.
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Published 2026-10-15. Game date shown above.
Correction & update: Expanded and rechecked against official match coverage on October 16, 2026. Disputed incidental details were omitted.
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