Salihovic at the double as Hoffenheim score five

Hoffenheim cruised to a 5-0 victory over hapless Berlin thanks to Sejad Salihovic's brace meanwhile Hannover came from behind to clinch a 2-2 draw against Freiburg at the closer of the 17th round on Sunday.

Hoffenheim whitewashed Berlin 5-0 to wrap the highest victory in the club's Bundesliga history. The visitors smoothed the way for the win with three first half goals as Berlin caused two penalties and one own goal to ensure their ninth defeat of the season.

Berlin ensured the worst possible start on home soil when John Anthony Brooks scored the opener for Hoffenheim with his own goal, following a failed clearance attempt at the 23rd minute.

Brooks was again in the thick of things, three minutes later, when he brought down Kevin Volland inside the box. Hoffenheim's Sejad Salihovic stepped up and converted the penalty to double the lead.

Hoffenheim earned the second penalty of the game as referee Peter Sippel saw a foul play by Nico Schulz on Andreas Beck. It was a wrong decision by the referee as Andreas Beck accidentally side slipped. However, Salihovic stepped up and converted his second goal from the spot at the 39th minute.

With the 3-0 lead Hoffenheim practically made the game safe within the first half. Nevertheless, things went from bad to worse for the hosts, as Hoffenheim weren't done with the scoring.

Berlin pressed frenetically for their consolation but it were Hoffenheim, who rounded off the 5-0 goal festival as Sven Schipplock and Sebastian Rudy were on target.

The victory keep Hoffenheim on the seventh position and in touching distance to the international business whereas Berlin sit on the 13th place, just two points away from a relegation play off spot.

Elsewhere, bottom side Freiburg gave away a 2-0 lead to share vital points with Hannover.

Freiburg broke the deadlock against the run of the game when Mike Frantz scored the opener left-footed from seven meters just before the break. The hosts doubled the lead as Marc Oliver Kempf was on target by a header at the 81st minute.

It looked like Freiburg killed the game ahead of time but Hannover reduced the lead only two minutes later through Leonardo Bittencourt before Joselu snatched one point on the road in the dying minutes of the game.

With the draw Freiburg slip to the last place of the table meanwhile Hannover remain on the eighth place.

The Bundesliga concludes the first half of the campaign with the winter break until the 30th January. Runners-up Wolfsburg and front-runners Bayern Munich will kick off the second half of the campaign.

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