Bundesliga match prediction: Little separates TSG Hoffenheim and VfL Wolfsburg in quality

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: PreZero Arena (30164 seats)

TSG Hoffenheim look forward to clash heads with VfL Wolfsburg in this Bundesliga fixture. Everything you can learn about the fixture is located here!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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TSG Hoffenheim form and stats

TSG Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga home game here at PreZero Arena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 17 matches.

A strong away win for Hoffenheim against Heidenheim the last match, as Kramarić, Beier and Kadeřábek were on target. The game against Heidenheim had lots of late drama as TSG Hoffenheim came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Kramarić's goal in the 90th minute. Baumann loved the game against Heidenheim. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-2 victory. Goalkeeper Baumann got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.23 out of ten. Baumann saved a penalty.

Before that game, the home loss against SC Freiburg with the scoreline 1-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with TSG Hoffenheim perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with TSG Hoffenheim as a small favourite), we find 9 games. TSG Hoffenheim has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the TSG Hoffenheim at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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VfL Wolfsburg form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Bundesliga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 17 matches.

Two away matches in a row for Wolfsburg, whose manager Kovač could celebrate last time after the win against Köln. Wind has scored at least one goal for this team three fixtures in a row. The ability! Defender Mæhle was the best team player with a rating of 8.01. Mæhle hit two key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.

Before that, VfL Wolfsburg secured a home win against Heidenheim with the score 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with VfL Wolfsburg playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

VfL Wolfsburg have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three TSG Hoffenheim victories, two draws and five VfL Wolfsburg wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VfL WolfsburgJ. Older Wind
J. Older Wind
4 goals
HoffenheimP. Kadeřábek
P. Kadeřábek
1 goals
TSG HoffenheimA. Kramarić
A. Kramarić
1 goals

TSG Hoffenheim missing players

VfL Wolfsburg missing players

TSG Hoffenheim VfL Wolfsburg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 1 Scored S 0 2 4
4 2 2 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1
6 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6.5
2.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 22 22 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 13.5
5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 7
40% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 29%
 
19 18 18 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 13.5
9 9 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 1.5
TSG Hoffenheim Last season VfL Wolfsburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 7   Won W   7 13
6 2   Drew D   3 10
18 8   Lost L   7 11
48 28   Scored S   23 57
57 29   Conceded C   23 48
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
79% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 85%
62% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 59%
41% 59%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 38%
18% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 21%
68% 71%   BTTS BTTS   29% 44%
15% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 35%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   41% 29%
 
4.7 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.5
5.5 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   7 6
2.4 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
5 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.1 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 12.4
3.9 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.5
36% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 37%
 
13.9 13.2   Shots against (avg) S A   16.4 14.2
4.9 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Berlin 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 6
2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
3 VfL Wolfsburg 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 SC Freiburg 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
5 Borussia Dortmund 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
7 RB Leipzig 2 1 0 1 7 4 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 3
8 VfB Stuttgart 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 3
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 TSG Hoffenheim 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3
11 Augsburg 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Borussia M'gladbach 2 0 1 1 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 4 -3 1
13 Bochum 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 1
14 Köln 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
15 Heidenheim 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Mainz 05 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Darmstadt 98 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
18 Werder Bremen 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 21 8 5 92 38 17 11 5 1 53 17 17 10 3 4 39 21 54 71
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 83 44 17 14 2 1 55 17 17 8 3 6 28 27 39 71
3 RB Leipzig 34 20 6 8 64 41 17 13 2 2 38 18 17 7 4 6 26 23 23 66
4 Union Berlin 34 18 8 8 51 38 17 11 6 0 30 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 13 62
5 SC Freiburg 34 17 8 9 51 44 17 10 4 3 28 13 17 7 4 6 23 31 7 59
6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 14 8 12 57 49 17 8 3 6 35 23 17 6 5 6 22 26 8 50
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 11 10 58 52 17 9 5 3 35 18 17 4 6 7 23 34 6 50
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 57 48 17 6 7 4 34 25 17 7 3 7 23 23 9 49
9 Mainz 05 34 12 10 12 54 55 17 6 6 5 31 25 17 6 4 7 23 30 -1 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 11 10 13 52 55 17 10 3 4 33 18 17 1 7 9 19 37 -3 43
11 Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 17 6 5 6 28 20 17 4 7 6 21 34 -5 42
12 TSG Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 17 7 2 8 28 29 17 3 4 10 20 28 -9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 17 5 2 10 26 28 17 5 4 8 25 36 -13 36
14 Bochum 34 10 5 19 40 72 17 8 2 7 28 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -32 35
15 Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 17 6 4 7 16 24 17 3 3 11 26 39 -21 34
16 VfB Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 22 17 2 6 9 22 35 -12 33
17 Schalke 04 34 7 10 17 35 71 17 5 5 7 23 36 17 2 5 10 12 35 -36 31
18 Hertha BSC 34 7 8 19 42 69 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 2 2 13 18 42 -27 29

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