Europa League betting and spectator preview: Hoffenheim and Gent meet at PreZero Arena to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hoffenheim and Gent.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Hoffenheim form and stats
Hoffenheim participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Hoffenheim have collected 7 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 2-1-2. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Hoffenheim has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
A nice win for Hoffenheim last time playing, versus Augsburg. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Florian Grillitsch (2) and Ihlas Bebou scoring for the victors. Before that, Hoffenheim played out a Europa League draw 0-0 when visiting Crvena Zvezda.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Hoffenheim home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Hoffenheim after this match as they are travelling to Bayer Leverkusen for a Bundesliga game in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), Hoffenheim's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Gent form and stats
Gent's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 16th finals.3 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Gent playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Total Europa League statistics for Gent: 0 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses.
Gent are travelling again after losing away to KV Oostende in their previous match (1-2). A loss against Slovan Liberec was the result prior to that, in a Europa League home game.
After this away game Gent return home for a Pro League game against Standard Liege. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Gent have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Gent have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Hoffenheim and Gent have met before this season: Gent - Hoffenheim 1-4.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kramarić 7 goals |   R. Yaremchuk 7 goals |  N. Dorsch 3 goals |
Hoffenheim missing players
Gent missing players
| Hoffenheim | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 59 | 37 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Conceded | C | 20 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.3 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 39% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hoffenheim | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Slovan Liberec | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 4 | Gent | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 0 |
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Stuttgart | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Augsburg | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Freiburg | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 8 |
| 15 | Köln | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 7 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 5 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21 | -25 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genk | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | OH Leuven | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Sporting Charleroi | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | AS Eupen | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Cercle Brugge | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | Gent | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Mechelen | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Sint-Truiden | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 10 |