International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Slovan Liberec and Hoffenheim are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Slovan Liberec and Hoffenheim should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hoffenheim have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Slovan Liberec form and stats
Overall Czech Liga stats at home this season for Slovan Liberec are 2-1-1 (wins-draw-losses). This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition.
Liberec's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Jablonec. A strong away win before that one, visiting Teplice and winning 2-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Liberec as they are travelling to their away game against Banik Ostrava in the Czech Liga. That match is three days after this one.
The Liberec manager P. Hoftych has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. 5 goals have been conceded.
Hoffenheim form and stats
Hoffenheim's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hoffenheim in their Bundesliga matches away. Total Europa League statistics for Hoffenheim: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Hoffenheim's last game was the home draw against Stuttgart (3-3). Prior to that match, the Hoffenheim manager S. Hoeneß faced defeat when travelling to Wolfsburg and losing 1-2.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Hoffenheim, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Goalkeeper Oliver Baumann made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Stuttgart. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to Mainz 05.
Hoffenheim has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. In the opposite end, Hoffenheim have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Hoffenheim - Slovan Liberec 5-0.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kramarić 7 goals |   J. Mosquera Rebolledo 4 goals |  M. Rabusic 4 goals |
Slovan Liberec missing players
Hoffenheim missing players
| Slovan Liberec | Hoffenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 60 | ||
| 42 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 189 | 108 | Total Shots | T S | 168 | 322 | ||
| 92 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 69 | 138 | ||
| 42% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Slovan Liberec | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 3 |
| 4 | Gent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Slavia Praha | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 22 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | Sigma Olomouc | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Viktoria Plzen | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Jablonec | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Pardubice | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Karvina | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Slovacko | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Bohemians 1905 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Zlin | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Banik Ostrava | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | Mlada Boleslav | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Teplice | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Opava | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 5 |
| 16 | Zbrojovka Brno | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 4 |
| 17 | Ceske Budejovice | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -9 | 3 |
| 18 | Pribram | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -18 | 1 |
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 19 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Stuttgart | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Freiburg | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Köln | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | -19 | 3 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 1 |