Balanced ball game between Arminia Bielefeld and Hoffenheim expected

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: SchücoArena (27300 seats)

Season ticket holders at SchücoArena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Arminia Bielefeld languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Hoffenheim will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Bundesliga
  • Hoffenheim have scored more than double the goals of Arminia Bielefeld.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Relegation threatens Bielefeld who should definitely be looking for some points here. For Hoffenheim most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Arminia Bielefeld form and stats

Arminia Bielefeld have played 16 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-1-9 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Bielefeld after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 220 minutes without scoring a league goal. F. Klos was the last player to find the net.

An away draw last time out for Bielefeld, facing Hertha BSC in a game that ended 0-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at Borussia M'gladbach.

Bielefeld have scored 12 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Bielefeld have conceded 22 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Hoffenheim form and stats

There's been little loot from Hoffenheim's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws. Visiting Hoffenheim has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Andrej Kramarić, Kevin Akpoguma, Christoph Baumgartner and Ihlas Bebou scored in Hoffenheim's previous match, the home game against Schalke 04 that ended 4-2. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Freiburg that ended 1-1.

Hoffenheim can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Schalke 04. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 4-2 victory. Ihlas Bebou scored the final goal. 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?

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hoffenheim have scored 19 goals in 16 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Hoffenheim have conceded 29 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Hoffenheim - Bielefeld 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Arminia Bielefeld victories, one draw and two Hoffenheim wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HoffenheimA. Kramarić
A. Kramarić
18 goals
HoffenheimI. Bebou
I. Bebou
9 goals
HoffenheimC. Baumgartner
C. Baumgartner
6 goals

Arminia Bielefeld missing players

Hoffenheim missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arminia Bielefeld Hoffenheim
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
8 6 3 Won W 2 3 10
7 1 1 Drew D 1 6 9
17 9 1 Lost L 2 7 13
23 12 6 Scored S 8 19 49
51 22 2 Conceded C 9 29 52
88% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
59% 50% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 84%
44% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 62% 69%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 44%
16% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 22%
34% 25% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 75% 69%
31% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 19%
47% 44% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 19% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.6 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
8.9 9.1 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 12.8 11.8
2.7 2.7 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 4.3 4.7
27% 28% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 33%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Arminia Bielefeld have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Bundesliga
  • Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Bundesliga
  • Hoffenheim have scored more than double the goals of Arminia Bielefeld.

  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 32 23 5 4 92 40 16 12 4 0 59 19 16 11 1 4 33 21 52 74
2 RB Leipzig 32 19 7 6 57 28 16 11 3 2 27 11 16 8 4 4 30 17 29 64
3 Wolfsburg 32 17 9 6 57 32 16 10 4 2 30 13 16 7 5 4 27 19 25 60
4 Borussia Dortmund 32 18 4 10 69 44 16 10 2 4 37 19 16 8 2 6 32 25 25 58
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 15 12 5 63 48 16 9 7 0 34 19 16 6 5 5 29 29 15 57
6 Bayer Leverkusen 32 14 9 9 51 35 16 8 4 4 33 21 16 6 5 5 18 14 16 51
7 Borussia M'gladbach 32 12 10 10 59 52 16 8 4 4 31 17 16 4 6 6 28 35 7 46
8 Union Berlin 32 11 13 8 47 41 16 7 8 1 30 17 16 4 5 7 17 24 6 46
9 Freiburg 32 12 8 12 49 47 16 7 5 4 31 21 16 5 3 8 18 26 2 44
10 Stuttgart 32 11 9 12 54 52 16 5 6 5 27 24 16 6 3 7 27 28 2 42
11 Hoffenheim 32 10 9 13 49 52 16 7 3 6 30 23 16 3 6 7 19 29 -3 39
12 Mainz 05 32 9 9 14 35 51 16 4 4 8 15 23 16 5 5 6 20 28 -16 36
13 Augsburg 32 9 6 17 32 49 16 5 4 7 19 25 16 4 2 10 13 24 -17 33
14 Hertha BSC 31 7 10 14 38 49 16 5 4 7 21 26 15 2 6 7 17 23 -11 31
15 Werder Bremen 32 7 10 15 34 51 16 3 5 8 14 24 16 4 5 7 20 27 -17 31
16 Arminia Bielefeld 32 8 7 17 23 51 16 6 1 9 12 22 16 2 6 8 11 29 -28 31
17 Köln 32 7 8 17 33 60 16 2 5 9 19 31 16 5 3 8 14 29 -27 29
18 Schalke 04 31 2 7 22 20 80 15 2 3 10 9 29 16 0 4 12 11 51 -60 13

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Table
  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 32 23 5 4 92 40 16 12 4 0 59 19 16 11 1 4 33 21 52 74
2 RB Leipzig 32 19 7 6 57 28 16 11 3 2 27 11 16 8 4 4 30 17 29 64
3 Wolfsburg 32 17 9 6 57 32 16 10 4 2 30 13 16 7 5 4 27 19 25 60
4 Borussia Dortmund 32 18 4 10 69 44 16 10 2 4 37 19 16 8 2 6 32 25 25 58
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 15 12 5 63 48 16 9 7 0 34 19 16 6 5 5 29 29 15 57
6 Bayer Leverkusen 32 14 9 9 51 35 16 8 4 4 33 21 16 6 5 5 18 14 16 51
7 Borussia M'gladbach 32 12 10 10 59 52 16 8 4 4 31 17 16 4 6 6 28 35 7 46
8 Union Berlin 32 11 13 8 47 41 16 7 8 1 30 17 16 4 5 7 17 24 6 46
9 Freiburg 32 12 8 12 49 47 16 7 5 4 31 21 16 5 3 8 18 26 2 44
10 Stuttgart 32 11 9 12 54 52 16 5 6 5 27 24 16 6 3 7 27 28 2 42
11 Hoffenheim 32 10 9 13 49 52 16 7 3 6 30 23 16 3 6 7 19 29 -3 39
12 Mainz 05 32 9 9 14 35 51 16 4 4 8 15 23 16 5 5 6 20 28 -16 36
13 Augsburg 32 9 6 17 32 49 16 5 4 7 19 25 16 4 2 10 13 24 -17 33
14 Hertha BSC 31 7 10 14 38 49 16 5 4 7 21 26 15 2 6 7 17 23 -11 31
15 Werder Bremen 32 7 10 15 34 51 16 3 5 8 14 24 16 4 5 7 20 27 -17 31
16 Arminia Bielefeld 32 8 7 17 23 51 16 6 1 9 12 22 16 2 6 8 11 29 -28 31
17 Köln 32 7 8 17 33 60 16 2 5 9 19 31 16 5 3 8 14 29 -27 29
18 Schalke 04 31 2 7 22 20 80 15 2 3 10 9 29 16 0 4 12 11 51 -60 13

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