Shaky top table thriller in Bundesliga as TSG Hoffenheim have come the 124 miles necessary to confront Bayer 04 Leverkusen at their BayArena.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- TSG Hoffenheim have the most points from losing position (10) in Bundesliga
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 Leverkusen and TSG Hoffenheim.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Bayer 04 Leverkusen have to build on here at BayArena in the Bundesliga. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Bayer 04 Leverkusen after consecutive victories at their own ground.
In their previous game, the manager Seoane led his Leverkusen to a defeat in the Bundesliga match away at Eintracht Frankfurt. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at BayArena. Did Leverkusen get overconfident in their match against Eintracht Frankfurt? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-5 defeat. A goal frenzy last time out for Leverkusen, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Eintracht Frankfurt. Fun stuff to watch! The talented striker Patrik Schick outperformed all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.94 out of 10. Schick scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Ferencvaros in the Europa League.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leverkusen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leverkusen as they are travelling to their away game against SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga. That match is four days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 7 games), Leverkusen's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
TSG Hoffenheim form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Hoffenheim hope to make it five in this match.
It's the second away game in a row for Hoffenheim, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus SC Freiburg (placed 5th) in the Bundesliga last time out. The end of the last match, against SC Freiburg, was very satisfying as Richards scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player David Raum was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.82/10. Raum scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Eintracht Frankfurt.TSG Hoffenheim are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Borussia Mönchengladbach in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy TSG Hoffenheim's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. The TSG Hoffenheim manager Hoeneß has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Leverkusen victories, three draws and five TSG Hoffenheim wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Schick 14 goals |  F. Wirtz 5 goals |  M. Diaby 5 goals |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players
TSG Hoffenheim missing players
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | TSG Hoffenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 37 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 24 | 12 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 87% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 67% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 67% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 62% | 60% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 67% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 47% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 27% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 12.4 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.5 | 12.7 |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 47% | 42% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | 45% |
| 14.7 | 15 | 20.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.7 | 14.2 | 12.5 |
| 5.6 | 6.6 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.8 | 4.3 |
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- TSG Hoffenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- TSG Hoffenheim have the most points from losing position (10) in Bundesliga
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 31 | 37 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | TSG Hoffenheim | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | FC Union Berlin | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Bochum | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 11 | Wolfsburg | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Köln | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 18 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -12 | 18 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 16 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | -33 | 4 |