Football preview: Borussia Dortmund odds-on when TSG Hoffenheim visit

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 02.September
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

This might well be yet another entertaining encounter at Signal-Iduna-Park in the Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund is in 5th position and host TSG Hoffenheim in 4th position. Learn more about the game here!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Borussia Dortmund's two home games in the Bundesliga so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Signal-Iduna-Park.

It's back home for Borussia Dortmund, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hertha BSC away with the result 1-0. Modeste found the net in that victory. Midfield player Brandt got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Brandt hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 39 successful passes (of 43 total).

Ahead of that match, Borussia lost 2-3 at home to Werder Bremen.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus København in only four days. This game is also played here at Signal-Iduna-Park.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Borussia Dortmund at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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TSG Hoffenheim form and stats

TSG Hoffenheim are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Bundesliga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

257 minutes! That's how long the TSG Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

TSG Hoffenheim are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Augsburg (placed 12th). Geiger got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Geiger scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 37 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Bayer Leverkusen with the score of 3-0.

TSG Hoffenheim have the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Borussia have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing TSG Hoffenheim.

Kramarić likes to face Borussia Dortmund and have scored 7 goals in these encounters.

Top Goalscorers

TSG HoffenheimC. Baumgartner
C. Baumgartner
2 goals
Borussia DortmundR. Guerreiro
R. Guerreiro
1 goals
Borussia DortmundJ. Brandt
J. Brandt
1 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

TSG Hoffenheim missing players

Borussia Dortmund TSG Hoffenheim
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
7 3 0 Scored S 1 4 8
4 3 0 Conceded C 3 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1 3.5
5.8 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4 4
2.2 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 2 5 14
4.8 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3 5.2
37% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 67% 38%
 
14 12.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7 10.5 11
4.8 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.2
Borussia Dortmund Last season TSG Hoffenheim
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
22 13   Won W   5 13
3 0   Drew D   3 7
9 4   Lost L   9 14
85 52   Scored S   24 58
52 28   Conceded C   36 60
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
91% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 91%
76% 88%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   76% 68%
56% 65%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 47%
41% 59%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 24%
76% 76%   BTTS BTTS   53% 59%
21% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   35% 24%
 
5.4 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.6
4.3 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.4
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.7 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 13.4
5.6 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.7
44% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 36%
 
10.8 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.9 12.7
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6 5

  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 4 3 1 0 16 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 13 1 14 10
2 Union Berlin 4 3 1 0 11 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 6 1 8 10
3 Freiburg 4 3 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 9
4 TSG Hoffenheim 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 9
5 Borussia Dortmund 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 9
6 Borussia M'gladbach 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 8
7 Mainz 05 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 -1 7
8 Köln 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 5
9 Werder Bremen 3 1 2 0 7 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 5
10 RB Leipzig 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 5
11 Bayer Leverkusen 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 3 1 -2 3
12 Augsburg 4 1 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 -5 3
13 Stuttgart 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 2
14 Wolfsburg 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 2
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 0 2 1 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 2
16 Schalke 04 4 0 2 2 4 11 2 0 1 1 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 -7 2
17 Hertha BSC 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -4 1
18 Bochum 4 0 0 4 3 13 2 0 0 2 1 9 2 0 0 2 2 4 -10 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 24 5 5 97 37 17 13 2 2 48 15 17 11 3 3 49 22 60 77
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 3 9 85 52 17 13 0 4 52 28 17 9 3 5 33 24 33 69
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 17 10 2 5 39 23 17 9 5 3 41 24 33 64
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 17 11 2 4 43 17 17 6 5 6 29 20 35 58
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 17 10 5 2 25 17 17 6 4 7 25 27 6 57
6 Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 17 8 5 4 32 25 17 7 5 5 26 21 12 55
7 Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 17 9 4 4 27 21 17 5 6 6 25 28 3 52
8 Mainz 05 34 13 7 14 50 45 17 10 5 2 33 11 17 3 2 12 17 34 5 46
9 TSG Hoffenheim 34 13 7 14 58 60 17 8 4 5 34 24 17 5 3 9 24 36 -2 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 12 9 13 54 61 17 8 4 5 33 27 17 4 5 8 21 34 -7 45
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 10 12 12 45 49 17 4 7 6 20 22 17 6 5 6 25 27 -4 42
12 Wolfsburg 34 12 6 16 43 54 17 7 3 7 25 21 17 5 3 9 18 33 -11 42
13 Bochum 34 12 6 16 38 52 17 8 4 5 21 17 17 4 2 11 17 35 -14 42
14 Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 56 17 7 4 6 25 26 17 3 4 10 14 30 -17 38
15 Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 41 59 17 6 4 7 28 32 17 1 8 8 13 27 -18 33
16 Hertha BSC 34 9 6 19 37 71 17 6 3 8 24 33 17 3 3 11 13 38 -34 33
17 Arminia Bielefeld 34 5 13 16 27 53 17 2 10 5 15 23 17 3 3 11 12 30 -26 28
18 Greuther Furth 34 3 9 22 28 82 17 3 5 9 15 33 17 0 4 13 13 49 -54 18

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