Freiburg - Hoffenheim: Small difference between teams in Bundesliga clash

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Schwarzwald-Stadion (74649 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Bundesliga table so far. Here's the Freiburg - Hoffenheim latest:

Insights:
  • Freiburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hoffenheim have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Bundesliga

Hoffenheim could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Bundesliga game only three sleeps ago.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Hoffenheim, who are travelling more than 2100 kilometers to play this game.

Hoffenheim are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Freiburg form and stats

The story so far in the Bundesliga for Freiburg at their home stadium (Schwarzwald-Stadion) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Freiburg after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Freiburg's last game was hosting Schalke 04 (placed 18th) and winning 4-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Arminia Bielefeld (0-1).

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Freiburg played a great game against Schalke 04 and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Freiburg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won seven, drawn zero and lost two.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (30 in 15 games), Freiburg's attacking play is working. Freiburg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hoffenheim form and stats

Hoffenheim have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 3-5-7 (15 played).

The attacking players of Hoffenheim have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 184 minutes. 247 minutes! That's how long the Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Andrej Kramarić (2) and Ihlas Bebou scored in Hoffenheim's previous match, the home game against Borussia M'gladbach that ended 3-2. A 0-0 draw at RB Leipzig's stadium before that.

Hoffenheim can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Borussia M'gladbach. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 3-2 victory. Andrej Kramarić scored the final goal.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hoffenheim playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were six Hoffenheim wins, five draws and three defeats.

Hoffenheim are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Hoffenheim have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Hoffenheim - Freiburg 1-3. Freiburg-Hoffenheim H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Freiburg four wins, Hoffenheim three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HoffenheimA. Kramarić
A. Kramarić
14 goals
FreiburgR. Sallai
R. Sallai
8 goals
FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
7 goals

Freiburg missing players

Hoffenheim missing players

Freiburg Hoffenheim
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
11 7 2 Won W 1 3 9
7 4 1 Drew D 1 5 8
11 4 1 Lost L 2 7 13
44 30 6 Scored S 4 18 44
42 20 4 Conceded C 6 28 49
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
86% 93% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 83%
62% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 70%
34% 47% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 43%
14% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
55% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 73% 67%
21% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 20%
28% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
11.1 13.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 12.5 11.2
4.1 4.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.3 4.3
37% 41% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 28% 34%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Freiburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Freiburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hoffenheim have the most matches over the total-line (18) 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 30 22 5 3 85 38 15 11 4 0 53 19 15 11 1 3 32 19 47 71
2 RB Leipzig 30 18 7 5 53 25 15 10 3 2 25 11 15 8 4 3 28 14 28 61
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 15 11 4 61 44 15 9 6 0 33 18 15 6 5 4 28 26 17 56
4 Wolfsburg 29 15 9 5 51 29 14 9 4 1 27 11 15 6 5 4 24 18 22 54
5 Borussia Dortmund 29 15 4 10 62 42 14 8 2 4 32 17 15 7 2 6 30 25 20 49
6 Bayer Leverkusen 30 13 8 9 48 34 15 7 4 4 30 20 15 6 4 5 18 14 14 47
7 Borussia M'gladbach 29 11 10 8 52 43 15 7 4 4 26 17 14 4 6 4 26 26 9 43
8 Union Berlin 29 10 13 6 44 35 15 6 8 1 27 16 14 4 5 5 17 19 9 43
9 Freiburg 29 11 7 11 44 42 15 7 4 4 30 20 14 4 3 7 14 22 2 40
10 Stuttgart 29 10 9 10 51 46 14 4 6 4 24 20 15 6 3 6 27 26 5 39
11 Augsburg 30 9 6 15 29 44 15 5 4 6 17 22 15 4 2 9 12 22 -15 33
12 Hoffenheim 29 8 8 13 41 47 14 5 3 6 23 19 15 3 5 7 18 28 -6 32
13 Werder Bremen 29 7 9 13 33 47 14 3 4 7 14 23 15 4 5 6 19 24 -14 30
14 Arminia Bielefeld 30 8 6 16 23 46 16 6 1 9 12 22 14 2 5 7 11 24 -23 30
15 Mainz 05 28 7 7 14 30 48 14 3 3 8 12 21 14 4 4 6 18 27 -18 28
16 Hertha BSC 28 6 8 14 34 48 14 4 3 7 18 26 14 2 5 7 16 22 -14 26
17 Köln 30 6 8 16 29 54 15 2 5 8 18 27 15 4 3 8 11 27 -25 26
18 Schalke 04 30 2 7 21 18 76 15 2 3 10 9 29 15 0 4 11 9 47 -58 13

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The Bundesliga is the top league of the football pyramid in Germany. It is the football league with the highest average stadium attendance worldwide. Bundesliga has 18 teams who play from August to May, a total of 306 fixtures to decide a final league table and the German championship.