Hoffenheim will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Bayern München.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Chelsea. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
These teams have little in common geographically as Bayern München have to travel 2400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Hoffenheim form and stats
Overall Bundesliga stats at home this season for Hoffenheim are 5-1-6 (wins-draw-losses).
Hoffenheim shared the glory with Borussia M'gladbach in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Ahead of that match, Hoffenheim lost 2-3 at home to Wolfsburg.
Hoffenheim's goalie Oliver Baumann played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Borussia M'gladbach with a stunning nine saves. Lucas Ribeiro was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Borussia M'gladbach after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
A decent goal production from Hoffenheim in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. Hoffenheim have conceded 25 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Bayern München form and stats
Bayern München, who have the the best goal difference (+39) in Bundesliga, have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 7-2-2 from 11 games. Bayern München has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Borussia M'gladbach.
Two travels in a row for Bayern München, whose manager H. Flick could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against Chelsea. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Paderborn in the Bundesliga.
The schedule is very tough for Bayern München now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A DFB Pokal game at Schalke 04 is waiting in only three days.
Bayern München are a potent attacking force on the road with their 29 goals in 11 league games. 15 goals have been conceded by Bayern München in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bayern München - Hoffenheim 1-2 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Hoffenheim won three, Bayern München won six and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 25 goals |  S. Gnabry 10 goals |   A. Kramarić 7 goals |
Hoffenheim missing players
Bayern München missing players
| Hoffenheim | Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 34 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 29 | 65 |
| 36 | 25 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 26 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 65% | 83% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 91% | 87% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 73% | 65% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 30% |
| 61% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 65% |
| 22% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 22% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 7.3 |
| 6.5 | 5.3 | 7.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 322 | 176 | 53 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 192 | 439 |
| 112 | 64 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 72 | 172 |
| 30% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 40% | 38% |
- All of Bayern München's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Hoffenheim's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayern München has the most scored goals in the first half (27)
- Bayern München has the the best goal difference (+39)
- Bayern München have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bayern München have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Bayern München have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bayern München have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Bayern München is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Hoffenheim has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
- Hoffenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hoffenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 39 | 49 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 36 | 48 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 65 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 33 | 45 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 43 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 43 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 34 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 33 |
| 10 | Union Berlin | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 29 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 29 | -13 | 27 |
| 13 | Köln | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -9 | 26 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -16 | 26 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -21 | 22 |
| 16 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -23 | 20 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 27 | -28 | 17 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -21 | 16 |