It's still early in the Bundesliga season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Hoffenheim - Borussia Dortmund preview!
Hoffenheim and Borussia Dortmund should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Borussia Dortmund when visiting Hoffenheim as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.
Hoffenheim form and stats
Hoffenheim have only played one Bundesliga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats from 17 matches.
In their previous game, the manager S. Hoeneß led his Hoffenheim to a defeat in the Bundesliga match away at Eintracht Frankfurt. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at PreZero Arena. Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Bayern München.
Hoffenheim has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Bundesliga ended in defeat. Last season Borussia Dortmund had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 10, drew 3 and lost 4.
Borussia are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Bundesliga against Freiburg (placed 12th).
As you can tell from the results above, Borussia was very dominant against Freiburg, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Erling Braut Haaland (2), Felix Passlack and Emre Can providing the goals.
Borussia has another fixture away, a Champions League game, against Lazio in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Borussia Dortmund has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Hoffenheim-Borussia Dortmund H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hoffenheim three wins, Borussia Dortmund three wins, four draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Kramarić 6 goals |   E. Håland 4 goals |  E. Bičakčić 1 goals |
Hoffenheim missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| Hoffenheim | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | 15 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 17 | 43 |
| 19 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 42% | 57% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| Hoffenheim | Last season | Borussia Dortmund | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 21 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 53 | 26 | Scored | S | 38 | 84 | ||
| 53 | 37 | Conceded | C | 24 | 41 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 82% | ||
| 65% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 35% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 59% | ||
| 18% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 26% | ||
| 56% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 15% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 459 | 244 | Total Shots | T S | 198 | 459 | ||
| 162 | 88 | Shots on Target | S O | 88 | 194 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Augsburg | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Bayern München | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Stuttgart | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Arminia Bielefeld | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Freiburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Wolfsburg | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Köln | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 0 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | -14 | 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 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 68 | 82 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 84 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 43 | 69 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 81 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 44 | 66 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 65 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 63 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 52 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 46 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 49 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 1 | 48 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 60 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 33 | -1 | 45 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | -11 | 41 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 38 | -17 | 41 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -20 | 39 |
| 13 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 44 | 65 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 36 | -21 | 37 |
| 14 | Köln | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 69 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 42 | -18 | 36 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 63 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 34 | -18 | 36 |
| 16 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 33 | -27 | 31 |
| 17 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 67 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 39 | -31 | 30 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 74 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 46 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -37 | 20 |