Home advantage could prove decisive in Hoffenheim - Freiburg battle

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: PreZero Arena (30150 seats)

Hoffenheim and Freiburg have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Bundesliga.

Insights:
  • Hoffenheim have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • All of Freiburg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

It's quite the trip for Freiburg when visiting Hoffenheim as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.

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Hoffenheim form and stats

Hoffenheim have played 6 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Greuther Furth (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties) in the DFB Pokal last time out and are looking for a win here. In the game before, an away victory in the Bundesliga match versus Borussia M'gladbach with a 2-1 scoreline.

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 Hoffenheim have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost two.

The Hoffenheim fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. Hoffenheim have conceded 10 from these games.

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Freiburg form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.

Freiburg are travelling again after losing away to Stuttgart in their previous match (0-1). Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga.

It's a bit worrying for Freiburg that their goalkeeper Benjamin Uphoff made seven saves in the Stuttgart game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.

Freiburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

The visiting Freiburg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Freiburg have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Hoffenheim victories, four draws and three Freiburg wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HoffenheimA. Kramarić
A. Kramarić
8 goals
FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
6 goals
FreiburgN. Petersen
N. Petersen
5 goals

Hoffenheim missing players

Freiburg missing players

Hoffenheim Freiburg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 6 13
4 2 1 Won W 1 2 4
3 1 1 Drew D 1 2 5
6 3 0 Lost L 0 2 4
21 11 6 Scored S 4 7 20
23 10 4 Conceded C 3 11 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 54%
46% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 46%
31% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 23%
85% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 69%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
15% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 10.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.3 13.1
5.1 5.3 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 5.1
32% 34% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 30%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Freiburg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Freiburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hoffenheim have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Hoffenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 9 3 1 39 19 6 4 2 0 23 8 7 5 1 1 16 11 20 30
2 Bayer Leverkusen 13 8 4 1 28 12 6 3 2 1 13 8 7 5 2 0 15 4 16 28
3 RB Leipzig 13 8 4 1 24 9 7 6 1 0 16 3 6 2 3 1 8 6 15 28
4 Wolfsburg 13 6 6 1 20 13 7 5 2 0 12 6 6 1 4 1 8 7 7 24
5 Borussia Dortmund 13 7 1 5 26 18 6 3 0 3 14 10 7 4 1 2 12 8 8 22
6 Union Berlin 13 5 6 2 27 18 7 3 3 1 17 9 6 2 3 1 10 9 9 21
7 Stuttgart 13 4 6 3 26 20 6 0 4 2 9 12 7 4 2 1 17 8 6 18
8 Borussia M'gladbach 13 4 6 3 24 22 7 2 4 1 10 7 6 2 2 2 14 15 2 18
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 13 3 8 2 21 22 6 1 5 0 9 8 7 2 3 2 12 14 -1 17
10 Freiburg 13 4 5 4 20 23 7 2 3 2 13 12 6 2 2 2 7 11 -3 17
11 Augsburg 13 4 4 5 15 19 7 2 2 3 8 11 6 2 2 2 7 8 -4 16
12 Hoffenheim 13 4 3 6 21 23 6 2 1 3 11 10 7 2 2 3 10 13 -2 15
13 Werder Bremen 13 3 5 5 16 21 6 1 2 3 6 10 7 2 3 2 10 11 -5 14
14 Hertha BSC 13 3 4 6 20 24 6 1 2 3 7 12 7 2 2 3 13 12 -4 13
15 Köln 13 2 5 6 13 21 7 0 2 5 8 17 6 2 3 1 5 4 -8 11
16 Arminia Bielefeld 13 3 1 9 9 23 6 2 0 4 5 10 7 1 1 5 4 13 -14 10
17 Mainz 05 13 1 3 9 12 26 7 0 2 5 6 13 6 1 1 4 6 13 -14 6
18 Schalke 04 13 0 4 9 8 36 7 0 2 5 3 13 6 0 2 4 5 23 -28 4

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