Hoffenheim vs Hertha BSC Preview & Prediction 22 May 2021

Get ready for Hoffenheim - Hertha BSC! Despite the season performances so far this game should be cracking!

Insights:

Hoffenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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

Hertha BSC have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Hoffenheim is in the 11th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. For Hertha BSC most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Hoffenheim form and stats

The story so far in the Bundesliga for Hoffenheim at their home stadium (PreZero Arena) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. Hoffenheim has recorded two wins in a row here at PreZero Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Hoffenheim manager S. Hoeneß and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Arminia Bielefeld (placed 15th) in the Bundesliga. Goalkeeper Philipp Pentke got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.4 out of ten. Pentke stopped the opponent with five saves.

Ahead of that match, Hoffenheim won a home game hosting Schalke 04 (4-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Hoffenheim perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hoffenheim as a small favourite), we find nine games. Hoffenheim has won five of these, drawn zero and lost four.

A decent goal production from Hoffenheim in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 16 league matches. Hoffenheim have conceded 23 in these home matches.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hertha BSC so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-7 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Hertha's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 0-0 vs Köln (placed 17th). Alexander Schwolow (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.8. Schwolow stopped the opponent with four saves.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Schalke 04 with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Hertha in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Hertha BSC, four draws and six defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hertha BSC have scored 19 goals in 16 league games away. Hertha's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Hertha BSC - Hoffenheim 0-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Hoffenheim, three draws and one win for Hertha BSC. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

A. Kramarić

19 goals

I. Bebou

9 goals

K. Piątek

7 goals

Hoffenheim missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Hoffenheim				Hertha BSC
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
33	16	5	Played	P	5	16	33
10	7	3	Won	W	1	3	8
10	3	1	Drew	D	3	6	11
13	6	1	Lost	L	1	7	14
50	30	12	Scored	S	7	19	40
53	23	4	Conceded	C	7	24	50
91%	88%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	88%	85%
85%	75%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	81%	79%
67%	75%	80%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	40%	44%	55%
42%	56%	40%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	25%	27%
21%	25%	20%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	20%	19%	15%
70%	62%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	80%	62%	52%
18%	25%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	19%	27%
21%	25%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	31%	36%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
2.1	1.5	1.2	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.6	2.1	2
4	1	0	Red cards	R C	0	3	3

11.7	10.9	13.6	Shots (avg)	S (	8.6	9.2	11.4
4.6	5	6.4	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	2.8	3.4	4.4
33%	38%	38%	Goal Efficiency	G E	50%	35%	27%

Hoffenheim			First Half	Hertha BSC
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
33	16	5	Played	P	5	16	33
8	4	2	Won	W	1	2	6
11	6	1	Drew	D	2	10	14
14	6	2	Lost	L	2	4	13
21	11	5	Scored	S	2	7	17
32	15	4	Conceded	C	3	8	21
82%	69%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	62%	73%
58%	62%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	20%	31%	33%
21%	31%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	0%	9%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
33%	31%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	25%	21%
33%	44%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	50%	45%
52%	56%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	60%	62%	61%

Hoffenheim			Second Half	Hertha BSC
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
33	16	5	Played	P	5	16	33
13	8	3	Won	W	2	4	9
10	4	2	Drew	D	2	6	13
10	4	0	Lost	L	1	6	11
29	19	7	Scored	S	5	12	23
21	8	0	Conceded	C	4	16	29
76%	75%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	75%	70%
48%	50%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	60%	44%	45%
21%	31%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	25%	18%
6%	12%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	19%	12%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	6%	6%
18%	19%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	40%	31%	21%
61%	69%	100%	Clean Sheets	C S	60%	44%	55%
45%	38%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	20%	50%	55%

Key stats in Bundesliga this season:

Hoffenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

		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	33	23	6	4	94	42	16	12	4	0	59	19	17	11	2	4	35	23	52	75
2	RB Leipzig	32	19	7	6	57	28	16	11	3	2	27	11	16	8	4	4	30	17	29	64
3	Wolfsburg	32	17	9	6	57	32	16	10	4	2	30	13	16	7	5	4	27	19	25	60
4	Borussia Dortmund	32	18	4	10	69	44	16	10	2	4	37	19	16	8	2	6	32	25	25	58
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	33	15	12	6	66	52	16	9	7	0	34	19	17	6	5	6	32	33	14	57
6	Bayer Leverkusen	33	14	10	9	52	36	17	8	5	4	34	22	16	6	5	5	18	14	16	52
7	Union Berlin	33	11	14	8	48	42	16	7	8	1	30	17	17	4	6	7	18	25	6	47
8	Borussia M'gladbach	33	12	10	11	60	54	17	8	4	5	32	19	16	4	6	6	28	35	6	46
9	Stuttgart	33	12	9	12	56	53	16	5	6	5	27	24	17	7	3	7	29	29	3	45
10	Freiburg	33	12	9	12	51	49	17	7	6	4	33	23	16	5	3	8	18	26	2	45
11	Hoffenheim	33	10	10	13	50	53	16	7	3	6	30	23	17	3	7	7	20	30	-3	40
12	Augsburg	33	10	6	17	34	49	17	6	4	7	21	25	16	4	2	10	13	24	-15	36
13	Mainz 05	32	9	9	14	35	51	16	4	4	8	15	23	16	5	5	6	20	28	-16	36
14	Hertha BSC	33	8	11	14	40	50	17	5	5	7	21	26	16	3	6	7	19	24	-10	35
15	Arminia Bielefeld	33	8	8	17	24	52	17	6	2	9	13	23	16	2	6	8	11	29	-28	32
16	Werder Bremen	33	7	10	16	34	53	16	3	5	8	14	24	17	4	5	8	20	29	-19	31
17	Köln	33	7	9	17	33	60	16	2	5	9	19	31	17	5	4	8	14	29	-27	30
18	Schalke 04	33	3	7	23	25	85	17	3	3	11	14	34	16	0	4	12	11	51	-60	16

Hoffenheim:

TSG Hoffenheim

Hertha BSC:

Hertha BSC

Bundesliga:

Bundesliga official site

Germany:

German Football Association - (also in English)

Table

		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	33	23	6	4	94	42	16	12	4	0	59	19	17	11	2	4	35	23	52	75
2	RB Leipzig	32	19	7	6	57	28	16	11	3	2	27	11	16	8	4	4	30	17	29	64
3	Wolfsburg	32	17	9	6	57	32	16	10	4	2	30	13	16	7	5	4	27	19	25	60
4	Borussia Dortmund	32	18	4	10	69	44	16	10	2	4	37	19	16	8	2	6	32	25	25	58
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	33	15	12	6	66	52	16	9	7	0	34	19	17	6	5	6	32	33	14	57
6	Bayer Leverkusen	33	14	10	9	52	36	17	8	5	4	34	22	16	6	5	5	18	14	16	52
7	Union Berlin	33	11	14	8	48	42	16	7	8	1	30	17	17	4	6	7	18	25	6	47
8	Borussia M'gladbach	33	12	10	11	60	54	17	8	4	5	32	19	16	4	6	6	28	35	6	46
9	Stuttgart	33	12	9	12	56	53	16	5	6	5	27	24	17	7	3	7	29	29	3	45
10	Freiburg	33	12	9	12	51	49	17	7	6	4	33	23	16	5	3	8	18	26	2	45
11	Hoffenheim	33	10	10	13	50	53	16	7	3	6	30	23	17	3	7	7	20	30	-3	40
12	Augsburg	33	10	6	17	34	49	17	6	4	7	21	25	16	4	2	10	13	24	-15	36
13	Mainz 05	32	9	9	14	35	51	16	4	4	8	15	23	16	5	5	6	20	28	-16	36
14	Hertha BSC	33	8	11	14	40	50	17	5	5	7	21	26	16	3	6	7	19	24	-10	35
15	Arminia Bielefeld	33	8	8	17	24	52	17	6	2	9	13	23	16	2	6	8	11	29	-28	32
16	Werder Bremen	33	7	10	16	34	53	16	3	5	8	14	24	17	4	5	8	20	29	-19	31
17	Köln	33	7	9	17	33	60	16	2	5	9	19	31	17	5	4	8	14	29	-27	30
18	Schalke 04	33	3	7	23	25	85	17	3	3	11	14	34	16	0	4	12	11	51	-60	16