With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Hoffenheim fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Köln.
The visiting Köln played their last game only four days ago, a Bundesliga match. That game, against Schalke 04, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Köln.
These teams have little in common geographically as Köln have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Hoffenheim form and stats
With 2 Bundesliga wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Hoffenheim are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Hoffenheim are confident in defense, having played 190 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Hoffenheim enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hertha BSC's place. The match ended 3-0 with Andrej Kramarić (2) and Sebastian Rudy scoring. In the match before that, Hoffenheim hosted Arminia Bielefeld and drew the game 0-0.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hoffenheim handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and three defeats.
Hoffenheim have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at PreZero Arena with 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hoffenheim defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Köln form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Köln, whose manager M. Gisdol could celebrate last time after the Bundesliga win against Schalke 04. A draw for Köln before that, at their own venue hosting Hertha BSC (0-0).
Jan Thielmann came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Schalke 04 last time out, making the manager M. Gisdol feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Schalke 04, was very satisfying as Jan Thielmann scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Köln are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and four defeats. From a total of six matches.
The attacking power of Köln when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Köln in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Köln - Hoffenheim 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hoffenheim six wins, three draws and Köln one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kramarić 10 goals |  I. Bebou 3 goals |   E. Skhiri 3 goals |
Hoffenheim missing players
Köln missing players
| Hoffenheim | Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 25 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 30 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 94% | 88% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 82% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 71% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 53% |
| 47% | 62% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 29% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 71% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| 12% | 12% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 24% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 10.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 30% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 31% |
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Köln | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 15 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -21 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 29 | -30 | 7 |