Hoffenheim will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 18 points behind Wolfsburg.
- Wolfsburg have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Bundesliga
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the DFB Pokal. That game, against RB Leipzig, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Wolfsburg.
It's quite the trip for Wolfsburg when visiting Hoffenheim as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
Hoffenheim form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Hoffenheim have to build on here at PreZero Arena in the Bundesliga.
Hoffenheim manager S. Hoeneß and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Union Berlin (placed 7th) in the Bundesliga. Ahead of that match, Hoffenheim lost 0-2 at home to Molde.
Hoffenheim have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at PreZero Arena with 20 goals in 11 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Wolfsburg form and stats
5 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Wolfsburg, who have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Bundesliga, playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Wolfsburg's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Union Berlin game.
The Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 666 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Wolfsburg are travelling again after losing away to RB Leipzig in their previous match (0-2). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga.
Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels had a great day against RB Leipzig, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
The travelling fans enjoy Wolfsburg's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Wolfsburg - Hoffenheim 2-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hoffenheim won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Wolfsburg has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  W. Weghorst 14 goals |   A. Kramarić 13 goals |  I. Bebou 6 goals |
Hoffenheim missing players
Wolfsburg missing players
| Hoffenheim | Wolfsburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 37 |
| 40 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 87% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 78% |
| 74% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 43% |
| 52% | 64% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 17% |
| 22% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 70% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 48% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 48% |
| 17% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 10.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 12.8 | 12.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | 35% |
- Wolfsburg have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Bundesliga
- Wolfsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wolfsburg is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 67 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 35 | 52 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 50 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 45 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 39 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 37 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 32 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 26 |
| 14 | Köln | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -16 | 18 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -23 | 18 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -21 | 17 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 35 | -45 | 9 |