Scrambling Schalke 04 are aching to pull off a surprise when they play top side TSG Hoffenheim in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 16th vs 6th and the home fans will have so-so confidence.
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- TSG Hoffenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Schalke 04 form and stats
All-inclusive Bundesliga stats playing at home this season for Schalke 04 are 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Schalke 04 has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Kramer and the players.
No payout for Schalke 04 in their previous match, an away game at Bayer 04 Leverkusen that ended in defeat 0-4. As you see from the result above, Schalke suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Augsburg (2-3).There will be little rest for Schalke 04 after this match as they are travelling to TSG Hoffenheim for a DFB Pokal game in only four days.
Schalke 04 has scored {8 goals} so far and conceded {12 goals} from 4 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
TSG Hoffenheim form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The manager Breitenreiter was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena. Hoffenheim suffered a 1-2 loss to Werder Bremen (placed 5th). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Midfielder Geiger was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Geiger served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hertha BSC that ended 1-1.A quick return to home after this game, as TSG Hoffenheim are hosting Schalke 04 in the DFB Pokal only four days away.
TSG Hoffenheim have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. As opposed to that, TSG Hoffenheim have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Schalke two wins, three draws and TSG Hoffenheim five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Bülter 3 goals |   M. Dabour 3 goals |  A. Kramarić 3 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
TSG Hoffenheim missing players
| Schalke 04 | TSG Hoffenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 21 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 6.8 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 15.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 7.2 | 13.6 |
| 3.3 | 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | 33% |
| 15.3 | 12.5 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.5 | 11.3 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.6 |
- All of Schalke 04's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Schalke 04 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Schalke 04 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Schalke 04 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- TSG Hoffenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Union Berlin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Freiburg | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | FC Bayern München | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | TSG Hoffenheim | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Bochum | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
