Possible nail-biting contest in Stuttgart - Hoffenheim game

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 14.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz-Arena (60449 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Bundesliga table so far. Here's the Stuttgart - Hoffenheim latest:

Insights:
  • Stuttgart haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hoffenheim have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Bundesliga

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Hoffenheim have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Stuttgart form and stats

2-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for Stuttgart so far this season.

The home team returns to Mercedes-Benz-Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Eintracht Frankfurt (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Bundesliga game ended 0-0. Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Schalke 04.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stuttgart have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost one.

A decent goal production from Stuttgart in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stuttgart defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Hoffenheim form and stats

As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Hoffenheim have produced an overall stat of 3-4-5 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Hoffenheim, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Hoffenheim go into this game after a win, the home game against Wolfsburg that ended 2-1. A 1-1 draw at Union Berlin's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Hoffenheim in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Hoffenheim, five draws and two defeats.

The visiting Hoffenheim have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. Hoffenheim have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stuttgart and Hoffenheim have met before this season: Hoffenheim - Stuttgart 3-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stuttgart two wins, three draws and Hoffenheim five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HoffenheimA. Kramarić
A. Kramarić
13 goals
StuttgartS. Kalajdzic
S. Kalajdzic
11 goals
StuttgartS. Wamangituka
S. Wamangituka
11 goals

Stuttgart missing players

Hoffenheim missing players

Stuttgart Hoffenheim
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 3 12 24
8 2 0 Won W 1 3 8
9 6 2 Drew D 2 4 6
7 3 1 Lost L 0 5 10
44 19 6 Scored S 4 17 39
36 17 7 Conceded C 3 24 41
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
58% 55% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 75% 75%
46% 55% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 42% 50%
29% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 21%
71% 82% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 71%
17% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 17%
17% 9% 0% 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
1.8 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.9 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
14.8 15.1 20.3 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 12.8 11.2
5.2 4.7 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.6 4.5
35% 37% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 36%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Hoffenheim's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hoffenheim have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Bundesliga
  • Hoffenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Stuttgart haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 Mainz 05 24 4 6 14 23 44 12 2 2 8 10 20 12 2 4 6 13 24 -21 18
17 Arminia Bielefeld 22 5 3 14 18 41 11 4 0 7 10 19 11 1 3 7 8 22 -23 18
18 Schalke 04 24 1 7 16 16 61 13 1 3 9 8 26 11 0 4 7 8 35 -45 10

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The Bundesliga is the top league of the football pyramid in Germany. It is the football league with the highest average stadium attendance worldwide. Bundesliga has 18 teams who play from August to May, a total of 306 fixtures to decide a final league table and the German championship.