TSG Hoffenheim vs Borussia Mönchengladbach match preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: PreZero Arena (30164 seats)

TSG Hoffenheim are prepared for Borussia Mönchengladbach with expectations of securing all three points. Can they? Open our match preview!

Insights:
  • TSG Hoffenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither TSG Hoffenheim nor Borussia Mönchengladbach as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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TSG Hoffenheim form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 7 Bundesliga games here at PreZero Arena for TSG Hoffenheim. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ever since the FSV Mainz 05 game Hoffenheim has been unbeatable here at PreZero Arena producing five straight wins.

TSG Hoffenheim drew their last game, 2-2 away at Bayer Leverkusen (placed 3rd). Late drama in the game against Bayer Leverkusen as TSG Hoffenheim were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Dabbur popped out and made it level in the 83rd minute. The Hoffenheim goalkeeper Baumann was crucial in the match against Bayer Leverkusen last time out, making seven saves. Baumann, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.03 out of 10 in that game. Baumann stopped the opponent with seven saves.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Freiburg and winning 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hoffenheim handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and four defeats.

Hoffenheim can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 17 times. Hoffenheim have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats

Borussia Mönchengladbach have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 1-1-6 (8 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Mönchengladbach who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. SpVgg Greuther Fürth was the last time a defeat was avoided.

The manager Hütter was unhappy after their last game, a Bundesliga match played at their home ground Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK. Mönchengladbach suffered a 2-3 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt (placed 7th). Neuhaus, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.33. Neuhaus scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A 1-4 defeat away at RB Leipzig before that.

Mönchengladbach 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, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of three matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Borussia Mönchengladbach as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Borussia Mönchengladbach have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these sides: Hoffenheim won three, Borussia Mönchengladbach triumphed in two and we saw five draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Borussia MönchengladbachJ. Hofmann
J. Hofmann
7 goals
TSG HoffenheimI. Bebou
I. Bebou
5 goals
HoffenheimG. Rutter
G. Rutter
4 goals

TSG Hoffenheim missing players

Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players

TSG Hoffenheim Borussia Mönchengladbach
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 2 8 16
8 5 1 Won W 0 1 5
3 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
5 1 0 Lost L 1 6 8
34 17 2 Scored S 1 7 21
25 7 0 Conceded C 5 18 31
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 81%
69% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 62%
62% 57% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 50%
25% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 25%
50% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 62%
31% 43% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
25% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 25%
 
5.4 5.4 9 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 5
4.6 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4.8 4
2.1 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.1 11.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.6 15.9
4.8 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 5.2
44% 57% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 19% 25%
 
13 10.4 6 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 13.1 12.4
4.7 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.9 5.1
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of TSG Hoffenheim's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • TSG Hoffenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • TSG Hoffenheim have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Borussia Mönchengladbach have scored away.
  • TSG Hoffenheim 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 16 13 1 2 52 16 8 7 0 1 25 6 8 6 1 1 27 10 36 40
2 Borussia Dortmund 16 11 1 4 39 23 9 8 0 1 26 12 7 3 1 3 13 11 16 34
3 Bayer Leverkusen 16 8 4 4 39 26 8 4 1 3 19 14 8 4 3 1 20 12 13 28
4 TSG Hoffenheim 16 8 3 5 34 25 7 5 1 1 17 7 9 3 2 4 17 18 9 27
5 Freiburg 16 7 5 4 26 15 7 3 2 2 11 8 9 4 3 2 15 7 11 26
6 FSV Mainz 05 16 7 3 6 25 16 9 5 3 1 18 5 7 2 0 5 7 11 9 24
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 16 6 6 4 26 24 7 2 4 1 11 8 9 4 2 3 15 16 2 24
8 FC Union Berlin 16 6 6 4 22 21 9 5 3 1 12 8 7 1 3 3 10 13 1 24
9 RB Leipzig 16 6 4 6 30 20 8 6 0 2 25 10 8 0 4 4 5 10 10 22
10 Köln 16 5 7 4 26 27 8 4 3 1 17 11 8 1 4 3 9 16 -1 22
11 Wolfsburg 16 6 2 8 17 25 9 3 1 5 8 14 7 3 1 3 9 11 -8 20
12 VfL Bochum 1848 16 6 2 8 16 25 7 4 2 1 10 5 9 2 0 7 6 20 -9 20
13 Borussia Mönchengladbach 16 5 3 8 21 31 8 4 2 2 14 13 8 1 1 6 7 18 -10 18
14 Hertha BSC 16 5 3 8 17 33 7 3 2 2 9 7 9 2 1 6 8 26 -16 18
15 Stuttgart 16 4 5 7 22 30 9 3 2 4 16 18 7 1 3 3 6 12 -8 17
16 FC Augsburg 16 4 5 7 17 26 8 3 2 3 12 15 8 1 3 4 5 11 -9 17
17 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 16 2 7 7 12 22 9 1 5 3 8 13 7 1 2 4 4 9 -10 13
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 16 1 1 14 13 49 7 1 1 5 7 15 9 0 0 9 6 34 -36 4

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