Bundesliga preview: Can TSG Hoffenheim edge out victory against Hertha BSC?

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 29.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: DnB NOR Arena (30150 seats)

There has been no shortage of boom and bust for these teams this season, placed in positions near the midpoint of the Bundesliga table. Here's the TSG Hoffenheim - Hertha BSC latest:

Insights:
  • All of TSG Hoffenheim's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hertha BSC have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Bundesliga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for TSG Hoffenheim and Hertha BSC.

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TSG Hoffenheim form and stats

When playing at home in the Bundesliga, TSG Hoffenheim have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. Two home wins in a row for Hoffenheim bring valid hopes of a third.

Hoffenheim's last game was hosting Holstein Kiel and winning 5-1. As mentioned above, Hoffenheim "killed" Holstein Kiel in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfielder Sebastian Rudy was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Rudy hit five key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).

Heartbreak before that as Hoffenheim lost 0-4 at Bayern München's place.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier TSG Hoffenheim matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and two defeats (from six games).

Goals are plentiful at DnB NOR Arena in the league this season as TSG Hoffenheim has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Hertha play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Preuen Munster. Goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow was absolutely vital in the Hertha BSC victory against Preuen Munster, making seven saves. Marvin Plattenhardt, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.02. Plattenhardt hit three key passes and won 2 of 5 duels.

Before that, Hertha secured a home win against Borussia M'gladbach with the score 1-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Hertha when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning two games.

The visiting Hertha have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. Hertha BSC can't defend away. 16 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Hoffenheim wins - draws - Hertha BSC wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TSG HoffenheimC. Baumgartner
C. Baumgartner
3 goals
TSG HoffenheimJ. Bruun Larsen
J. Bruun Larsen
3 goals
TSG HoffenheimI. Bebou
I. Bebou
2 goals

TSG Hoffenheim missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

TSG Hoffenheim Hertha BSC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 3 Played P 1 5 9
3 2 2 Won W 0 2 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 1 1 Lost L 1 3 5
17 10 8 Scored S 1 6 11
15 5 3 Conceded C 3 16 21
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
78% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 89%
78% 75% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 80% 44%
22% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 22%
44% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 67%
33% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
33% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 22%
 
4.7 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3 3.8
4.8 3.8 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 5.7
1.9 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 10 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.8 9.9
4 3.5 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.6
47% 71% 73% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 34%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Hertha BSC's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of TSG Hoffenheim's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hertha BSC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hertha BSC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hertha BSC have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Bundesliga
  • Hertha BSC have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Bundesliga
  • Hertha BSC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 9 7 1 1 33 8 5 4 0 1 20 4 4 3 1 0 13 4 25 22
2 Borussia Dortmund 9 7 0 2 25 15 5 5 0 0 17 8 4 2 0 2 8 7 10 21
3 Freiburg 9 5 4 0 14 6 4 2 2 0 7 3 5 3 2 0 7 3 8 19
4 Bayer Leverkusen 9 5 2 2 23 14 4 2 0 2 9 9 5 3 2 0 14 5 9 17
5 Union Berlin 9 4 4 1 13 10 5 3 2 0 6 2 4 1 2 1 7 8 3 16
6 RB Leipzig 9 4 2 3 20 9 5 4 0 1 18 5 4 0 2 2 2 4 11 14
7 Mainz 05 9 4 1 4 12 9 5 3 1 1 9 3 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 13
8 Köln 9 3 4 2 15 16 5 3 2 0 11 6 4 0 2 2 4 10 -1 13
9 Wolfsburg 9 4 1 4 9 12 5 2 1 2 4 6 4 2 0 2 5 6 -3 13
10 Hertha BSC 9 4 0 5 11 21 4 2 0 2 5 5 5 2 0 3 6 16 -10 12
11 TSG Hoffenheim 9 3 2 4 17 15 4 2 1 1 10 5 5 1 1 3 7 10 2 11
12 Borussia M'gladbach 9 3 2 4 10 12 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 1 0 4 4 9 -2 11
13 Stuttgart 9 2 4 3 14 15 5 2 1 2 12 9 4 0 3 1 2 6 -1 10
14 Bochum 9 3 1 5 7 16 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 1 0 4 2 13 -9 10
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 9 1 5 3 9 14 4 0 3 1 3 4 5 1 2 2 6 10 -5 8
16 Augsburg 9 1 3 5 5 18 4 1 1 2 3 9 5 0 2 3 2 9 -13 6
17 Arminia Bielefeld 9 0 5 4 5 14 5 0 3 2 2 8 4 0 2 2 3 6 -9 5
18 Greuther Furth 9 0 1 8 6 24 4 0 1 3 2 7 5 0 0 5 4 17 -18 1

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