Bundesliga duel: Close contest expected between TSG Hoffenheim and SC Freiburg

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: PreZero Arena (30164 seats)

It's a brand new Bundesliga campaign and TSG Hoffenheim are yearning to get started here at PreZero Arena. SC Freiburg are guesting and this could be a rip-roaring season premiere.

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!

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TSG Hoffenheim form and stats

The season before, TSG Hoffenheim's league results were 10 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, producing 12th position in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored {48 goals} and let in 57. Appearing as the home team in the former season TSG Hoffenheim generated 7-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 29 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with TSG Hoffenheim perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with TSG Hoffenheim as a small favourite), we find 8 games. TSG Hoffenheim has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Hoffenheim friendly games in pre-season: TSG Hoffenheim played five friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that TSG Hoffenheim scored {8 goals} and conceded 9 in these five games.

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SC Freiburg form and stats

Let's have a look at how SC Freiburg performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 8 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 23/31 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by SC Freiburg in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for SC Freiburg, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

SC Freiburg played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In these three matches Freiburg scored 10 and conceded {5 goals}.

Head 2 Head

SC Freiburg have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing TSG Hoffenheim.

TSG Hoffenheim missing players

SC Freiburg missing players

TSG Hoffenheim SC Freiburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
TSG Hoffenheim Last season SC Freiburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 7   Won W   7 17
6 2   Drew D   4 8
18 8   Lost L   6 9
48 28   Scored S   23 51
57 29   Conceded C   31 44
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
79% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 76%
62% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 50%
41% 59%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 35%
18% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 18%
68% 71%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
15% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 38%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   24% 21%
 
4.7 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.1
5.5 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.4
2.4 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
5 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12.1 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 12.9
3.9 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 5.2
36% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 29%
 
13.9 13.2   Shots against (avg) S A   14.2 13.2
4.9 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Darmstadt 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 TSG Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Bochum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 34 21 8 5 92 38 17 11 5 1 53 17 17 10 3 4 39 21 54 71
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 83 44 17 14 2 1 55 17 17 8 3 6 28 27 39 71
3 RB Leipzig 34 20 6 8 64 41 17 13 2 2 38 18 17 7 4 6 26 23 23 66
4 Union Berlin 34 18 8 8 51 38 17 11 6 0 30 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 13 62
5 SC Freiburg 34 17 8 9 51 44 17 10 4 3 28 13 17 7 4 6 23 31 7 59
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 8 12 57 49 17 8 3 6 35 23 17 6 5 6 22 26 8 50
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 11 10 58 52 17 9 5 3 35 18 17 4 6 7 23 34 6 50
8 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 57 48 17 6 7 4 34 25 17 7 3 7 23 23 9 49
9 Mainz 05 34 12 10 12 54 55 17 6 6 5 31 25 17 6 4 7 23 30 -1 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 11 10 13 52 55 17 10 3 4 33 18 17 1 7 9 19 37 -3 43
11 FC Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 17 6 5 6 28 20 17 4 7 6 21 34 -5 42
12 TSG Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 17 7 2 8 28 29 17 3 4 10 20 28 -9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 17 5 2 10 26 28 17 5 4 8 25 36 -13 36
14 Bochum 34 10 5 19 40 72 17 8 2 7 28 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -32 35
15 Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 17 6 4 7 16 24 17 3 3 11 26 39 -21 34
16 Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 22 17 2 6 9 22 35 -12 33
17 Schalke 04 34 7 10 17 35 71 17 5 5 7 23 36 17 2 5 10 12 35 -36 31
18 Hertha BSC 34 7 8 19 42 69 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 2 2 13 18 42 -27 29

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