Develop their own playing style or make adjustments according to the opposing team? Both TSG Hoffenheim and Schalke 04 should try something more fresh than what they have done uptil now. Read more!
- TSG Hoffenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Schalke 04 have the fewest scored goals (21) in Bundesliga
Both squads have had enough rest since their last game. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!
TSG Hoffenheim form and stats
TSG Hoffenheim have collected 14 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 4-2-7. When TSG Hoffenheim hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like TSG Hoffenheim, Bochum, Hertha BSC, Stuttgart and FC Köln), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
A good away victory last time out for TSG Hoffenheim, who won 2-1 against Werder Bremen (placed 11th). Angeliño (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.05/10. Angeliño served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Hertha BSC.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hoffenheim have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 6.
Take note that 12 of the most recent 15 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each team.
TSG Hoffenheim has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. TSG Hoffenheim have conceded 23 from these games.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Schalke 04 so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-6 (win-draw-lose).
Schalke 04's previous game was their home loss versus Bayer Leverkusen (0-3). Before that loss this side had won at least one point from eight league games in a row. Schalke goalkeeper Fährmann enjoyed a grand day's work versus Bayer Leverkusen, but even with managing six saves the defeat could not be avoided.
Before that, Schalke 04 travelled to FC Augsburg and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Schalke 04 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The attacking power of Schalke when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Schalke 04 have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hoffenheim and Schalke 04 have faced off previously this season: Schalke 04 - TSG Hoffenheim 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six TSG Hoffenheim victories, two draws and two Schalke 04 wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kramarić 8 goals |   M. Bülter 7 goals |  C. Baumgartner 6 goals |
TSG Hoffenheim missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| TSG Hoffenheim | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 35 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 46 | 23 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 48 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 81% |
| 77% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 65% | 69% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 54% |
| 42% | 54% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 31% |
| 19% | 23% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 65% | 69% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 42% | 46% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 27% |
| 23% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 15.9 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.8 | 12.8 |
| 4.2 | 5.6 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 32% | 25% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 21% | 24% |
| 13.2 | 12.6 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 13.8 | 14.3 |
| 5 | 5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Schalke 04 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the fewest scored goals (21) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Bundesliga
- TSG Hoffenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- TSG Hoffenheim have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Schalke 04 have scored away.
- TSG Hoffenheim have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Bayern München | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 47 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 57 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 53 |
| 3 | Union Berlin | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 51 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 47 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 41 |
| 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 40 |
| 8 | FSV Mainz 05 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 40 |
| 9 | VfL Wolfsburg | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 31 |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -13 | 29 |
| 13 | FC Köln | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 30 | -11 | 28 |
| 14 | Bochum | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 57 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 36 | -29 | 26 |
| 15 | TSG Hoffenheim | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 25 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -18 | 22 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -27 | 21 |
| 18 | Stuttgart | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 20 |
