This game stars two contenders living in the basement of the Bundesliga, TSG Hoffenheim at 13th place and VfB Stuttgart lying 16th. A nice opportunity for one of the contenders to boost their situation.
- TSG Hoffenheim is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- VfB Stuttgart have yet to win a game away.
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 VfB Stuttgart.
TSG Hoffenheim form and stats
TSG Hoffenheim have played 8 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). When TSG Hoffenheim hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Schalke 04, TSG Hoffenheim, Bochum, Hertha BSC and Augsburg), they have won 2 of 2 matches! It's trouble wherever TSG Hoffenheim are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
In their previous game, the manager Breitenreiter led his Hoffenheim to a defeat away at Union Berlin. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at PreZero Arena. Midfielder Skov was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.13 (out of ten) in that game. Skov served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to VfL Wolfsburg (1-2).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does TSG Hoffenheim handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Goals from both teams! That has happened in 5 league fixtures in a row for this side. Will it happen again?
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Borussia M'gladbach are coming to town in four days.
TSG Hoffenheim has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Hoffenheim have conceded 12 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VfB Stuttgart so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for VfB Stuttgart as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the FC Bayern München match.
VfB Stuttgart played 1-1 against Mainz 05 in their previous match. Defender Mavropanos was the best team player with a rating of 8.32. Mavropanos won 13 of 16 duels.
A 0-2 defeat away at Bayer Leverkusen before that.We have checked recent matches where Stuttgart have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Observe! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 12 league matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the VfB Stuttgart manager Labbadia as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against RB Leipzig.
The Stuttgart manager Labbadia has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these sides: TSG Hoffenheim won three, VfB Stuttgart triumphed in four and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Guirassy 5 goals |   C. Baumgartner 4 goals |  M. Dabour 4 goals |
TSG Hoffenheim missing players
VfB Stuttgart missing players
| TSG Hoffenheim | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 28 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 94% |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 81% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 56% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 71% | 44% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 69% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 16.8 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.3 | 14.2 |
| 4.5 | 5.8 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 32% | 24% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 27% |
| 13.1 | 12.4 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.1 | 12.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
- TSG Hoffenheim is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- VfB Stuttgart have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VfB Stuttgart have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- VfB Stuttgart have yet to win a game 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 | FC Bayern München | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 36 | 35 |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Union Berlin | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | FC Köln | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 13 | TSG Hoffenheim | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Bochum | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -20 | 16 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -22 | 9 |
