National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's TSG Hoffenheim or SC Freiburg that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the Bundesliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at FC Union Berlin.
TSG Hoffenheim form and stats
TSG Hoffenheim participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.TSG Hoffenheim are steadily winning Bundesliga games and points here at PreZero Arena. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
TSG Hoffenheim faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Union Berlin (1-2). Raum (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.35/10. Raum hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 41 successful passes (of 50 total).
Previous to that game, a Bundesliga home match hosting Augsburg in a game that was won 3-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hoffenheim handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and four defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for TSG Hoffenheim as they have a new game in only three days, a Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Borussia Dortmund are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and TSG Hoffenheim are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 9 league matches. On the other hand, TSG Hoffenheim have conceded 9 goals.
SC Freiburg form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
It might be tough going out on the road again for SC Freiburg, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-5 versus Borussia Dortmund. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Borussia Dortmund was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Sallai got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Sallai dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Arminia Bielefeld.We have checked recent matches where Freiburg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were six victories, six draws and five defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as SC Freiburg are hosting Stuttgart in the Bundesliga only three days away.
SC Freiburg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. Freiburg have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): TSG Hoffenheim three wins, three draws and SC Freiburg four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Bebou 7 goals |  G. Rutter 4 goals |   P. Lienhart 4 goals |
TSG Hoffenheim missing players
SC Freiburg missing players
| TSG Hoffenheim | SC Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 31 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.7 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
| 42% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| 12 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 43 | 46 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | TSG Hoffenheim | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | FC Union Berlin | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 8 | FC Köln | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | FSV Mainz 05 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -10 | 23 |
| 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 22 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -17 | 22 |
| 14 | Wolfsburg | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 21 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 17 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 34 | -36 | 6 |
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