Perhaps a welcome break from league football as TSG Hoffenheim & Schalke 04 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
TSG Hoffenheim form and stats
TSG Hoffenheim have not come this way in the DFB Pokal without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Rodinghausen. TSG Hoffenheim was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the DFB Pokal.The Bundesliga statistics playing at home this season for TSG Hoffenheim are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Hoffenheim in their previous game, a fixture away at Schalke 04 that ended with a 3-0 victory. Midfield player Skov got a match rating of 8.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Skov scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, TSG Hoffenheim lost 1-2 at home to Werder Bremen.The match schedule is unforgiving for TSG Hoffenheim as they have a new game in only four days, a Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Bayern München are visiting.
The Hoffenheim fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bremer SV in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. Schalke 04's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the 2nd round.The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
Schalke 04 have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 207 minutes ago. Krauss was the goal scorer.
Schalke 04's previous game was their home loss versus TSG Hoffenheim (0-3). Defender Ouwejan was the best team player with a rating of 7.12. Ouwejan hit four key passes and won 3 of 3 duels.
It was a Bundesliga defeat before that one as the away game against Bayer Leverkusen wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.Goals are few and far between in Schalke's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 5 travels. As for defending, Schalke 04 rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five TSG Hoffenheim victories, three draws and two Schalke 04 wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dabour 4 goals |  A. Kramarić 3 goals |  R. Skov 3 goals |
TSG Hoffenheim missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| TSG Hoffenheim | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 32 | 49 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 18 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 14.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12.1 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 19 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | TSG Hoffenheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Köln | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | FSV Mainz 05 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
