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Hoffenheim

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Hoffenheim will be hoping to bounce back here following the 4-1 Bundesliga 1 loss in their previous game against Mainz.

In that game, Hoffenheim managed 53% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Hoffenheim was Pavel Kadeřábek (19'). For their opponents, Mainz 05 had 25 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Jonathan Burkardt (47'), Philipp Mwene (51'), Brajan Gruda (63') and Karim Onisiwo (88') scored for Mainz.

Hoffenheim have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, but they have also found ways to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Hoffenheim have conceded in 6 of them while also managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

Going into this contest, Hoffenheim have not won against Borussia Mönchengladbach in their last 5 matches in the league.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga 1 action, Gladbach and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Borussia Mönchengladbach had 46% possession and 18 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Max Wöber (36'). At the other end, Borussia Dortmund got 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Marcel Sabitzer (22', 28') scored for Borussia Dortmund.

Looking at their form, and Gladbach have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 12 goals in total. In defence, Borussia Mönchengladbach have some weaknesses to address. Let’s see if that trend can be continued on in this game.

Their past results show that Borussia Mönchengladbach:

• remain undefeated by Hoffenheim in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 21/04/2021 shows that Hoffenheim have won 1 of these games and Gladbach 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 25 in total at an average of 4.17 goals per meeting.

The last league meeting between the two was Bundesliga 1 match day 13 on 02/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 Hoffenheim.

That time, Borussia Mönchengladbach had 50% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The goalscorers were Alassane Pléa (58') and Nathan Ngoumou (80').

At the other end, Hoffenheim got 19 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Wout Weghorst (60') was the scorer.

The referee was Tobias Reichel.

📋 Team News: Hoffenheim

Marco John (Cruciate ligament tear), Mergim Berisha (Cruciate ligament tear) and Stanley Nsoki (Hip problems) will not be taking part for Hoffenheim manager Pellegrino Matarazzo.

We are thinking that Hoffenheim may well go for a 3-4-1-2 system in the match, utilising Oliver Baumann, Ozan Kabak, Florian Grillitsch, Tim Drexler, Pavel Kaderabek, Marius Buelter, Grischa Proemel, Anton Stach, Andrej Kramaric, Wout Weghorst and Maximilian Beier.

🗞️ Team News: Gladbach

It’s our belief that Gladbach seem likely to begin the game with a 3-4-3 system, starting the game with Jonas Omlin, Marvin Friedrich, Nico Elvedi, Maximilian Woeber, Stefan Lainer, Julian Weigl, Ko Itakura, Luca Netz, Franck Honorat, Alassane Plea and Robin Hack.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, Borussia Mönchengladbach are likely to breach the defence of this Hoffenheim team, however it isn’t expected to be as many as they will have scored against them.

We can see a narrow 2-1 win for Hoffenheim by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s see what happens here.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 13:08 20/04/2024