Freiburg vs Hoffenheim Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Freiburg

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Freiburg will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 1-0 Europa League losing effort in their last game against Juventus.

In that match, Freiburg managed 53% possession and 1 shots at goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Juventus got 20 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Ángel Di María (53') was the scorer for Juventus.

Under three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Freiburg have taken part. Breaking down the goal split from that period, their opponents scored a total of 3 and Freiburg totted up 7. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, though.

Their previous form shows that Freiburg:

• are unbeaten in the league by Hoffenheim in their last 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 10 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.

Hoffenheim

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Mainz in Bundesliga 1 action, Hoffenheim and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Hoffenheim managed 53% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Mainz 05 got 16 shots on goal with 6 on target. Leandro Barreiro (33') scored for Mainz.

The stats tell the story, and Hoffenheim have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 14 goals in all. Defensively, Hoffenheim have been far from perfect.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Hoffenheim:

• remain unbeaten by Freiburg when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 6 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 02/01/2021 shows that Freiburg have won 3 of these games and Hoffenheim 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.

In all, 21 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 13 of them for Freiburg and 8 being from Hoffenheim. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 1 match day 7 on 18/09/2022 and the score finished Hoffenheim 0-0 Freiburg.

On that occasion, Hoffenheim had 50% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Freiburg got 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Deniz Aytekin.

📰 Team News: Freiburg

Woo-yeong Jeong (Ill) and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) will not be taking part for Freiburg gaffer Christian Streich.

We are thinking that Freiburg should kick off with a 4-4-2 system for the game, handing starts to Mark Flekken, Lukas Kuebler, Matthias Ginter, Manuel Gulde, Christian Guenter, Ritsu Doan, Maximilian Eggestein, Nicolas Hoefler, Vincenzo Grifo, Lucas Hoeler and Michael Gregoritsch.

🗞️ Team News: Hoffenheim

Hoffenheim boss Pellegrino Matarazzo has to choose a team with limited availability. Grischa Prömel (Ankle Fracture), Justin Che (Muscular problems), Jacob Bruun Larsen (Groin Surgery), Sebastian Rudy (Thigh Problems) and Stanley Nsoki (Hip problems) will not be playing here. Christoph Baumgartner is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We are inclined to think that Hoffenheim appear most likely to utilise a 3-5-2 formation, settling for Oliver Baumann, Ozan Kabak, John Anthony Brooks, Kevin Akpoguma, Pavel Kaderabek, Finn Becker, Dennis Geiger, Angelo Stiller, Robert Skov, Munas Dabbur and Ihlas Bebou.

🔮 Prediction

We think that Hoffenheim may well find it hard to get anything against this Freiburg side who should manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 win for Freiburg at the end of this one.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

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

Lucas Pereira, 02:32 08/03/2023