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Hoffenheim

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Hoffenheim won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 3-2 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against Freiburg.

In that game, Hoffenheim had 61% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Hoffenheim, the goals were scored by Marius Bülter (45') and Andrej Kramarić (45'). For their opponents, Freiburg got 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Lucas Höler (28', 57') and Ritsu Doan (36') scored for Freiburg.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Hoffenheim have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Hoffenheim have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals along the way. Such a trend won’t necessarily follow through into this match, though.

A look at their previous results shows us that Hoffenheim:

• have not been beaten in the league by Borussia Dortmund in their previous 2 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund will go into this encounter after a 3-2 Bundesliga win with the eclipse of Borussia Mönchengladbach in their last fixture.

In that match, Borussia Dortmund managed 60% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Borussia Dortmund, the scorers were Serhou Guirassy (41'), Felix Nmecha (44') and Daniel Svensson (45'). For their opponents, Borussia Monchengladbach got 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. Ko Itakura (24') and Kevin Stöger (56') scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Indicating their partiality to fruitful encounters, goals have been scored 26 times in the previous 6 games in which Borussia Dortmund have played, making it an average of 4.33 goals for each clash. Opposing teams have managed 11 of this grand total.

Their past results show that Borussia Dortmund:

• haven't been beaten by Hoffenheim in away games against them for the last 4 league matches. A very good run of results for them.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head clashes going back to 02/09/2022 tells us that Hoffenheim have won 1 of these & Borussia Dortmund 4, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A total of 14 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 5 from Hoffenheim and 9 netted by Dortmund. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The last league contest between these sides was Bundesliga match day 14 on 15/12/2024 when it finished Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Hoffenheim.

On that day, Borussia Dortmund had 54% possession and 6 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Giovanni Reyna (46').

On the other side, Hoffenheim got 12 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Jacob Bruun Larsen (91') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Harm Osmers.

📰 Team News: Hoffenheim

Alexander Prass (Ankle problems), Ozan Kabak (Cruciate ligament tear), Diadié Samassékou (Muscle injury), Ihlas Bebou (Knee surgery), Grischa Prömel (Cruciate ligament tear), Christopher Lenz (Calf injury) and Valentin Gendrey (Broken collarbone) won’t be able to feature for Hoffenheim manager Christian Ilzer.

We think that Hoffenheim will possibly go for a 3-4-2-1 system for the game, handing starts to Oliver Baumann, Arthur Chaves, Leo Østigard, Stanley Nsoki, Pavel Kaderabek, Anton Stach, Dennis Geiger, Marius Bülter, Bazoumana Toure, Andrej Kramaric and Haris Tabakovic.

ℹ️ Team News: Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund boss Niko Kovač has to choose a team with limited availability. Pascal Groß (Inner ligament injury), Marcel Sabitzer (Knee medial ligament tear) and Nico Schlotterbeck (Meniscus tear) are not ready for selection.

We reckon that Dortmund appear most likely to make use of a 3-1-4-2 formation with a starting lineup of Gregor Kobel, Waldemar Anton, Emre Can, Ramy Bensebaini, Felix Nmecha, Julian Ryerson, Carney Chukwuemeka, Julian Brandt, Daniel Svensson, Serhou Guirassy and Karim Adeyemi.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Hoffenheim are likely to breach the defence of this Borussia Dortmund team, although one goal may not quite prevent defeat.

We’re therefore expecting both teams to score in a 1-2 win for Borussia Dortmund at the end of the match. Let’s see what happens here.

Victor Martins, 13:03 26/04/2025