Hoffenheim vs Freiburg Live Stream, Predictions

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Hoffenheim

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Hoffenheim will be wanting a better result here after the 2-1 Bundesliga 1 loss in their previous game against Union Berlin.

In that game, Hoffenheim had 59% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. 1. FC Union Berlin had 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Timo Baumgartl (16' Own goal), Andreas Voglsammer (22') and Grischa Prömel (73') scored for Union Berlin.

Matches with Hoffenheim have tended to be exciting encounters recently with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum of 21 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 12 of them belonging to Hoffenheim. Despite that, we must now wait to see if such a trend shall be replicated in this next match.

Freiburg

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga 1 action, Freiburg and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Freiburg had 34% possession and 5 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Freiburg was Ermedin Demirović (61'). Borussia Dortmund got 20 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Thomas Meunier (14', 29'), Erling Haaland (45', 75') and Mahmoud Dahoud (86') scored for Borussia Dortmund.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Freiburg, three or more goals have been hit. The average number of goals per game in that spell is 3.67, with the number of goals averaged by Freiburg working out to 2.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head meetings dating back to 26/01/2019 tells us that Hoffenheim have won 2 of these and Freiburg 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A combined sum of 19 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 of them for Hoffenheim and 11 netted by Freiburg. The average goals per game has been 3.17.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Bundesliga 1 match day 15 on 11/12/2021 which ended up with the score at Freiburg 1-2 Hoffenheim.

On that day, Freiburg managed 42% possession and 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorer was Nico Schlotterbeck (21').

Hoffenheim got 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. David Raum (3') and Chris Richards (94') scored.

The referee was Frank Willenborg.

🗞️ Team News: Hoffenheim

Ermin Bicakcic (Fitness), Marco John (Corona virus), Pavel Kaderabek (Hamstring Injury) and Robert Skov (Hamstring Injury) will not be taking part for Hoffenheim boss Sebastian Hoeneß. Diadié Samassékou will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🗞️ Team News: Freiburg

Freiburg boss Christian Streich has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Kiliann Sildillia (Corona virus), Nico Schlotterbeck (Corona virus), Keven Schlotterbeck (Abdominal Influenza) and Mark Flekken (Corona virus) will not be playing here.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Freiburg are capable enough to get a goal against this Hoffenheim lineup, but it may not quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Hoffenheim when all is said and done. Looking forward to this.

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Peter Guest, 01:09 15/01/2022