Bundesliga – Match-day 18 Sees Hoffenheim take on Augsburg

The Pre Zero Arena sees Saturday action as Hoffenheim take on Augsburg – 3:30pm GMT.

It’s a trip to the Pre Zero Arena for fifth placed Hoffenheim on Saturday, as they take on fifteenth placed Augsburg.

It’s 28 points so far for Hoffenheim this season, going into this fixture

A 3rd successive, disappointing result for Hoffenheim will not be acceptable for Sebastian Hoeness’s men. They will see this fixture as an opportunity to turn their form around after drawing 1-1 at B Mönchengladbach and 2-2 at Bayer Leverkusen.

Also, Hoffenheim keep finding ways to win, having secured seven victories in their last 12 meetings is astonishing this season. With 28 points, they currently sit fifth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 8 wins, 5 losses and 4 draws having won eight matches, drawn four games, and lost five fixtures.

If odds are anything to go by, Augsburg cannot expect to get a good result of their trip to Hoffenheim. This is particularly true, given both team’s form. Hoffenheim have won five games, drawn two games, and lost one game at home this season.

Winning this fixture will see Hoffenheim on 31 points.

Good Attacking Performance

Hoffenheim will be pleased to have a good goal scoring record so far this season (35). This season, their stand-out attacking players have been Ihlas Bebou (5), Georginio Rutter (4), and Jacob Bruun Larsen (3). Teams that leak goals on a consistent basis, don’t tend to win anything, such is the situation with Hoffenheim so far, having conceded 26 goals in their last games so far.

Hoffenheim are missing seven players through injury or illness. This will affect Sebastian Hoeness’s selection choices significantly.

With the Bundesliga season well into its stride, Augsburg have managed to gain 18 points

Augsburg have dropped four points in their last two encounters – 0-0 at Greuther Fürth and 1-1 at RB Leipzig.

Also, with two draws in two meetings, Manager Markus Weinzierl has plenty to ponder, going into the next fixture, not least of which is how to get the wins he needs. With a fifteenth position in the league and 4 wins, 7 losses and 6 draws, they currently have 18 points in the League having won four games, drawn six fixtures, and lost seven games.

With a poor record on the road, which amounts to one victory, four draws, and four losses, it is hard to predict a positive outcome for Augsburg as they travel once more.

Augsburg will see 21 points so far this season, should they secure a win.

Markus Weinzierl will be forced to make changes to the plans for his squad, as injury or illness has depleted him of four of his Augsburg players.

Hoffenheim v Augsburg – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels when these two rivals meet, the tendency of late has been for Hoffenheim to take all the points with 16 victories and five draws. Additionally, Augsburg have been hugely successful away to Hoffenheim of late, winning six matches times in the last five. Their most recent encounter in this competition was August 2021 and the score line ended up with a 0-4 away win for Fuggerstädter. As we can see both teams have scored in their last match and and it’s 61.73% that they both score again on Saturday.

Hoffenheim have a win probability of 63.29 percent.

Players to watch

For Hoffenheim, Ihlas Bebou scored
five goals in 17 League games this Bundesliga Season, while Florian Niederlechner is one of the top performing players after having scored
four goals in 17 League matches so far for Augsburg.

Other standout players for Hoffenheim are Ihlas Bebou and Georginio Rutter with five goals both and for Augsburg are Florian Niederlechner and Reece Oxford with four goals each.