Bundesliga – Hoffenheim – SC Freiburg on Match-day 32
Saturday Bundesliga action from the Pre Zero Arena, as Hoffenheim take on Freiburg.
Currently sitting in fifth place, Freiburg will travel to Hoffenheim, who are three places lower in the League and sit in eighth place.
Hoffenheim have 46 points to their name, going into this tie
Hoffenheim will want to win this next game, if only to move on from their two previously disappointing results, a draw at Eintracht Frankfurt and also against Greuther Fürth.
Also, Hoffenheim have developed a habit of drawing football matches this season, which is reflected by their position in the table. With an eighth position in the league and 13 wins, 12 losses and 7 draws, they currently have 46 points in the League having won 13 fixtures, drawn seven meetings, and lost 12 games.
Playing at home, Hoffenheim have won eight fixtures, drawn four meetings, and lost three matches.
Victory for Hoffenheim would take their points tally to 49 so far this season.
Good Attacking Performance
Hoffenheim will be pleased to have a good goal scoring record so far this season (55). This season, their stand-out attacking players have been Christoph Baumgartner (3), Andrej Kramaric (3), and Georginio Rutter (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 51 goals in their last games so far.
Hoffenheim’s squad will likely be depleted of five of their key players when they start on Saturday, due to injury or illness.
SC Freiburg have so far accrued 52 points in this season of the Bundesliga
It was a 3-3 draw against B Mönchengladbach in Freiburg’s last Bundesliga outing, Christian Streich’s men will be hoping for a better result in this fixture.
Also, Freiburg keep finding ways to win, having secured five victories in their last nine matches is astonishing this season. Now they have 15 matches won, 7 games lost and 10 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in fifth place, with a total of 52 points having won 15 fixtures, drawn 10 matches, and lost seven games.
Freiburg’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Hoffenheim. In the 15 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won six fixtures, drawn five meetings, and lost four fixtures.
A victory for SC Freiburg would put them on 55 points.
Good Attacking Performance
Freiburg have a good scoring record this season, with 56 netted so far (54 from open play and two penalties). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Vincenzo Grifo (5), Nils Petersen (4), and Roland Sallai (3). Freiburg have conceded 40 goals.
Freiburg are likely to be missing three of their key players when they start Saturday’s game, due to injury and illness.
Hoffenheim v SC Freiburg – Head-to-Heads.
Regarding their historical duels the recent form between these two sides has seen Freiburg with a greater number of wins. In the last 27 meetings, they have enjoyed 10 wins, to Hoffenheim’s seven victories. Further, Freiburg have won all four of the last seven meetings played against Hoffenheim. January 2022 was the most recent time these two clashed in this competition and SC Freiburg took all three points winning 1-4 away.
Other players of note for Hoffenheim are Andrej Kramaric and Georginio Rutter with three goals and three goals respectively and for Freiburg are Nils Petersen and Roland Sallai with four goals and three goals respectively.
