Bundesliga – Season Continues – Hoffenheim v Stuttgart on Match-day 24

This Friday sees Hoffenheim go head to head with Stuttgart at the Pre Zero Arena – Kick-off 8:30pm GMT.

Stuttgart currently sit in seventeenth place as they travel to fifth placed Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim’s campaign so far has seen them accrue 37 points this season

Sebastian Hoeness will hope that success brings further success, as his side look for another win in a row. Their last two outings resulted in victories against Wolfsburg and Arminia Bielefeld.

Also, They currently stand fifth in the League, with 37 points for a total of 11 wins, 8 losses and 4 draws having won 11 meetings, drawn four fixtures, and lost eight games.

Given Stuttgart’s form at this time, it will be a significant challenge for them to overturn Hoffenheim’s home record. They have won seven games, drawn two fixtures, and lost two matches so far this season. The prospects of a positive result for Stuttgart are concerning for the visitors.

Hoffenheim will have 40 points so far this season, should they secure a win.

Good Attacking Performance

They have a good scoring stats of 45 goals. This season, their stand-out attacking players have been Andrej Kramaric (2), Georginio Rutter (2), and Jacob Bruun Larsen (1). Teams that leak goals on a consistent basis, don’t tend to win anything, such is the situation with Hoffenheim so far, having conceded 35 goals in their last fixtures so far.

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

Nervous Stuttgart take relegation battle to the Pre Zero Arena to face Hoffenheim

Stuttgart drew 1-1 when they visited Bochum, their disappointment was further deepened, having previously drawn against Bayer Leverkusen, they must now try and get a positive result from this fixture.

Also, With nine defeats in the last 14 matches, Pellegrino Matarazzo’s Stuttgart are justifiably in the bottom half of the table, very much looking at a relegation battle. Now they have 4 matches won, 12 games lost and 7 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in seventeenth place, with a total of 19 points having won four fixtures, drawn seven matches, and lost 12 meetings.

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

A victory for Stuttgart would put them on 22 points.

It is likely that four key players will miss Friday’s fixture, which is something of a concern for Pellegrino Matarazzo and his Stuttgart team.

Hoffenheim v Stuttgart – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels the balance of wins from previous 24 games between these two is in favour of Stuttgart, with 11 wins and seven draws. In addition, the trend has been for the local team to struggle to get a win in all nine fixtures of their last matches. The last time they played each other in this competition The Reds secured a 3-1 home win.

Other standout players for Hoffenheim are Andrej Kramaric and Georginio Rutter with two goals both and for Stuttgart are Tiago Tomas and Waldemar Anton with two goals each.