TSG Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig

TSG Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig will face off against each other at the PreZero Arena in an exciting Bundesliga clash.

The 2020/21 campaign included, Hoffenheim have only lost one of their previous nine Bundesliga matches on home turf (W6, D2), winning the last three in a row by an aggregate score of 10-1. Since a scoreless away draw with Arminia Bielefeld in mid-September, ‘Die Kraichgauer’ have alternated between winning and losing across their subsequent six Bundesliga games (W3, L3). A noteworthy takeaway from that run of fixtures is that each match won/lost yielded a full-time margin of 2+ goals. Worryingly, though, Hoffenheim have only won two of their ten historical Bundesliga match-ups against Leipzig (D3, L5), their second-lowest win percentage (20%) against current top-flight clubs. Another potential concern for the home side is that they’ve only scored twice across their last three Bundesliga outings after netting nine in their three such contests beforehand.

Leipzig’s defensive woes have seen them fail to keep a clean sheet in their last nine Bundesliga travels. That ties in well with their recent top-flight struggle on the road, as they are winless in eight away league games on the trot (D3, L5), their longest such run since earning Bundesliga promotion in 2016. However, ‘Die Roten Bullen’ have been hard to penetrate this season, with only Freiburg (9) conceding fewer Bundesliga goals than Leipzig (11) so far. Topically, they have let in an average of just 0.7 goals per match across their last six league outings. That should set them up nicely for this fixture, as they look to maintain their six-game unbeaten Bundesliga streak against Hoffenheim (W4, D2). Notably, Leipzig have kept a clean sheet in their last two top-flight games at the PreZero Arena W2).