Hoffenheim, on their second-best start to a Bundesliga campaign, will attempt to end a four-match losing streak against Borussia Dortmund when they meet them at Signal Iduna Park on Friday with kickoff at 9:30 pm.
After making history for all the wrong reasons in their previous home fixture. Thus, becoming the first team in Bundesliga history to concede three goals from the 89th minute onward. We saw a Dortmund side with much more structure and organisation at Hertha Berlin last weekend.
The Eagles won 1-0, with a late collapse to Werder Bremen being their only blot on the copybook this season.
Aside from a collapse to Werder Bremen, losing 3-2, it has been a reasonably positive start to the new campaign for Edin Terzic and his team. They had 62% possession versus Hertha Berlin over the weekend and posted their second clean sheet of the domestic campaign, two more than they had at this stage last season.
Andre Breitenreiter’s winning percentage of 75% is the highest for a Hoffenheim coach in his first four league matches since 2010-11 when current club president Anssi Maier captured 10 of 16 possible points at the start of his tenure with Die Kraichgauer. This streak is also their longest winning run in more than two years.
Borussia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Head to Head
Both sides have 30 games against each other, with hosts taking 13 wins while visitors with 7 wins. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- Hertha 0-1 Dortmund
- Dortmund 2-3 Werder Bremen
- SC Freiburg 1-3 Dortmund
- Dortmund 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Away
- Hoffenheim 1-0 Augsburg
- Bayer Leverkusen 0-3 Hoffenheim
- Hoffenheim 3-2 Bochum
- Borussia M’gladbach 3-1 Hoffenheim
Borussia Dortmund Team News
Anthony Modeste scored his first goal of the season, while Salih Ozcan collected an assist in their victory over Hertha Berlin. Gregor Kobel made three saves for his second clean sheet of the campaign as Jude Bellingham leads the league with 67 duels won, as he had a goal and an assist in their previous home fixture versus Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim Team News
Oliver Baumann has been shutting out the opposition in the Hoffenheim goal, while Dennis Geiger scored his first goal in their victory over Augsburg. Christoph Baumgartner leads them with two goals domestically thus far, and Andrej Kramaric will be a player to watch out for as the Croatian forward has scored eight goals against Dortmund in his career.
Prediction and Odds
Dortmund are the favourites because their resilience will buoy them after losing a home fixture, and they have more experience than the opposition.
- Home Win
- Goals Under 3.5
- First Half: 0-0
