Bundesliga will be back in action this Friday when Borussia Dortmund welcomes Hoffenheim to Signal Iduna Park in the fifth game week of the competition. Match day schedules for September 2 at 21:30 EAT.
The defeat at home to Bremen was the first time since the 2014-15 campaign that Dortmund had dropped points in at least one of their opening two domestic fixtures played at Signal Iduna Park, though they have not gone winless in back-to-back home games in league play since dropping their final two encounters played in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2020..
Borussia Dortmund will want to continue where they left last time out with 0-1 Bundesliga triumph over Hertha Berlin. In that game, Borussia Dortmund had 61% possession, 21 shots with seven of them on target and a goal scored by Anthony Modeste (32′). Hertha BSC got 13 shots with three of them on target.
Hoffeinheim on the other hand is enjoying their longest string of victories since they captured four straight domestic games between February and March last season. Coach Andre Breitenreiter has positively begun his tenure at Hoffenheim, winning three of his opening four domestic encounters in charge, the highest tally for this club at this point of the competition since 2010-11.
Hoffenheim come into this game of the back of 1-0 Bundesliga victory against Augsburg in their most recent fixture. In that game, Hoffenheim had 50% possession, 21 shots with five of them on target and a goal scored by Dennis Geiger (39′). Augsburg got 11 shots with one of them on target.
Borussia Dortmund vs. Hoffenheim head to head
Borrussia Dortmund holds the upper hand having won 13 times from the 30 head to head encounters between these two sides since 2008. Hoffenheim won seven times while 10 matches ended in draws.
- Hoffenheim 2-3 Dortmund 22/01/22
- Dortmund 3-2 Hoffenheim 27/08/21
- Dortmund 2-2 Hoffenheim 13/02/21
- Hoffenheim 0-1 Dortmund 17/10/20
- Dortmund 0-4 Hoffenheim 27/06/20
Home
- Hertha 0-1 Dortmund
- Dortmund 2-3 Bremen
- Freiburg 1-3 Dortmund
- Dortmund 1-0 Leverkusen
- Dortmund 1-1 Antalyaspor
Away
- Hoffenheim 1-0 Augsburg
- Leverkusen 0-3 Hoffenheim
- Hoffenheim 3-2 Bochum
- M´gladbach 3- Hoffenheim
- Rodinghausen 0-2 Hoffenheim
Borussia Dortmund team news
Sébastien Haller remains on the sidelines due to cancer while Mahmoud Dahoud will be unavailable due to cancer.
Hoffenheim team news
Ihlas Bebou, Ermin Bicakcic, Stanley Nsoki, Benjamin Hübner and Philipp Pentke will be unavailable for André Breitenreiter’s squad through injury.
Prediction and odds
- Borussia Dortmund Win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
