Saturday sees home side Hoffenheim battle with opponents Bayer Leverkusen at the PreZero Arena in the Bundesliga 1 meeting. Kickoff schedules for 7th May 2022 06:30 EAT.
A seven-game winless run ahead of this clash has significantly halted the team’s chances of securing European football next season. They currently sit eighth in the table with 46 points from 32 matches played. No win has been recorded in their previous 5 fixture. Over their past 6 games alone, the sum total of 20 goals have flown in for both sides combined yielding an average of 3.33 goals per game with 6 of them coming from Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim will want a better result here following the 3-4 Bundesliga 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of Freiburg. In that match, Hoffenheim had 58% possession, 19 shots with 7 on target and goals scored by Andrej Kramarić (32′), Angelo Stiller (49′) and Sebastian Rudy (84′). SC Freiburg had 11 shots with 5 of them on target and goals scored by Roland Sallai (23′), Christian Günter (50′), Lucas Höler (70′) and Woo-Yeong Jeong (73′).
Meanwhile, Gerardo Seoane’s side sit 3rd in the table with 55 points from the 32 matches played. In the last five matches three wins, one draw and one loss has been recorded. The teamhave notched six goals in the previous two Bundesliga affairs.
Bayer Leverkusen go into this clash following a 2-0 Bundesliga 1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt in their most recent game. In that match, Bayer Leverkusen had 55% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For Bayer Leverkusen, the scorers were Paulinho (18′) and Patrik Schick (51′). Eintracht Frankfurt had 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target.
Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Head-to-head
These two teams have had 28 encounters since 2003; Hoffenheim has 7 wins while Bayer Leverkusen has 15 wins and 6 games have ended all square.
- Leverkusen 2-2 Hoffenheim 15/12/21
- Hoffenheim 0-0 Leverkusen 12/04/21
- Leverkusen 4-1 Hoffenheim 13/12/20
- Hoffenheim 2-1 Leverkusen 01/02/20
- Leverkusen 0-0 Hoffenheim 31/08/19
Home
- Hoffenheim 3-4 Freiburg
- Frankfurt 2-2 Hoffenheim
- Hoffenheim 0-0 Greuther Furth
- Leipzig 3-0 Hoffenheim
- Hoffenheim1-2 Bochum
Away
- Leverkusen 2-0 Frankfurt
- Greuther Furth 1-4 Leverkusen
- Leverkusen 0-1 Leipzig
- Bochum 0-0 Leverkusen
- Leverkusen 2-1 Hertha
Hoffenheim team news
Sebastian Hoeneß will miss the services of Marco John, Florian Grillitsch , Ermin Bicakcic , Dennis Geiger, Benjamin Hübner , Chris Richards and Havard Nordtveit due to injuries.
Bayer Leverkusen team news
Gerardo Seoane will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Prediction and Odds
Hoffenheim are winless against Bayer Leverkusen in their previous 3 matches in the league and are without a win at home for the past 4 matches in the league. Bayer Leverkusen is unbeaten in their previous 4 league matches away from home.
- Bayer Leverkusen win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
