In this 16th week match, on Wed Dec 15th, Bayer Leverkusen plays host to Hoffenheim in a clash of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 3rd placed Bayer Leverkusen, recorded a 0-1 loss against Ferencváros. Laidouni struck first for Ferencváros in the 82nd minute on a feed from Oleksandr Zubkov, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bayer Leverkusen couldn’t muster any offence and Ferencváros ran away with the shutout win. Bayer Leverkusen should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Hoffenheim is fresh off their 2-1 win against Freiburg. David Raum scored the first goal for Hoffenheim in the 3rd minute, then Nico Schlotterbeck tied it up for Freiburg in the 21st minute. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Hoffenheim should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Bayer Leverkusen won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Hoffenheim is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ihlas Bebou and Georginio Rutter each having 3 goals in their last five. Patrik Schick has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Bayer Leverkusen
Karim Bellarabi and Julian Baumgartlinger are unavailable to play for Gerardo Seoane’s team, while Robert Skov, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Dennis Geiger, Pavel Kadeřábek, Christoph Baumgartner, Ermin Bičakčić, Sebastian Rudy and Marco John are unavailable to play for Sebastian Hoeneß’s team.