On the 25th of February, Hoffenheim will host Stuttgart at Prezero Arena in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Hoffenheim recorded a 2-1 win against Wolfsburg. Jonas Older Wind struck first for Wolfsburg in the 36th minute on a feed from Maximilian Philipp, then Jacob Bruun Larsen tied it up for Hoffenheim in the 73rd minute on a feed from Pavel Kadeřábek Finally they completed the comback victory in the 78th minute on a goal by Andrej Kramarić to cap off a wild match. Hoffenheim should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Stuttgart recorded a 1-1 draw against Bochum. Bella-Kotchap struck first for Stuttgart on an own goal in the 56th minute, but Eduard Löwen got the equalizer for Bochum in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. Stuttgart looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On Saturday Oct 2nd, Stuttgart hosted Hoffenheim at the Mercedes-benz-arena in their last match together. Stuttgart was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Marc-Oliver Kempf struck first for Stuttgart in the 18th minute on a feed from Omar Marmoush, then Konstantinos Mavropanos added another in the 60th minute.
Tiago Tomás has been the most prolific scorer on Stuttgart in his last five matches with two goals. Both Georginio Rutter and Andrej Kramarić have been the hottest scorers for Hoffenheim in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Robert Skov, Justin Hoogma, Pavel Kadeřábek, Ermin Bičakčić, Kevin Akpoguma, Chris Richards, John and Fisnik Asllani are unavailable to play for Hoffenheim, while Pellegrino Matarazzo’s Stuttgart squad will be without Omar Marmoush, Wahidullah Faghir, Enzo Millot, Waldemar Anton, Didavi, Kalajdzic, Clinton Mola and Coulibaly.