In this week 13 match, on Saturday Nov 5th, Hoffenheim hosts RB Leipzig at Prezero Arena in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 7th placed Hoffenheim, recorded a 1-1 draw against Köln. Florian Kainz scored the first goal for Köln in the 13th minute, then in the 36th minute, Christoph Baumgartner sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jacob Bruun Larsen squeezing out at least the one point for Hoffenheim. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while rB Leipzig is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Bayer Leverkusen. Christopher Nkunku struck first for RB Leipzig in the 32nd minute on a feed from Dominik Szoboszlai, then Timo Werner added another in the 83rd minute In the end, Bayer Leverkusen was frustrated by RB Leipzig’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. RB Leipzig ended the match with the shutout victory. RB Leipzig should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
RB Leipzig’s most prolific scorer has been Christopher Nkunku. The French midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Hoffenheim is glad to have Munas Dabbur in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals
André Breitenreiter’s squad will be without Ihlas Bebou, Ermin Bičakčić, Benjamin Hübner, Munas Dabbur, Luca Philipp and Fisnik Asllani, while Marco Rose’s squad will be without Marcel Halstenberg, Timo Werner, Konrad Laimer, Lukas Klostermann and Péter Gulácsi.