On Saturday Aug 19th, in week 1, Hoffenheim and Freiburg will play a match in Sinsheim in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Hoffenheim recorded a 4-1 win against VfB Lübeck. Gozusirin struck first for VfB Lübeck in the 35th minute on a penalty, then Andrej Kramarić got the equalizer for Hoffenheim in the 42nd minute on a feed from Marius Bülter But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 60th minute on a penalty goal by Andrej Kramarić. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while freiburg sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Oberachern. Christian Günter scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 60th minute, then Roland Sallai added another in the 77th minute In the end, Oberachern was frustrated by Freiburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Freiburg ended the match with the shutout victory. Freiburg is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Wednesday Jan 19th, Hoffenheim hosted Freiburg at the Prezero Arena in their last match together. Freiburg took the match by a score of 4 to 1. Vincenzo Grifo struck first for Freiburg in the 10th minute on a feed from Lucas Höler, then Vincenzo Grifo added another in the 35th minute on a penalty.
Maximilian Breunig has been the most prolific scorer on Freiburg in the last 5 matches with three goals. Hoffenheim is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Kevin Vogt and Andrej Kramarić each having 2 goals in their last five
Pellegrino Matarazzo’s squad will be without Dennis Geiger, Pavel Kadeřábek, Kevin Vogt, Kasim Adams and Asllani, while Nicolas Höfler, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh and Junior Chikwubuike Adamu are unavailable to play for Christian Streich’s team.