On the 8th of January, in this week 18 match, Hoffenheim will play host to Augsburg in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Hoffenheim sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Borussia M’gladbach. Breel Embolo scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 35th minute, then Kevin Akpoguma tied it up for Hoffenheim in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Hoffenheim should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 15th placed Augsburg is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Greuther Fürth. Neither Greuther Fürth nor Augsburg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 3 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Augsburg is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Hoffenheim and Augsburg last played eachother at the Wwk Arena on Aug 14th. Hoffenheim was victorious by a score of 4 to 0 in front of just over nine thousand dissapointed fans. Jacob Bruun Larsen struck first for Hoffenheim in the 37th minute, then Sargis Adamyan added another in the 79th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Augsburg couldn’t manage to score, and Hoffenheim took the shutout win.
Both Michael Gregoritsch and Daniel Caligiuri have been the hottest scorers for Augsburg in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. For Hoffenheim, their top scorers are Ihlas Bebou and Georginio Rutter, each having 3 goals in their last five matches
Robert Skov, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Ermin Bičakčić and John are unavailable to play for Sebastian Hoeneß’s team, while Markus Weinzierl’s Augsburg squad will be without Tobias Strobl, Felix Uduokhai, Alfreð Finnbogason, Carlos Gruezo and Civeja.