The rescheduled round 16 match of the Bundesliga between Werder Bremen and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim will take place on 27 january at Weserstadion in Bremen. Werder Bremen vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim: prediction, betting odds and statistics.
Werder Bremen
Under Horst Steffen, Werder Bremen failed to take points in the last round in an away game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen (0:1). The home side extended their winless run in the league to eight matches (3 draws, 5 defeats). In addition, the visitors failed to score for the fourth time in that stretch. In the league table the home side have 18 points and occupy 15th place.
- The club has not lost in 10 of its last 12 home matches in the Bundesliga (5 wins, 5 draws).
- The team failed to score more than once in 8 of its previous 11 home league matches.
- No more than three goals were scored in 9 of the last 12 home matches for the hosts in the Bundesliga.
Potential Werder Bremen Lineup (4-5-1)*
Mio Backhaus – Marco Friedl, Amos Pieper, Abdul-Karim Coulibaly, Isaac Schmidt – Jens Stage, Senne Lynen, Romano Schmid, Yukinari Sugawara, Marco Grüll – Justin Njinmah.
Defenders Mitchell Weiser, Maximilian Wöber, Niklas Stark and Felix Agu, as well as forward Viktor Boniface, will miss the match due to injuries. Defender Marco Friedl is suspended.
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Under Christian Ilzer, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim beat Eintracht Frankfurt away in the last round with a 3:1 scoreline. The visitors have avoided defeat in 11 of their last 12 Bundesliga matches (9 wins, 2 draws). In addition, the away side managed to score at least three goals for the eighth time in that span. The club have 36 points and sit in third place in the table. Note the away record for the visitors: the team have earned 18 points on the road this Bundesliga season, behind only Bayern Munich (25) and Borussia Dortmund (19).
- The club has not lost in 10 of its last 11 away matches in the Bundesliga (5 wins, 5 draws).
- Both teams scored in 10 of the team's previous 13 away league matches.
- Hoffenheim scored in the first half in 9 of their last 12 away Bundesliga matches.
Potential TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Lineup (4-4-2)*
Oliver Baumann – Bernando, Albian Hajdari, Ozan Kabak, Vladimir Coufal – Alexander Prass, Wouter Burger, Leon Avdullahu, Andrej Kramarić – Fisnik Asllani, Max Morstedt.
Defender Koki Matida, and forwards Tim Lemperle, Adam Głózek and Cole Campbell will miss the match due to injuries.
Werder Bremen vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim: Match Prediction
The home side are not always at their best in attack at their stadium, and their goalscoring output is not high. In the last 11 home Bundesliga matches the hosts scored more than one goal on only three occasions, and in four matches Werder Bremen failed to score at all. At the same time, only four times in their previous 12 home league matches did the hosts concede a maximum of one goal, and in six of those meetings they kept a clean sheet.
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim have been very effective in creation even away from home for a long time, but in recent matches the team have noticeably dropped off in that department. In the four previous away Bundesliga matches the visitors managed to score four goals in total, and those games were against Mainz, who occupy last place in the table, and Eintracht Frankfurt, which has the weakest defence in the current campaign. At the same time the club are fairly solid at the back: in the last seven away league matches Hoffenheim conceded just seven goals in total.
Prediction: Under 3.5 goals
* The starting lineup for each team is the one used in their previous match in this competition.
