Hoffenheim – Bayern Munich SOCCER PICKS
Hoffenheim and Bayern München meet at Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena, in a match for the 18th round of the Bundesliga. Bayern München won at home by (3-1) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 08-24-2018. The record of direct matches played in this stadium indicates total balance between these two teams, since there were 2 victories for each team in the last 4 matches. But the last time these teams met at this stadium was on 09-09-2017, in the Bundesliga, they won Hoffenheim’s victory (2-0). M. Uth (27 ‘and 51’) scored the goals for Hoffenheim. Bayern München presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor, so in this match the home factor may be decisive.
Hoffenheim:
The home team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 25 points won, after 6 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Werder Bremen, by (1-1). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Mainz 05, by (1-1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 34 goals scored and 27 conceded; against 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 29 goals scored and 22 suffered. In the last match they played, for the Friendlies, they beat Anderlecht at home by (3-2). In the last 9 home league matches Hoffenheim has a record of 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 13 points out of 27 possible.
In this competition, they tied the last 6 games and did not lose any of their last 10 matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (5 out of 9 matches). The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 17 matches in the competition, suffered the first goal 6 times, but got the comeback in 2.
Hoffenheim started for this game with a draw, 1-1, at the reception at Mainz 05, thus adding the sixth consecutive game without beating the German championship: the only goal of the team was scored by Kerem Demirbay. However, it should be noted that the locals only record 3 wins in 9 games played at home. In this game against Bayern Munich, coach Julian Nagelsmann will play in 3-5-2 with Szalai and Joelinton being the most offensive references of the team. Andrej Kramaric is one of the best scorers of Hoffenheim, with 6 goals scored. For this game the coach can count on all his players.
Bayern München:
After 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, the away team is currently in the 2 nd position, with 36 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Eintracht Frankfurt by (0-3), after in the previous match they have won at home, in a match against RB Leipzig, by (1-0). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in away matches, with 35 goals scored and 13 conceded; against 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 33 goals scored and 16 conceded. In the last 9 away league matches Bayern München has a record of 7 wins and 2 losses, so they have won 21 points out of 27 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-1 (6 out of 8 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 7 of the last 9 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that does not usually have difficulties to open the scoring: it scored the first goal in 14 of the last 17 games for the Bundesliga, of these 14 came to the break in advantage in 10 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90s ‘in 10.
Bayern Munich arrives at this motivated game, as a result of the 0-3 victory in the field trip to Frankfurt, thus adding the fifth consecutive victory in the German championship: the team’s goals were scored by Ribéry (2) and Rafinha . In his 9 games as a visitor, Bayern added 7 wins. Normally the trainer Nico Kovac prefers a very offensive tactical system, aligned in 4-3-3, being Robert Lewandowski the most offensive player of the team: the Polish one is the best marker, with 10 goals marked.
