TSG Hoffenheim and Borussia Dortmund will take on on Friday the 29th of September at 8:30 pm in the 6th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be staged in Sinsheim at the PreZero Arena. The referee will be Florian Badstübner.
TSG Hoffenheim is in the 5th place in the table with 12 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against FC Union Berlin in its last match in the Bundesliga. To date, it has won 4 times and lost once.
TSG Hoffenheim won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 19th of August against SC Freiburg and the score was 1-2.
Borussia Dortmund is in the 6th position in the standings with 11 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against VfL Wolfsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far, it has won 3 times and drawn twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
TSG Hoffenheim
TSG Hoffenheim has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 80.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (4 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Pellegrino Matarazzo is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: Oliver Baumann, John Brooks, Kevin Vogt, Ozan Kabak, Robert Skov, Grischa Prömel, Andrej Kramarić, Pavel Kadeřábek and Maximilian Beier.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of TSG Hoffenheim would be 28.56.
There are doubts about the presence of Florian Grillitsch and Wout Weghorst.
Marco John, Stanley N’Soki, Bambasé Conté and Dennis Geiger will definitely miss the match.
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 60.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (3 times) and 4-2-3-1 (2 times).
Edin Terzic is expected to play against TSG Hoffenheim with the following players: Gregor Kobel, Ramy Bensebaini, Mats Hummels, Nico Schlotterbeck, Julian Ryerson, Felix Nmecha, Emre Can, Marco Reus, Julian Brandt, Donyell Malen and Niclas Füllkrug.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 27.82.
Thomas Meunier, Mateu Morey Bauzà and Marcel Sabitzer will definitely miss the match.