Bayer 04 Leverkusen and TSG Hoffenheim will play on Wednesday the 15th of December at 8:30 pm in the 16th week of the Bundesliga. The match will take place in Leverkusen at the BayArena.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen occupies the 3rd position in the league with 27 points. It comes from a 5-2 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt in its last match in the Bundesliga. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 3 times, and lost 4 times.
TSG Hoffenheim is in the 4th position in the league with 26 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against SC Freiburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. Thus far, it has won 8 times, drawn twice, and lost 5 times.
TSG Hoffenheim won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 6th of November against VfL Bochum 1848 and the score was 2-0.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 86.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (13 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Gerardo Seoane is expected to play against TSG Hoffenheim with the following players: L. Hrádecký, P. Hincapié Reyna, E. Tapsoba, J. Tah, J. Frimpong, R. Andrich, C. Aránguiz Sandoval, A. Adli, F. Wirtz, M. Diaby and P. Schick.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Bayer 04 Leverkusen would be 24.00.
Gerardo Seoane will probably not be able to employ T. Fosu-Mensah and M. Bakker because of injury.
J. Baumgartlinger will definitely miss the match.
TSG Hoffenheim
TSG Hoffenheim has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 26.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 4-2-2-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-1-4-2 (once).
Sebastian Hoeneß is expected to play against Bayer 04 Leverkusen with the following players: O. Baumann, K. Vogt, S. Posch, C. Richards, K. Akpoguma, D. Raum, A. Stiller, D. Samassekou, I. Bebou, A. Kramarić and M. Dabour.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of TSG Hoffenheim would be 26.00.
Sebastian Hoeneß will probably not be able to employ C. Baumgartner and J. Bruun Larsen because of injury.
E. Bičakčić and R. Skov will definitely miss the match.
