TSG Hoffenheim and Borussia Dortmund are going to take on on Saturday the 22nd of January at 3:30 pm in the 20th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to take place in Sinsheim at the PreZero Arena.
TSG Hoffenheim sits in the 4th place in the standings with 31 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against FC Union Berlin in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Borussia Dortmund is in the 2nd place in the standings with 40 points. It comes from a 5-1 win against SC Freiburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 13 times, drawn once, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
TSG Hoffenheim
TSG Hoffenheim has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-4-1-2 and 4-2-3-1 (4 times or 21.05% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 3-1-4-2 (3 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (2 times) and 4-2-2-2 (2 times).
Sebastian Hoeneß is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: O. Baumann, K. Vogt, S. Posch, C. Richards, D. Raum, C. Baumgartner, D. Geiger, K. Akpoguma, A. Kramarić, I. Bebou and M. Dabour.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of TSG Hoffenheim would be 27.00.
Sebastian Hoeneß will probably not be able to employ F. Grillitsch, P. Kadeřábek and R. Skov because of injury.
E. Bičakčić and D. Samassekou will definitely miss the match.
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 36.84%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-1-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-3-2-1 (once).
Marco Rose is expected to play against TSG Hoffenheim with the following players: G. Kobel, R. Guerreiro, M. Hummels, M. Akanji, T. Meunier, M. Dahoud, J. Bellingham, J. Brandt, D. Malen, M. Reus and E. Håland.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 26.82.
Marco Rose will probably not be able to employ R. Bürki and D. Zagadou because of injury.
E. Can, M. Morey Bauzà, M. Schmelzer and G. Reyna will definitely miss the match.
