TSG Hoffenheim and Borussia Dortmund are going to face off on Saturday the 22nd of January at 3:30 pm in the 20th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be staged in Sinsheim at the PreZero Arena.

TSG Hoffenheim sits in the 4th position in the league with 31 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against FC Union Berlin in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Borussia Dortmund sits in the 2nd position in the table 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​

Line - Ups​
3-1-4-2
14 May
Borussia Mönchengladbach-TSG Hoffenheim
5-1
4-3-3
07 May
TSG Hoffenheim-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-4
4-3-3
30 Apr
TSG Hoffenheim-SC Freiburg
3-4
3-4-2-1
23 Apr
Eintracht Frankfurt-TSG Hoffenheim
2-2
3-1-4-2
17 Apr
TSG Hoffenheim-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
0-0
3-4-1-2
10 Apr
RB Leipzig-TSG Hoffenheim
3-0
3-4-1-2
02 Apr
TSG Hoffenheim-VfL Bochum 1848
1-2
3-5-2
19 Mar
Hertha BSC-TSG Hoffenheim
3-0
5-4-1
12 Mar
TSG Hoffenheim-FC Bayern München
1-1
3-5-2
06 Mar
FC Köln-TSG Hoffenheim
0-1
3-4-2-1
25 Feb
TSG Hoffenheim-VfB Stuttgart
2-1
3-5-1-1
19 Feb
VfL Wolfsburg-TSG Hoffenheim
1-2
3-5-2
13 Feb
TSG Hoffenheim-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
2-0
3-4-2-1
05 Feb
FSV Mainz 05-TSG Hoffenheim
2-0
3-4-1-2
22 Jan
TSG Hoffenheim-Borussia Dortmund
2-3
3-1-4-2
15 Jan
FC Union Berlin-TSG Hoffenheim
2-1
3-1-4-2
08 Jan
TSG Hoffenheim-FC Augsburg
3-1
3-4-3
18 Dec
TSG Hoffenheim-Borussia Mönchengladbach
1-1
3-4-1-2
15 Dec
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-TSG Hoffenheim
2-2
3-4-3
11 Dec
SC Freiburg-TSG Hoffenheim
1-2
3-4-2-1
04 Dec
TSG Hoffenheim-Eintracht Frankfurt
3-2
4-3-3
27 Nov
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-TSG Hoffenheim
3-6
3-4-3
20 Nov
TSG Hoffenheim-RB Leipzig
2-0
3-1-4-2
06 Nov
VfL Bochum 1848-TSG Hoffenheim
2-0
3-4-1-2
29 Oct
TSG Hoffenheim-Hertha BSC
2-0
3-4-2-1
23 Oct
FC Bayern München-TSG Hoffenheim
4-0
3-4-1-2
15 Oct
TSG Hoffenheim-FC Köln
5-0
4-3-3
02 Oct
VfB Stuttgart-TSG Hoffenheim
3-1
4-2-2-2
25 Sep
TSG Hoffenheim-VfL Wolfsburg
3-1
4-2-3-1
18 Sep
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-TSG Hoffenheim
0-0
4-2-3-1
11 Sep
TSG Hoffenheim-FSV Mainz 05
0-2
4-2-3-1
27 Aug
Borussia Dortmund-TSG Hoffenheim
3-2
4-2-2-2
22 Aug
TSG Hoffenheim-FC Union Berlin
2-2
4-2-3-1
14 Aug
FC Augsburg-TSG Hoffenheim
0-4

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, D. Geiger, A. Kramarić, I. Bebou and M. Dabour.

If this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of TSG Hoffenheim would be 27.44.

There are doubts about the presence of C. Baumgartner and K. Akpoguma.

Sebastian Hoeneß will probably not be able to employ F. Grillitsch because of injury.

E. Bičakčić, M. Gaćinović, P. Kadeřábek, D. Samassekou and R. Skov will definitely miss the match.

Borussia Dortmund​

Line - Ups​
3-4-2-1
14 May
Borussia Dortmund-Hertha BSC
2-1
3-4-2-1
07 May
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-Borussia Dortmund
1-3
4-2-3-1
30 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-VfL Bochum 1848
3-4
4-2-3-1
23 Apr
FC Bayern München-Borussia Dortmund
3-1
3-4-2-1
16 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-VfL Wolfsburg
6-1
4-2-3-1
08 Apr
VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund
0-2
3-4-2-1
02 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-RB Leipzig
1-4
4-1-4-1
20 Mar
FC Köln-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-2-3-1
16 Mar
FSV Mainz 05-Borussia Dortmund
0-1
4-2-3-1
13 Mar
Borussia Dortmund-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
1-0
3-5-2
27 Feb
FC Augsburg-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
3-4-2-1
20 Feb
Borussia Dortmund-Borussia Mönchengladbach
6-0
4-3-3
13 Feb
FC Union Berlin-Borussia Dortmund
0-3
4-3-3
06 Feb
Borussia Dortmund-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-5
4-3-3
22 Jan
TSG Hoffenheim-Borussia Dortmund
2-3
4-3-3
14 Jan
Borussia Dortmund-SC Freiburg
5-1
4-3-3
08 Jan
Eintracht Frankfurt-Borussia Dortmund
2-3
4-2-3-1
18 Dec
Hertha BSC-Borussia Dortmund
3-2
4-2-3-1
15 Dec
Borussia Dortmund-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
3-0
4-2-3-1
11 Dec
VfL Bochum 1848-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-1-3-2
04 Dec
Borussia Dortmund-FC Bayern München
2-3
4-2-3-1
27 Nov
VfL Wolfsburg-Borussia Dortmund
1-3
4-2-3-1
20 Nov
Borussia Dortmund-VfB Stuttgart
2-1
3-4-2-1
06 Nov
RB Leipzig-Borussia Dortmund
2-1
3-4-2-1
30 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FC Köln
2-0
3-4-2-1
23 Oct
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-Borussia Dortmund
1-3
4-3-3
16 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FSV Mainz 05
3-1
4-2-3-1
02 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FC Augsburg
2-1
3-5-2
25 Sep
Borussia Mönchengladbach-Borussia Dortmund
1-0
4-3-3
19 Sep
Borussia Dortmund-FC Union Berlin
4-2
4-3-2-1
11 Sep
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund
3-4
4-3-1-2
27 Aug
Borussia Dortmund-TSG Hoffenheim
3-2
4-3-1-2
21 Aug
SC Freiburg-Borussia Dortmund
2-1
4-2-3-1
14 Aug
Borussia Dortmund-Eintracht Frankfurt
5-2

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, J. Bellingham, J. Brandt, D. Malen, M. Reus and E. Håland.

In case that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 26.90.

There are doubts about the presence of M. Dahoud.

E. Can, M. Morey Bauzà, M. Schmelzer and G. Reyna will definitely miss the match.