Borussia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
After a five-game winless run against TSG Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, Dortmund won 1-0 in Sinsheim earlier this season. BVB could now do a league double over Hoffenheim for the first time in the Bundesliga.
Since Hoffenheim were promoted to the Bundesliga in 2008, only FC Bayern (46) have picked up more top-flight points against Dortmund than TSG (30). Additionally, only the Bavarians (54) have scored more BL goals against BVB than Hoffenheim have (37).
The last meeting in Dortmund saw Hoffenheim win 4-0 in June 2020 – BVB have never suffered a heavier home defeat in their Bundesliga history. Conversely, TSG have only ever recorded a bigger away win in the top flight at Hertha in December 2014 (5-0).
Borussia Dortmund have lost eight of their 20 Bundesliga games this season – they last suffered as many defeats at this stage in 2014/15 (11 back then).
Borussia Dortmund have scored in each of their last 18 Bundesliga games Рonly FC Bayern (33 matches) and Borussia M̦nchengladbach (19) are currently on longer scoring runs.
The 3-1 loss to Frankfurt was Hoffenheim’s tenth league defeat this season and means they have just 22 points from 20 games. Both of these tallies are their worst since 2015/16 when they went on to finish 15th.
Hoffenheim have kept a clean sheet in three of their last seven Bundesliga games. However, they’ve let in at least three goals in each of the other four matches. Only Schalke (52) and Mainz (40) have conceded more goals than TSG this season (37).
Hoffenheim are currently 14th in the away form table (W3, D2, L5). They’ve suffered three heavy defeats in their last five games on the road: 4-1 at Leverkusen, 4-0 at Schalke and 4-1 at Bayern.
Borussia Dortmund have lost four times in their first nine Bundesliga games under head coach Edin Terzic. Only Bernd Krauss suffered more defeats across his first nine top-flight matches in charge of BVB (5 losses in 1999/00).
Andrej Kramaric has scored more Bundesliga goals against Borussia Dortmund than versus any other side (7, also vs. Hertha). He became the first player in BL history to score four goals in one away game against Dortmund on TSG’s last trip to Signal Iduna Park (4-0).
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