In this week 5 match on the 18th of September, Hoffenheim and Arminia Bielefeld will play a match in Bielefeld in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In Arminia Bielefeld’s last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Borussia M’gladbach. Lars Stindl struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 35th minute on a feed from Luca Netz, but Masaya Okugawa got the equalizer for Arminia Bielefeld in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Arminia Bielefeld looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while hoffenheim is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Mainz 05. Jonathan Burkardt struck first for Mainz 05 in the 21st minute, then Marcus Ingvartsen added another in the 77th minute on a feed from Anton Stach In the end, Hoffenheim was frustrated by Mainz 05’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mainz 05 ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
Hoffenheim is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Andrej Kramarić and Jacob Bruun Larsen each having 2 goals in their last five. Both Bryan Lasme and Klos have been the hottest scorers for Arminia Bielefeld in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Edimilson Fernandes and Reinhold Yabo are unavailable to play for Frank Kramer’s team, while Pavel Kadeřábek, Ihlas Bebou, Ermin Bičakčić, Benjamin Hübner, Håvard Nordtveit, Florian Grillitsch and Kevin Akpoguma are unavailable to play for Sebastian Hoeneß’s team.