In a weekend match on Sat Feb 13th, in week 21, Borussia Dortmund hosts Hoffenheim in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. Borussia Dortmund sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Freiburg. Jeong Woo-Yeong scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 49th minute, then Jonathan Schmid added another in the 52nd minute. Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while hoffenheim is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. Filip Kostić scored the first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 15th minute, but Ihlas Bebou got the equalizer for Hoffenheim in the 47th minute. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Borussia Dortmund took the match by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over six thousand fans. Marco Reus scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 76th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hoffenheim couldn’t muster any offence and Borussia Dortmund ran away with the shutout win.
Hoffenheim is glad to have Andrej Kramarić in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Borussia Dortmund’s top weapon lately has been Erling Braut Håland, who has three goals in the last five matches
Edin Terzic’s squad will be without Axel Witsel, Thorgan Hazard, Roman Bürki, Mats Hummels, Dan-Axel Zagadou and Marcel Schmelzer, while Sebastian Hoeneß’s Hoffenheim squad will be without Robert Skov, Ryan Sessegnon, Dennis Geiger, Pavel Kadeřábek, Ermin Bičakčić, Benjamin Hübner, Kevin Vogt, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Håvard Nordtveit, Florian Grillitsch and Kevin Akpoguma.