Week 8 features a match on Sun Oct 2nd, where Hoffenheim and Hertha BSC will play a match in Berlin in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 13th placed Hertha BSC is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Mainz 05. Lucas Tousart struck first for Hertha BSC in the 30th minute on a feed from Chidera Ejuke, then Anthony Caci tied it up for Mainz 05 in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Mainz 05. Hertha BSC looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while 4th placed Hoffenheim is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Freiburg. Neither Hoffenheim nor Freiburg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 15 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Hoffenheim’s top weapon lately has been Andrej Kramarić, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Hertha BSC’s most prolific scorer has been Marco Richter. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Rune Jarstein, Kelian Nsona Wa Saka and Lee Dong-Jun are unavailable to play for Sandro Schwarz’s team, while Ihlas Bebou, Ermin Bičakčić, Benjamin Hübner and Philipp Pentke are unavailable to play for André Breitenreiter’s team.