In this week 20 match on Feb 11th, Bayer Leverkusen will travel to Sinsheim to battle Hoffenheim in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 14th placed Hoffenheim is fresh off their 2-5 loss against Bochum. Philipp Hofmann scored the first goal for Bochum in the 22nd minute, then Philipp Förster added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Christopher Antwi-Adjei. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while 10th placed Bayer Leverkusen is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Augsburg. Mergim Berisha scored the first goal for Augsburg in the 55th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Bayer Leverkusen was frustrated by Augsburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Augsburg ended the match with the shutout victory. Bayer Leverkusen is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Bayarena, Hoffenheim was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Christoph Baumgartner struck first for Hoffenheim in the 9th minute, then Andrej Kramarić added another in the 35th minute In the end, Bayer Leverkusen was frustrated by Hoffenheim’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hoffenheim ended the match with the shutout victory.
Bayer Leverkusen’s top weapon lately has been Amine Adli, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Both Andrej Kramarić and Ihlas Bebou have been the hottest scorers for Hoffenheim in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Hoffenheim will be without Robert Skov, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Grischa Prömel, Dennis Geiger, Pavel Kadeřábek, Kevin Vogt and Kevin Akpoguma, while Bayer Leverkusen will be without Charles Aránguiz and Patrik Schick.