Week 8 brings us a match on Oct 15th where Hoffenheim will host Köln at Wirsol Rhein-neckar-arena in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Hoffenheim sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Stuttgart. Kempf struck first for Stuttgart in the 18th minute on a feed from Omar Marmoush, then Konstantinos Mavropanos added another in the 60th minute. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while köln sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Greuther Fürth. Meyerhofer scored the first goal for Greuther Fürth in the 7th minute, then in the 50th minute, Benno Schmitz sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Sebastian Andersson But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 55th minute on a goal by Ellyes Skhiri. Köln is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Hoffenheim won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Ellyes Skhiri has been the most prolific scorer on Köln in his last 5 matches with 3 goals. Hoffenheim’s most prolific scorer has been Christoph Baumgartner. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Hoffenheim will be without Ermin Bičakčić, Sebastian Rudy, Benjamin Hübner, Håvard Nordtveit and Marco John, while Steffen Baumgart’s squad will be without Jannes Horn.