Week 18 brings us a match on Jan 24th, where Hoffenheim hosts Köln in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. In their last match, 11th placed Hoffenheim, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Hertha BSC. Sebastian Rudy scored the first goal for Hoffenheim in the 33rd minute, then Andrej Kramarić added another in the 68th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hertha BSC couldn’t manage to score, and Hoffenheim took the shutout win. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Köln, recorded a 2-1 win against Schalke 04. Rafael Czichos struck first for Köln in the 31st minute, then in the 57th minute, Suat Serdar sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Hoppe. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On the 19th of September, Köln hosted Hoffenheim in their last match together. Hoffenheim took the match by a score of 3 to 2. Andrej Kramarić struck first for Hoffenheim in the 4th minute, then Sebastian Andersson tied it up for Köln in the 22nd minute , but fortunately for Hoffenheim it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win.
Anthony Modeste and Jan Thielmann are the top scorers for Köln in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Hoffenheim’s most prolific scorer has been Andrej Kramarić. The Croatian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Robert Skov, Ryan Sessegnon, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Dennis Geiger, Pavel Kadeřábek, Christoph Baumgartner, Ermin Bičakčić, Sebastian Rudy, Benjamin Hübner, Kevin Vogt, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Håvard Nordtveit, Florian Grillitsch and Kevin Akpoguma are unavailable to play for Hoffenheim, while Köln will be without Florian Kainz, Marco Höger, Rafael Czichos, Ismail Jakobs and Sava-Arangel Cestic.