On Fri Feb 25th, in week 24, Hoffenheim will play host to Stuttgart in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 5th placed Hoffenheim, recorded a 2-1 win against Wolfsburg. Jonas Older Wind struck first for Wolfsburg in the 36th minute, then Jacob Bruun Larsen got the equalizer for Hoffenheim in the 73rd minute on a feed from Pavel Kadeřábek But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 78th minute on a goal by Andrej Kramarić. Hoffenheim should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while stuttgart is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bochum. Bella-Kotchap scored the first goal for Stuttgart on an own goal in the 56th minute, then Eduard Löwen tied it up for Bochum in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. Stuttgart looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Stuttgart was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Marc-Oliver Kempf struck first for Stuttgart in the 18th minute, then Konstantinos Mavropanos added another in the 60th minute.
Tiago Tomás has been the most prolific scorer on Stuttgart in his last 5 matches with two goals. Both Georginio Rutter and Andrej Kramarić have been the hottest scorers for Hoffenheim in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Sebastian Hoeneß’s Hoffenheim squad will be without Robert Skov, Justin Hoogma, Pavel Kadeřábek, Ermin Bičakčić, Kevin Akpoguma, Chris Richards, Marco John and Fisnik Asllani, while Pellegrino Matarazzo’s Stuttgart squad will be without Omar Marmoush, Wahidullah Faghir, Enzo Millot, Waldemar Anton, Didavi, Sasa Kalajdzic, Clinton Mola and Tanguy Coulibaly.