On the 12th of November, Wolfsburg will travel to Sinsheim to battle Hoffenheim in a clash of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Hoffenheim is fresh off their 1-3 loss against RB Leipzig. Christopher Nkunku struck first for RB Leipzig in the 17th minute, then Georginio Rutter tied it up for Hoffenheim in the 50th minute on a feed from Angeliño. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while wolfsburg sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Borussia Dortmund. Micky van de Ven struck first for Wolfsburg in the 6th minute, then Lukas Nmecha added another in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Patrick Wimmer In the end, Borussia Dortmund was frustrated by Wolfsburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Wolfsburg ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Wolfsburg should be reasonably happy with their performance.
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.
Both Felix Nmecha and Ridle Baku have been the hottest scorers for Wolfsburg in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Hoffenheim’s most prolific scorer has been Munas Dabbur. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Ihlas Bebou, Ermin Bičakčić, Benjamin Hübner, Kevin Vogt, Munas Dabbur, Philipp and Fisnik Asllani are unavailable to play for André Breitenreiter’s team, while Niko Kovač’s squad will be without Max Kruse and Kevin Paredes.