On the 9th of January, Hoffenheim and Schalke 04 will play a match in Gelsenkirchen in a Bundesliga match. In their last match, Schalke 04 recorded a 0-3 loss against Hertha BSC. Mattéo Guendouzi scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 36th minute, then Jhon Córdoba added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Vladimír Darida At the end of 90 a dissapointed Schalke 04 couldn’t manage to score, and Hertha BSC took the shutout win. Schalke 04 looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 3 points in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed Hoffenheim is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Freiburg. Baptiste Santamaria scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 7th minute, then Vincenzo Grifo added another in the 34th minute from the penalty spot. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Hoffenheim won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Andrej Kramarić has been the most effective weapon for Hoffenheim lately. The Croatian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches. Benito Raman has been the most prolific scorer on Schalke 04 in the last five matches with three goals
Schalke 04 will be without Salif Sané, Omar Mascarell, Mark Uth, Steven Skrzybski, Suat Serdar, Frederik Rønnow and Kilian Ludewig, while Jacob Bruun Larsen, Dennis Geiger, Pavel Kadeřábek, Stefan Posch, Ermin Bičakčić, Sebastian Rudy, Benjamin Hübner, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Håvard Nordtveit and Kevin Akpoguma are unavailable to play for Hoffenheim.