B. Monchengladbach vs Hoffenheim prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-12-01 14:30.
Hopes were high that Borussia Mönchengladbach could notch back-to-back Bundesliga wins for the first time in 2023 as they sailed into a 2-0 lead against Dortmund last weekend, only for all that hard work to go up in smoke with a 4-2 loss. The Foals’ inconsistency has cost them so far this term, as each of their last ten league games has produced a different outcome in sequence (W3, D3, L4).
That’s a trend they’ll hope to continue on this occasion with a victory against Hoffenheim, a team that Gladbach have defeated in the last two home H2Hs. Gerardo Seoane’s men have been clinical in front of goal recently, scoring at least twice in all four competitive outings on their own patch since the beginning of October, albeit with just one clean sheet in that run being an area of concern.
It has been a rough few weeks for the sixth-placed visitors, who exited the DFB-Pokal at the hands of Borussia Dortmund and risk dropping out of the European positions at the conclusion of this weekend should they fail to win for a fourth successive league encounter (D1, L2). Die Kraichgauer did show character in coming from behind to draw 1-1 against Mainz on matchday 12 – the third time they have claimed at least a point after conceding first in the Bundesliga this term (W2, D1, L3).
Hoffenheim’s first away blip of the season came in their most recent trip – a 1-1 draw in Augsburg (W5, D1) – with no side having bettered their points haul on the road ahead of this round. Not since 2016/17 have the Sinsheim outfit begun a league campaign with more consecutive unbeaten matches on their travels, and another here would get them closer to their eight-game run that year (W3, D5), which included a 1-1 draw at Gladbach’s Borussia-Park.
Players to watch: Alassane PlĂ©a continued his fine form last weekend by producing a goal contribution for the fourth time in five matches (G3, A1) – the perfect warm-up as he looks to maintain his 1:1 G/A-to-game ratio against Hoffenheim (G3, A6). A man who also enjoys this fixture is Hoffenheim’s Croatian attacker Andrej Kramarić. He has four league goals so far this season and nine goal contributions in 13 H2H appearances (G6, A3).
Hot streak: All five of Hoffenheim boss Pellegrino Matarazzo’s personal managerial meetings with Gladbach have seen both teams score (W2, D2, L1).