Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-12-19 14:30.
[p]Two UEFA Champions League (UCL) hopefuls clash prior to the winter break in the Bundesliga as Stuttgart host Hoffenheim on matchday 15.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After a disappointing ninth-placed finish last season, Stuttgart’s efforts to get back into the Champions League (UCL) have been founded on some solid home form that had seen them win five straight league games at the MHPArena this term (W5) before being thumped 5-0 in their last outing here by Bayern earlier this month. They’ve subsequently returned to form with a bang, recording their biggest league win of the season last weekend when they thumped Werder Bremen 4-0, picking up a much-needed victory having lost back-to-back Bundesliga games prior. Having scored four goals in each of their last two competitive games, the Swabians now sit just a point outside the UCL places pre-round. [/p]
[p]Saturday’s visitors also netted four last weekend, hammering Hamburg 4-1 to pick up a sixth win in their last eight Bundesliga outings (D1, L1). Hoffenheim’s sole defeat in that sequence came in their last away game at Dortmund (2-0), with that their first league loss of the season on the road (W4, D2). Currently 12 points better off than they were at this stage last term, Christian Ilzer’s side have surged up the table as a result of their recent form and are level on points with those in the top four pre-round. Sitting a place and a point above Stuttgart, the Kraichgauers are only kept out of the UCL spots on goal difference. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Six of the pair’s last 11 H2Hs have ended level (Stuttgart W3, Hoffenheim W2), including two 1-1 draws last season, with Hoffenheim having won just one of their last eight trips to the MHPArena (D3, L4)![/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Stuttgart’s last eight league games have all produced over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Only one side in the Bundesliga took more corners than Stuttgart (81) across the first 14 rounds.[/p]
[p]No side made more fouls per game on average than Hoffenheim (14.7) across the Bundesliga’s first 14 rounds.[/p]
[p]Hoffenheim have conceded first in four of their seven away league games this term, but lost only once (W2, D1).[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Four of Angelo Stiller’s six assists for Stuttgart across all competitions this season have been recorded on or beyond the 60th minute. Hoffenheim have won all five games in which Tim Lemperle has scored this season, including last weekend’s success against Hamburg.[/p]
[p]Stuttgart’s Bilal El Khannouss and Hoffenheim’s Bazoumana Touré will both be absent due to their participation in the Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco and Ivory Coast respectively.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]This pair are both incredibly potent, so we think there’s great value in backing both teams to score in both halves.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Ben Olawumi[/i][/p]