Hoffenheim vs Hamburger SV prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-12-12 14:30.
[p]European chasers Hoffenheim seek to bounce back from a damaging defeat against resurgent relegation battlers Hamburg, who make the journey south as the worst travelling Bundesliga side. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Following a bruising 2-0 defeat against Dortmund in the previous round which saw their six-game Bundesliga unbeaten run come to an abrupt end (W5, D1), Hoffenheim are presented with an immediate opportunity to resume their pursuit of the top-four. Christian Ilzer’s men should still be confident of a resurgence as they’re better off than at the same stage of each of their previous eight Bundesliga campaigns, while they’ve won three successive home league games under Ilzer for the very first time. That’s more victories than their prior 15 combined, with those three wins seeing them net nine goals from eight different scorers.[/p]
[p]Promoted Hamburg come into this on the back of consecutive league victories – including their 750th in the Bundesliga last weekend – to pull them four points clear of the bottom three. Boss Merlin Polzin now hopes to secure a third straight Bundesliga win in the same season for Hamburg since 2011, yet that looks as though it’ll take a very strong attacking effort as they’ve failed to keep a clean sheet in their last seven league games. Hitting the road also presents major problems, as Hamburg are the only side in the division yet to win an away Bundesliga game this season (D2, L4).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Hoffenheim face Hamburg for the first time since their 2-0 victory over them at the back end of Hamburg’s ill-fated 2017/18 relegation season. Hoffenheim boast their joint-best win rate amongst current Bundesliga sides against Hamburg (60%), although they’ve lost their last two games against promoted teams.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Hoffenheim have avoided defeat in four of the eight games they’ve conceded first in this season (W3, D1).[/p]
[p]Hoffenheim have committed a pre-round league-high 175 fouls. [/p]
[p]Hamburg haven’t dropped a point when opening the scoring this season (W3). [/p]
[p]Just four of Hamburg’s 14 league goals this term came before half-time.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Hoffenheim’s 19 year-old Ivorian starlet Bazoumana TourĂ© has contributed to four goals across their last five Bundesliga victories (G2, A2), with both of his goals serving as match openers in 3-0 victories. Albert Sambi Lokonga equalled his best scoring club season with his third of the season last weekend – all three of his goals for Hamburg have been team openers and two contributed to victories.[/p]
[p]Both Hoffenheim defender Bernardo and Hamburg midfielder Nicolai Remberg will serve a yellow card suspension for this game. [/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Despite Hamburg’s resurgent form, we’re backing the favourites with a Hoffenheim win and both teams to score selection. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Matthew Billon[/i][/p]