RB Leipzig vs Hoffenheim prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-04-04 13:30.
[p]RB Leipzig’s first match of the post-Marco Rose era was a desperately disappointing one as they lost 3-1 in their DFB-Pokal semi-final at Stuttgart. There’ll be no silverware for the Red Bulls, so all that’s left for them to salvage this season is a top-four finish, but they start the round three points adrift thanks to a miserable run of just two wins from their last 11 Bundesliga games (D6, L3). [/p]
[p]No side in the division recorded fewer wins in that time, while the last eight matches in that sequence saw four failures to score, so it’s clear where their most obvious room for improvement lies in the European race. Leipzig face another tough task here as they have failed to win their last two meetings with Hoffenheim (D1, L1) and now face going three H2Hs without a victory for the first time ever in this fixture. [/p]
[p]The most recent of those came in this season’s reverse fixture, which Hoffenheim won 4-3 in Christian Ilzer’s first match in charge. Since then, they have managed just four wins in 21 matches across all competitions (D7, L10) – a run that has seen them eliminated from both the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League and kept them in a fight for top-flight survival. [/p]
[p]Hoffenheim begin the matchday five points clear of the drop zone, and may be confident of taking advantage of their wounded hosts. Ilzer’s men have won three of their last five away league matches (L2), but emerging victorious again will require them to end a six-match winless streak in Bundesliga trips to Leipzig (D2, L4). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Leipzig captain Willi Orbán has seen two of his last three goals open the scoring – including one in the reverse fixture – yet the Red Bulls failed to win any of those matches, all of which featured 6+ total goals. Andrej Kramarić ended his ten-game scoring drought for club and country by netting the equaliser against Augsburg last week with his 32nd Bundesliga penalty – only five players in league history have scored more from the spot.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Hoffenheim have failed to score before half-time in ten of their 13 away league games this term.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]