Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th January 2025

Current Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich square up against Hoffenheim from the bottom half of the table on Wednesday at Allianz Arena. With their current positioning in the table, anything but a win for Bayern Munich will be a surprise, but Hoffenheim look to cause an upset.

Sitting top of the table, Bayern Munich have claimed 39 points after 16 rounds, while Hoffenheim have amassed 14 points and presently rank as number 15 in the Bundesliga.

Top side Bayern Munich will be hoping to inflict more misery on lowly placed Hoffenheim this coming Wednesday. The hosts should simply be able to bring far too much to the table for the visitors to have any say this coming Wednesday.

There are no shortage of goals, when Bayern Munich enter the pitch, as they pulled off a formidable average of 2.8 goals per game. An excellent total of 28 goals scored, while allowing six goals against. The latter makes an average of 0.6 conceded per game. During this run, they fought their way to six clean sheets.

Hoffenheim are currently not the most scoring team in the Bundesliga, as they only found the back of the net ten times in ten matches. This is an average of just one goals a game in which they conceded 13 times, an average of 1.3 per game. They managed two clean sheets in these.

Bayern Munich were defeated by 4-2 in their last encounter with Hoffenheim, but did win the reverse match 3-0, though.

Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim Prediction

Bayern Munich Form

In the previous three matches, Bayern Munich lost 2-1 against Mainz 05, beat RB Leipzig by 5-1 and won 0-1 against Borussia Moenchengladbach. Bayern Munich won five of their last six Bundesliga matches at the Allianz Arena, scoring 20 and conceding four along they way. They also drew once as they remained without defeat.

Hoffenheim Form

Hoffenheim recorded a single draw in their previous three games, and they claimed it in a 1-1 match against Borussia Dortmund. Then Borussia Moenchengladbach proved too strong in a 1-2 defeat, just like Wolfsburg who won 0-1. Hoffenheim didn't manage a single away win in their last six Bundesliga matches, but managed four draws, while suffering two defeats. They conceded six and scored three goals themselves.

Bayern Munich is the most scoring home side in the Bundesliga with 22 goals scored to four against. Meanwhile, Hoffenheim scored the least goals of all in the Bundesliga, hitting the target just four times on their travels. They conceded nine along the way.

Bayern Munich took 24 points from their last eight encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. This amounts to eight wins after scoring 27 times and conceding three. Hoffenheim claimed one wins and four points in their last five games against teams from the top six. They scored seven times in these matches, but also conceded 13 goals. Bayern Munich lost just once so far this season in the Bundesliga and after 16 games played they recorded 12 wins and three draws Hoffenheim have a record of three wins, five draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim Squads

Bayern Munich Squad

The 38-year-old coach of the home team, Vincent Kompany, will select the lineup against Hoffenheim from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Daniel Peretz (0/3), Manuel Neuer (0/12), Sven Ulreich (0/1), Adam Aznou (0/1), Alphonso Davies (1/14), Dayot Upamecano (2/14), Eric Dier (0/7), Hiroki Ito (0/0), Joshua Kimmich (1/16), Josip Stanisic (0/0), Min-Jae Kim (1/16), Raphael Guerreiro (0/12), Sacha Boey (0/6), Tarek Buchmann (0/0), Aleksandar Pavlovic (1/9), Jamal Musiala (9/13), Joao Palhinha (0/8), Konrad Laimer (1/14), Leon Goretzka (1/11), Leroy Sane (3/12), Noel Aseko-Nkili (0/0), Arijon Ibrahimovic (0/0), Harry Kane (15/14), Kingsley Coman (3/14), Mathys Tel (0/7), Michael Olise (5/16), Serge Gnabry (2/10), Thomas Muller (1/16).

Hoffenheim Squad

Here is the full team squad of Hoffenheim. The 47 year-old Christian Ilzer will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Luca Philipp (0/0), Lukas Petersson (0/0), Oliver Baumann (0/16), Arthur Chaves (0/9), Attila Szalai (0/0), Christopher Lenz (0/0), Kevin Akpoguma (0/15), Lars Strobl (0/0), Ozan Kabak (0/0), Pavel Kaderabek (0/11), Robin Hranac (0/3), Stanley N'Soki (0/10), Valentin Gendrey (1/13), Alexander Prass (0/15), Anton Stach (0/16), David Jurasek (0/5), Dennis Geiger (0/8), Diadie Samassekou (0/6), Finn Becker (0/0), Florian Grillitsch (0/8), Florian Micheler (0/0), Grischa Proemel (0/2), Tom Bischof (2/14), Umut Tohumcu (0/8), Adam Hlozek (3/15), Andrej Kramaric (6/15), Erencan Yardimci (0/1), Gift Orban (0/1), Haris Tabakovic (1/10), Ihlas Bebou (0/0), Marius Buelter (4/11), Max Moerstedt (0/8), Mergim Berisha (1/11).

Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim Team News

Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim Lineups

Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim H2H

Bayern Munich lost to 4-2 Hoffenheim in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 3-0 win, which Bayern Munich dished out the match before that. Bayern Munich were a little more successful than Hoffenheim in recent meetings, and go into their next encounter with a 5-2-3 advantage. Naturally, betting on Bayern Munich has more often than not proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/8.

Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Bayern Munich welcome Hoffenheim as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/9 with the bookies on Wednesday.

Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim Betting Tips

It has been a superb season for Harry Kane so far as he managed to score impressive 15 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target four times in his last six games, and Bayern Munich rely on his abilities against Hoffenheim. Siding with him to find the back of the net this coming Wednesday seems like a decent punt.

Bayern Munich claimed all three points eight times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Hoffenheim won zero of their last 10 games away, while drawing five and losing five in this series of matches. Bayern Munich kept a clean sheet five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil, while, Hoffenheim have been able to keep a clean sheet in two of their last 10 games away from home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened five times. Bayern Munich managed an average of 2.5 goals, while Hoffenheim averaged 1.3 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Bayern Munich, who scored an average of 2.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Hoffenheim's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of one goal in these matches.