Hoffenheim vs Bayern Munich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th May 2024

Hoffenheim enjoy home advantage, when visitors Bayern Munich swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

One spot behind the leader of the table, Bayern Munich have claimed 72 points after 33 rounds, while Hoffenheim have amassed 43 points and are now ranked as number 7 in the Bundesliga standings.

Hoffenheim are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Bayern Munich but odds don't favour them to pull it off.

Hoffenheim scored 2.1 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 21 times. They conceded 21 goals, an average of 2.1 and pulled off one clean sheets.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Bayern Munich came away as 3-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Saturday.

Hoffenheim vs Bayern Munich Prediction

Hoffenheim Form

Hoffenheim have seen it all in their last three matches, which gave them four points. First, they went down 3-2 against Bochum, before picking up a 1-1 draw against RB Leipzig. Their latest match brought a 0-6 win in their encounter with Darmstadt. Hoffenheim won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga, while also drawing one. They suffered two defeats, while they scored ten and conceded ten goals.

Bayern Munich Form

In their last three matches, Bayern Munich lost against VfB Stuttgart and Real Madrid by 3-1 and 2-1, respectively, and beat Wolfsburg by 2-0. Bayern Munich claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Bundesliga. The scoreline from these matches reads 14 goals conceded and 17 scored.

Bookmakers have Bayern Munich down as rather big favourites for the win against Hoffenheim. While the hosts will obviously come out fighting, we still think the visitors will prevail in the end.

Hoffenheim have taken 11 points from their last 15 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. They won three of these matches with a scoreline of 21 goals to 36. Bayern Munich won seven games, picked up 24 points, scored 31 and conceded 26 goals in their last 15 games against teams from the top half of the Bundesliga table. Hoffenheim have a record of 12 wins, seven draws and 14 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayern Munich enjoy a record of 23 wins, three draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga.

Hoffenheim vs Bayern Munich Squads

Hoffenheim Squad

Pellegrino Matarazzo will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Bayern Munich from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Luca Philipp (0/0), Nahuel Noll (0/0), Oliver Baumann (0/33), John Anthony Brooks (2/21), Kasim Adams (0/1), Kevin Akpoguma (0/16), Ozan Kabak (4/27), Pavel Kaderabek (3/28), Stanley N'Soki (0/11), Tim Drexler (0/8), Anton Stach (2/32), Bambase Conte (0/7), David Jurasek (0/12), Dennis Geiger (0/3), Finn Becker (0/22), Florian Grillitsch (1/29), Grischa Proemel (4/27), Marco John (0/0), Robert Skov (3/25), Tom Bischof (0/12), Umut Tohumcu (0/19), Andrej Kramaric (12/29), Ihlas Bebou (7/31), Marius Buelter (1/29), Max Moerstedt (0/1), Maximilian Beier (15/32), Mergim Berisha (0/8), Wout Weghorst (7/27).

Bayern Munich Squad

Here is the full team squad of Bayern Munich. The 50 year-old Thomas Tuchel will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Daniel Peretz (0/1), Manuel Neuer (0/22), Sven Ulreich (0/11), Tom Huelsmann (0/0), Alphonso Davies (1/28), Bouna Sarr (0/2), Dayot Upamecano (1/24), Eric Dier (0/14), Matthijs de Ligt (2/21), Min-Jae Kim (1/25), Noussair Mazraoui (0/19), Raphael Guerreiro (3/20), Sacha Boey (0/2), Tarek Buchmann (0/0), Aleksandar Pavlovic (2/18), Bryan Zaragoza (0/6), Joshua Kimmich (1/27), Konrad Laimer (0/28), Leon Goretzka (6/29), Noel Aseko-Nkili (0/0), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (2/27), Harry Kane (36/32), Jamal Musiala (10/24), Kingsley Coman (3/17), Leroy Sane (8/27), Mathys Tel (6/29), Serge Gnabry (3/10), Thomas Muller (5/30).

Hoffenheim vs Bayern Munich Team News

At the time of writing, Hoffenheim have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Bayern Munich this coming Saturday.

Marius Buelter, Mergim Berisha and Marco John are missing from the squad, Hoffenheim will field against Bayern Munichon Saturday.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Bayern Munich, who are looking at eight players nursing various problems.

Names like Alphonso Davies, Kingsley Coman, Noel Aseko-Nkili, Konrad Laimer, Daniel Peretz, Serge Gnabry, Bouna Sarr and Tarek Buchmann most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim vs Bayern Munich Lineups

Hoffenheim vs Bayern Munich H2H

The last time the pair played each other Bayern Munich came away as 3-0 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Saturday. Bayern Munich usually enjoy playing Hoffenheim, taking all three points against them six times in the last ten meetings. Not least in their most recent meeting, where Bayern Munich destroyed their upcoming opponents in a 3-0 win. The bookies best betting odds on an away win are at 4/5.

Hoffenheim vs Bayern Munich Results

The past ten matches between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals this coming Saturday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/4 with the bookies.

Hoffenheim vs Bayern Munich Betting Tips

It is difficult to look past Harry Kane, when searching for a goalscorer, as he is seems in wonderful shape. He hit the target five times in recent Bundesliga matches for Bayern Munich, with a total for the season saying 36 goals scored in this Bundesliga campaign. With four goals lately for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, Andrej Kramaric is also a player to look out for.

Hoffenheim claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing two. Bayern Munich won two of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost six of the games in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at PreZero Arena since both teams scored in eight of the last 10 home matches for Hoffenheim. The same occurred in eight of the last 10 league games away from home for Bayern Munich.

Over 3.5 goals came out five times in the past ten encounters between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich, with the former on an average of one goal a game. Bayern Munich scored 2.6 goals per game and both teams scored six times in this run. Hoffenheim saw over 2.5 goals in nine of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Bayern Munich, who scored two times on average in these matches.