Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th September 2023

When Borussia Dortmund arrive at PreZero Arena on Friday to face Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, the latter will be hoping to use their home turf to their advantage.

Hoffenheim are fourth in the rankings with 12 points after five matches played , whereas Borussia Dortmund rank fifth in the Bundesliga on 11 points.

Entering the match this coming Friday as favourites, Borussia Dortmund will be looking to squeeze past Hoffenheim in the standings with a win. While not an impossible task, the hosts are of course highly motivated to at least keep the gap there is now.

Hoffenheim scored 2.1 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 21 times. They conceded 13 goals, an average of 1.3 and pulled off one clean sheets.

Borussia Dortmund are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 26 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 2.6 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of ten goals, and while Borussia Dortmund claimed four clean sheets, they conceded an average of one goal per match.

B. Dortmund ended up winning 0-1 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at PreZero Arena., when they once again face Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction

Hoffenheim Form

In their last three outings, Hoffenheim won 3-1 against Wolfsburg, beat FC Koln by 1-3 and hammered Union Berlin 0-2. Hoffenheim won four of their past six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga, where they also lost twice but drew none. They scored 14 goals and conceded nine times.

Qualification for an international tournament is the ideal scenario Hoffenheim hope to accomplish by the end of the season, but everything needs to click for this to happen.

Borussia Dortmund Form

Results have been up and down for Borussia Dortmund, who beat Freiburg by 2-4. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 2-0 against PSG, before claiming three points in a 1-0 win against Wolfsburg. In their last six away matches in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund won twice, while also recording three draws. They endured one defeat in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 11 goals conceded and 14 scored.

The big goal of the season for Borussia Dortmund has to be winning the title, with a place inside the top two expected as the Bundesliga action starts to unfold.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Borussia Dortmund get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim have a record of four wins, zero draws and one defeat in the Bundesliga this season. Borussia Dortmund have a record of three wins, two draws and zero defeats in the Bundesliga.

Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund Squads

Hoffenheim Squad

The 45-year-old Hoffenheim manager, Pellegrino Matarazzo, will select the lineup against Borussia Dortmund from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the Bundesliga this season):

Luca Philipp (0/0), Nahuel Noll (0/0), Oliver Baumann (0/5), Attila Szalai (0/2), John Anthony Brooks (1/5), Joshua Quarshie (0/0), Kasim Adams (0/0), Kevin Akpoguma (0/2), Kevin Vogt (0/5), Ozan Kabak (1/4), Pavel Kaderabek (1/4), Stanley N'Soki (0/1), Anton Stach (0/4), Bambase Conte (0/0), Dennis Geiger (0/0), Diadie Samassekou (0/0), Finn Becker (0/3), Florian Grillitsch (1/4), Grischa Proemel (0/5), Marco John (0/0), Robert Skov (1/4), Tom Bischof (0/2), Umut Tohumcu (0/0), Andrej Kramaric (3/5), Ihlas Bebou (0/4), Julian Justvan (0/1), Marius Buelter (0/5), Maximilian Beier (4/5), Mergim Berisha (0/5), Wout Weghorst (0/4).

Borussia Dortmund Squad

Below is the full team squad of Borussia Dortmund. The manager Terzic will pick his starting XI against Hoffenheim from these players:

Alexander Meyer (0/0), Gregor Kobel (0/5), Marcel Lotka (0/0), Julian Ryerson (0/3), Mateu Morey (0/0), Mats Hummels (2/4), Nico Schlotterbeck (0/4), Niklas Suele (0/3), Ramy Bensebaini (0/5), Abdoulaye Kamara (0/0), Emre Can (1/5), Felix Nmecha (0/5), Giovanni Reyna (0/0), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (0/2), Julian Brandt (1/5), Marcel Sabitzer (0/4), Marco Reus (2/3), Marius Wolf (0/4), Ole Pohlmann (0/0), Salih Oezcan (0/2), Thomas Meunier (0/0), Donyell Malen (3/5), Julien Duranville (0/0), Karim Adeyemi (0/4), Niclas Fuellkrug (0/5), Sebastien Haller (0/5), Youssoufa Moukoko (0/4).

Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund Team News

Hoffenheim could have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their match at home with Borussia Dortmund this coming Friday.

Hoffenheim-players Wout Weghorst, Florian Grillitsch, Stanley N'Soki, Marco John, Bambase Conte and Dennis Geiger won't be playing in the upcoming match against Borussia Dortmund at PreZero Arena due to nursing various injuries.

Borussia Dortmund will have to make do without a group of four missing from their roster prior to their upcoming match on Friday against Hoffenheim.

Marcel Sabitzer, Julien Duranville, Mateu Morey and Thomas Meunier all face a spell on the sidelines for Borussia Dortmund due to various injuries.

Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund Lineups

Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund H2H

Borussia Dortmund got the better of Hoffenheim in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 1-0 and 1-0, respectively. Hoffenheim go into their upcoming match against Borussia Dortmund with a 20% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 2-3-5 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund Results

Of the last ten encounters between Hoffenheim Borussia Dortmund over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 2/5 with bookies.

Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Tips

Maximilian Beier look like value in the goal scoring market with four strikes to his name in six Bundesliga matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Donyell Malen adds to his three Bundesliga goals come on Friday.

Of their 10 most recent games at PreZero Arena across all tournaments, Hoffenheim won six times, drew one and lost three. Borussia Dortmund won seven of their recent 10 games on their travels, as well as drawing two and losing one. Borussia Dortmund managed to score the opener six times in 10 away games, with Hoffenheim scoring the first goal of the game in six times in their last 10 games at PreZero Arena.

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. Hoffenheim managed an average of 1.6 goals, while Borussia Dortmund averaged 1.6 goals a game. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, Hoffenheim saw nine of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of 2.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Borussia Dortmund's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.2 goals in these matches.