Hoffenheim vs Freiburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th December 2024

Hoffenheim welcome Freiburg this coming Sunday in the Bundesliga, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 13 match.

Hoffenheim are placed 14th with 12 points after 12 matches. Freiburg occupy a position as sixth in the league on 20 points.

Hoffenheim as well as Freiburg suffered disappointing defeats in their most previous match. This could lead to a cautious encounter as neither side naturally fancies losing once again already.

Hoffenheim go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.3 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 13 times, while conceding 19. That amounts to an average of 1.9 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Freiburg scored 13 goals, conceded 13 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Freiburg won 3-2 and 2-1 in the two most recent meetings with Hoffenheim, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage.

Hoffenheim vs Freiburg Prediction

Hoffenheim Form

In their last three matches, Hoffenheim lost 3-0 against Braga, 2-0 against Mainz 05 and 3-0 against Wolfsburg. Hoffenheim won three of their previous six matches at PreZero Arena in the Bundesliga. They drew zero and suffered three defeats, scoring 14 goals to 16 against.

Freiburg Form

It is all or nothing with Freiburg, who only triumphed once in their previous three outings. They were defeated 4-0 against Borussia Dortmund, before beating Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-1. Unable to build on that, they lost 3-1 against Arminia Bielefeld. Freiburg claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Bundesliga. The scoreline from these matches reads nine goals conceded and five scored.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Hoffenheim renew Freiburg their acquaintance.

Hoffenheim fought their way to one wins and three points from their last three games against teams inside the top six. They were on target six times in these matches, but also let in ten goals. Hoffenheim are looking at a record of three wins, three draws and six defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Freiburg have a record of six wins, two draws and four defeats in the Bundesliga.

Hoffenheim vs Freiburg Squads

Hoffenheim Squad

The 47-year-old coach of the home team, Christian Ilzer, will select the lineup against Freiburg from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Luca Philipp (0/0), Lukas Petersson (0/0), Oliver Baumann (0/12), Arthur Chaves (0/6), Attila Szalai (0/0), Christopher Lenz (0/0), Kevin Akpoguma (0/11), Lars Strobl (0/0), Ozan Kabak (0/0), Pavel Kaderabek (0/10), Robin Hranac (0/2), Stanley N'Soki (0/6), Tim Drexler (0/8), Valentin Gendrey (1/9), Alexander Prass (0/11), Anton Stach (0/12), David Jurasek (0/4), Dennis Geiger (0/4), Diadie Samassekou (0/2), Finn Becker (0/0), Florian Grillitsch (0/8), Florian Micheler (0/1), Grischa Proemel (0/2), Marco John (0/0), Tom Bischof (1/10), Umut Tohumcu (0/8), Adam Hlozek (3/11), Andrej Kramaric (5/11), Haris Tabakovic (1/8), Ihlas Bebou (0/0), Jacob Bruun Larsen (1/9), Marius Buelter (4/11), Max Moerstedt (0/5), Mergim Berisha (1/9).

Freiburg Squad

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

Florian Mueller (0/2), Jannik Huth (0/0), Noah Atubolu (0/10), Christian Guenter (1/12), Jordy Makengo (0/5), Kenneth Schmidt (0/0), Kilian Sildillia (0/5), Lukas Kuebler (2/12), Manuel Gulde (0/0), Matthias Ginter (0/11), Max Rosenfelder (0/10), Philipp Lienhart (1/12), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (0/0), Fabian Ruedlin (0/0), Florent Muslija (0/9), Maximilian Eggestein (0/11), Merlin Roehl (0/4), Nicolas Hoefler (0/9), Noah Weisshaupt (0/3), Patrick Osterhage (0/11), Ritsu Doan (5/12), Vincenzo Grifo (3/12), Chukwubuike Adamu (2/11), Eren Dinkci (0/9), Lucas Hoeler (2/10), Maximilian Philipp (0/1), Michael Gregoritsch (0/5).

Hoffenheim vs Freiburg Team News

Freiburg seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to PreZero Arena to face Hoffenheim. Chukwubuike Adamu is suspended from the Freiburg squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Hoffenheim vs Freiburg Lineups

Hoffenheim vs Freiburg H2H

Freiburg got the better of Hoffenheim in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-2 and 2-1, respectively. Freiburg go into the match against Hoffenheim with a 7-2-1 advantage. The bookies have Freiburg to win this match at best price odds of 13/8.

Hoffenheim vs Freiburg Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only three times in ten matches between Hoffenheim and Freiburg. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies on Sunday.

Hoffenheim vs Freiburg Betting Tips

Look no further than Adam Hlozek, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, while Lucas Hoeler managed two goals in the last half dozen matches for Freiburg in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Hoffenheim claimed five wins, drew one and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Freiburg won three, drew two and lost five of their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Hoffenheim on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened four times for Freiburg in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Hoffenheim managed an average of 1.1 goals, with Freiburg averaging two goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Hoffenheim’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Freiburg, who scored 1.3 times on average in these matches.