Stuttgart tipped to sweep TSG Hoffenheim aside

TSG Hoffenheim host Stuttgart this Saturday at the PreZero Arena for matchweek 26 of the 1. Bundesliga. Currently, Pellegrino Matarazzo's team are 7th in the table with 33 points, while Sebastian Hoeness's team are 3rd with 53 points. The match will be broadcast live at 13:30 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

TSG Hoffenheim go into the game on the back of a 3-1 defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt (1. Bundesliga 2023/24), whilst the visitors edged past 1. FC Union Berlin with a 2-0 win (1. Bundesliga 2023/24). On the other hand, Stuttgart are on a sequence of 7 games without losing in the 1. Bundesliga 23/24. A look back at the history books shows that Pellegrino Matarazzo's team and Sebastian Hoeness's team have faced each other twenty-eight times, with Stuttgart holding the advantage: 11 victories, against 8 victories of TSG Hoffenheim. Specifically in the PreZero Arena, Pellegrino Matarazzo's team has the advantage in the duels against Sebastian Hoeness's team: 5 wins in 14 games. Stuttgart have 4 wins.

In the 1. Bundesliga, twenty-seven games were played between the two teams, with 10 wins for Stuttgart, 9 draws and 8 wins for TSG Hoffenheim.

Considering the 1. Bundesliga 23/24, from TSG Hoffenheim's most influential players, Oliver Baumann is the most used player in a total of 25 games (2250 min). Maximilian Beier is the current best scorer with 12 goals. As for Stuttgart, Chris Fuhrich has entered the pitch 25 times, and Waldemar Anton is the one with more minutes played (2174). Sehrou Guirassy is their current best scorer with 21 goals.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with TSG Hoffenheim winning 3-2. Stuttgart are given the favouritism to win this match.