Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Prediction: Team News and Lineups Preview

Jack Wright returns with a Dortmund vs Hoffenheim prediction, team news, lineups and fixtures preview in the Bundesliga this weekend.

Our Dortmund vs Hoffenheim prediction is for Dortmund to win the match 2-1.

Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Prediction, Team News, Lineups and Fixtures Preview

1. Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Prediction: Anton Stach Over 1.5 Shots

In this article:

• Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Team News and Possible Lineups
• The Dortmund vs Hoffenheim, League Standings Prediction
• Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Stats
• Dortmund Fixtures
• Hoffenheim Fixtures
• Safer Gambling

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Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Prediction: Stach those shots up Anton

Germany, Bundesliga, Sunday, February 25th, 14:30 (UK)

Dortmund slipped a distant 17 points behind Bundesliga leaders Leverkusen following a 1-1 draw at Wolfsburg at the weekend. Furthermore 3rd placed Frankfurt opened a five point gap with RB Leipzig closing to within a point of the hosts here who sit in the final Champions League qualifying spot.

On the brightside BVB remain unbeaten in 2024 with four wins and two draws. However focus returns to the Champions League and a Tuesday night clash with PSV ahead of this return to domestic action.

Visitors Hoffenheim have seen their form fall off a cliff and need to arrest an alarming slide to get anything from this trip to Signal Iduna Park. A 1-0 weekend defeat at home to Union Berlin saw them lose further ground on the European places and sit in 9th six points adrift of Frankfurt.

Pellegrino Matarazzo’s side have only one victory to their name in their last 13 league outings and are winless in eight. The American coach will be looking to take advantage of any Champions League hangover from the home side to ignite an upturn in fortunes for his men.

One player who can be the driving force for that pursuit of a positive result is Anton Stach. The midfielder has started all but four of his club’s fixtures this season and his desire to get on the scoresheet has caught my eye.

The 25-year-old had three shots in Saturday’s loss to Union which followed two attempts at goal in his last start versus Werder Bremen and four in the home game with Heidenheim prior to that. His last 11 starts have seen him fire in 24 shots with at least two in seven of those including in his side’s trip to Bayern Munich.

• Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Prediction: Anton Stach Over 1.5 Shots (TRACKED BET)
• Best Odds: 3.25
• Bookmaker: bet365
• Stakes: 10/10

Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Prediction odds via bet365 as at 09:00, February 19th, 2024. Odds may now differ.

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Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Team News and Possible Lineups: Comfortable Strikers

Borussia Dortmund’s Niclas Füllkrug has been directly involved in three goals in each of his last two Bundesliga home matches, a feat only achieved by two Dortmund players since records began in 2004-05: Raphaël Guerreiro in February/March 2023 and Erling Haaland in April 2022. Also, Füllkrug has only scored more BL goals against Bochum (6) than against TSG (5, incl. the opening goal against TSG on MD6 this season), and should be in the starting eleven from the off on the weekend.

After TSG Hoffenheim won their first five away games of the season, the Kraichgauers are now winless in their last six such games (D2 L4). TSG have conceded at least two goals in each of their last five away matches in the Bundesliga; six in a row would be a new club record in the top-flight.

TSG Hoffenheim’s man up top, Andrej Kramaric, has only scored more Bundesliga goals against Hertha BSC (12) than against Borussia Dortmund (9). The only time he has scored four goals in a BL match was against BVB (in the 4-0 win in Dortmund in June 2020). In slightly worrying news for the hosts, the Croatian should be starting from the off here.

Dortmund possible starting lineup:
Kobel, Ryerson, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen, Sabitzer, Can, Brandt, Reus, Sancho, Fullkrug.

Hoffenheim possible starting lineup:
Baumann, Kaderabek, Kabak, Grillitsch, Nsoki, Stach, Promel, Tohumcu, Kramaric, Bebou, Beier.

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The Predicted Dortmund vs Hoffenheim, Bundesliga Standings by BETSiE

Our in-house predictive model, BETSiE, has had a go at predicting the Bundesliga standings ahead of the Dortmund vs Hoffenheim, currently 4th vs 9th, fixture by utilising the underlying data from the 2023/24 season up until this point.

For more league-specific BETSiE content including standings, probabilities and predictions, visit her page here – it’s worth it.

Dortmund vs Hoffenheim Standings Prediction

POSITION	CLUB	GAME	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Bayer Leverkusen	34	26.1	6.3	1.7	82.9	24.9	58.0	84.5
2	Bayern Munich	34	24.8	3.8	5.4	93.5	35.9	57.6	78.2
3	Stuttgart	34	22.3	3.1	8.5	78.6	42.0	36.6	70.1
4	RB Leipzig	34	18.7	6.4	8.9	72.1	42.3	29.7	62.6
5	Dortmund	34	16.3	10.3	7.4	67.2	47.6	19.6	59.2
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	11.7	11.6	10.8	49.8	49.9	-0.1	46.6
7	Freiburg	34	12.2	7.8	14.0	45.6	58.6	-12.9	44.4
8	Werder Bremen	34	12.1	7.7	14.2	47.5	53.3	-5.8	44.0
9	Hoffenheim	34	11.1	8.5	14.4	56.2	62.8	-6.6	41.8
10	Bochum	34	9.3	12.7	12.0	43.8	60.3	-16.5	40.6
11	Heidenheim	34	10.2	8.6	15.3	45.5	60.7	-15.2	39.1
12	Augsburg	34	9.4	10.6	13.9	48.6	59.1	-10.5	39.0
13	B. Monchengladbach	34	9.6	9.7	14.6	54.2	61.4	-7.2	38.6
14	Union Berlin	34	10.9	5.9	17.2	35.8	53.1	-17.3	38.6
15	Wolfsburg	34	9.5	8.7	15.7	39.5	53.2	-13.7	37.4
16	Mainz	34	6.2	12.0	15.8	31.1	50.6	-19.6	30.7
17	FC Koln	34	5.4	9.3	19.3	27.5	62.4	-35.0	25.6
18	Darmstadt	34	4.3	8.4	21.3	35.3	76.3	-41.0	21.4

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Match OPTA Stats: No clean sheet in 17…

• Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in their last eight competitive matches against TSG Hoffenheim (W7 D1), winning each of their last six matches against the Sinsheimers (most recently 1-0 at home in the 2nd DFB Cup round of this season in November 2023). This is the 35th meeting between the two clubs – TSG have played no other team in more competitive matches in German professional football.
• Borussia Dortmund’s Edin Terzic has won all four of his competitive matches against Pellegrino Matarazzo, a feat he has only also achieved against Oliver Glasner. Five wins in competitive matches against any coach would be a new record for Terzic.
• TSG Hoffenheim have not kept a clean sheet in their last 17 Bundesliga matches, while only FCA are on a longer such streak in the top-flight (25 games). Only between April 2013 – January 2014 have TSG gone on a longer wait to keep a clean sheet in the top-flight (24 games under Markus Gisdol).
• Borussia Dortmund have scored eight goals in the opening 15 minutes in the league this season, with only FC Bayern scoring more in that phase (11 times). TSG Hoffenheim, on the other hand, have only conceded two goals in the first 15 minutes of Bundesliga matches this term, while only FCB have conceded fewer such early goals (1).

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Dortmund Fixtures: Champions League in the mix

• Vs Hoffenheim (H)
• Vs Union Berlin (A)
• Vs Werder Bremen (A)
• Vs PSV (H)
• Vs Frankfurt (H)

Hoffenheim Fixtures: Topped off by a Leverkusen meet

• Vs Dortmund (A)
• Vs Werder Bremen (H)
• Vs Frankfurt (A)
• Vs Stuttgart (H)
• Vs Leverkusen (A)

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