On Monday, starting with 19:30, the Hoffenheim – Augsburg match will be played, within the 10th round of the Bundesliga. In the history of direct confrontations, the last 4 were of “over 2.5 goals”, and 3 of them of “both score”. Hoffenheim won 3-1 at Augsburg last season, but lost to Sinsheim 2-4.
Hoffenheim is the sure team that defeated Bayern in 2020, but has not won a match since. If they do not win Augsburg, Sebastian Hoeness’s students will reach 8 consecutive stages without success in the Bundesliga, the longest series in the last 5 years. After 9 stages, Hoffenheim ticked only 9 points and ranks 13th in the standings. At home, TSG has only one victory, the one with Bayern (4-1), along with a draw and two other defeats.
Augsburg has the best start of the season in the history of the club, 12 points in the first 9 stages. Heiko Herrlich’s group obtained 3 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats, being ranked 8th in the Bundesliga, with a goal difference of 11-12. A very interesting statistic tells us that out of the 11 goals scored by the Bavarians, 6 were in the last quarter of the matches, just like Bayern and Dortmund, both with 6 such seasonal successes.
After the victory with Bayern, Hoffenheim has not won since then in the Bundesliga;
Augsburg have scored 6 goals in the last quarter of the match, as well as Bayern and Dortmund;
Last season, Hoffenheim won 3-1 at Augsburg, but lost 4-2 at home;
Hoffenheim: Baumann (c) – Posch, Vogt, Akpoguma, Sessegnon – Grillitsch, Samassekou – Skov, Baumgartner, Kramaric – Dabbur
Absent: Bicakcic, Geiger, Hübner, Kaderabek, Stafylidis
Coach: Sebastian Hoeneß
Augsburg: Gikiewicz – Framberger, Gouweleeuw, Uduokhai, Iago – Caligiuri, Khedira, Strobl, Vargas – Niederlechner, Hahn
Absent: Bazee, Jensen, Moravek
Coach: Heiko Herrlich
PREDICTION: Hoffenheim to win @ 1,83
