Week 18 brings us a match on Jan 28th, where Hoffenheim hosts Borussia M’gladbach in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Hoffenheim is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Union Berlin. Ihlas Bebou struck first for Hoffenheim in the 43rd minute on a feed from Robert Skov, then Danilho Doekhi tied it up for Union Berlin in the 73rd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 89th minute on a goal by Danilho Doekhi. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Mitchel Bakker struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 21st minute, then Amine Adli added another in the 43rd minute. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadion Im Borussia-park, Borussia M’gladbach won by a score of 3 to 1. Robert Skov scored the first goal for Hoffenheim in the 25th minute, but Ramy Bensebaini got the equalizer for Borussia M’gladbach in the 42nd minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 71st minute on a goal by Marcus Thuram to cap off a wild match.
Both Patrick Herrmann and Ramy Bensebaini have been the hottest scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Asllani has been the most prolific scorer on Hoffenheim in his last 5 matches with three goals
Jacob Bruun Larsen, Grischa Prömel, Ihlas Bebou, Sebastian Rudy, Kevin Vogt, Stanley N’Soki, Kevin Akpoguma, Munas Dabbur and Philipp are unavailable to play for André Breitenreiter’s team, while Hannes Wolf, Marcus Thuram, Florian Neuhaus, Mamadou Doucouré, Tobias Sippel and Alassane Pléa are unavailable to play for Daniel Farke’s team.