On Saturday (3:30 p.m./live ticker on tsg-hoffenheim.de) TSG Hoffenheim will be visiting Holstein Kiel. While the Bundesliga newcomers recently surprised, Hoffenheim started the year 2025 with two defeats. We have picked out all the important facts and figures about the #KSVTSG game.
Did you know that…
… Hoffenheim almost always scores against Bundesliga newcomers?
TSG Hoffenheim lost only one of the last 15 games against newly promoted Bundesliga teams (8 wins, 6 draws). TSG celebrated a 3-2 win against Holstein Kiel in the first half of the season; the game on August 24, 2024 was also Kiel's Bundesliga premiere.
… Hoffenheim experienced a season with many negative records?
With just 14 points from 17 games, Hoffenheim is playing one of the weakest first half of the season in the club's Bundesliga history. In addition, TSG has been without a win in nine competitive games and has remained without a win in all 13 away games this season – a negative record since promotion to the Bundesliga in 2008. The only success so far under Christian Ilzer came in a 4-3 win against Leipzig.
… Kiel is strong offensively but vulnerable defensively?
Holstein Kiel recently won two Bundesliga home games in a row for the first time, scoring four goals each – becoming the first promoted team since 1972/73. At the same time, Kiel has the weakest defense in the league with 43 goals conceded and allowed the most goals in the league with 26 goals in the first half. Hoffenheim conceded the second most goals with 19 goals in the first half (tied with Bremen).
-… Kiel's Phil Harres and Shuto Machino provide offensive highlights?
The two offensive players have already scored seven times each this Bundesliga season – a figure that only Vedad Ibisevic (18) and Demba Ba (7) achieved for TSG Hoffenheim in 2008/09 for a promoted team in the past 40 years. Phil Harres has also been directly involved in two goals in each of his last three Bundesliga games – a mark that only Emil Forsberg has achieved for Leipzig since 2004/05. Since matchday 15, only Patrik Schick has been involved in more goals in the league than Harres (5 goals, 1 assist).
…Hoffenheim's attack is in crisis?
Under Christian Ilzer, Hoffenheim remained goalless in six of their first ten competitive games. In the Bundesliga, TSG have only scored three goals in six games since the 4-3 win against Leipzig on matchday 11 – only St. Pauli was weaker offensively (2 goals).
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