Match Report
7 points and 6 places separated them: TSG Hoffenheim 12th with 36, Hertha BSC 18th with 29. Hertha BSC had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Against a league average of 1.59 goals per team per game, TSG Hoffenheim ran at 1.41 scored and 1.68 conceded, Hertha BSC at 1.24 and 2.03.
Seven consecutive defeats weighed on TSG Hoffenheim. TSG Hoffenheim had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Hertha BSC, 7.
GioScore's database holds 23 meetings between the two: 12 for TSG Hoffenheim, 5 for Hertha BSC and 6 drawn, at 3.09 goals per meeting.
F. Willenborg officiated: 82 games logged, averaging 1.7 yellow cards each. PreZero Arena in Sinsheim, capacity 17,234, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: TSG Hoffenheim led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.