Match Report
TSG Hoffenheim, 5th with 61 points, sat 32 points above VfL Wolfsburg (16th, 29). VfL Wolfsburg ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Against a league average of 1.62 goals per team per game, TSG Hoffenheim ran at 1.91 scored and 1.53 conceded, VfL Wolfsburg at 1.32 and 2.03.
VfL Wolfsburg had lost three in a row. Over the last five, TSG Hoffenheim had taken 7 of 15 points to VfL Wolfsburg's 1.
The sides have met 34 times in the GioScore results database: 10 wins for TSG Hoffenheim, 9 draws and 15 for VfL Wolfsburg, at 3.44 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 82% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 79%.
PreZero Arena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,150. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
TSG Hoffenheim: Grischa Prömel (83') · VfL Wolfsburg: Konstantinos Koulierakis (64')
Key stats
Possession: TSG Hoffenheim 69% · VfL Wolfsburg 31% · Total shots: 20-4 · On target: 6-2 · Corners: 16-4