Germany - BundesligaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between RB Leipzig and 1899 Hoffenheim, taking place on Saturday, 16 December 2023, at The Red Bull Arena in Leipzig.
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RB Leipzig, Recent FormRB Leipzig will certainly have been pleased to secure 3 points from their most recent encounter, which saw them run out 3-2 winners in their away fixture against Borussia Dortmund. They came away from that fixture with 46% of the possession and clocked up 26 attempts on goal with 8 on target. By comparison, Borussia Dortmund managed 17 attempts on goal, with 6 on target.
Marco Rose will be very satisfied with his team's ability to find the net, with 15 goals in their last 6 matches; however, he will be less pleased with his back line, who have conceded8 goals during those same matches. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
They have been performing well at The Red Bull Arena recently and are unbeaten in their last 11 home games.
When home matches come round at The Red Bull Arena, Loïs Openda will feel confident of adding more goals to his tally of 6 goals in RB Leipzig's last 6 home league matches.
1899 Hoffenheim, Recent Form1899 Hoffenheim will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 3-1 win in their home outing against Bochum. Their share of possession in that meeting was 42%, while racking up 17 shots along the way, 7 of which were on target. Bochum had 22 shots on goal with 5 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Pellegrino Matarazzo will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 11 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 10 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. Their goal scoring streak now stands at 18 games in a row, but so far this season they have conceded a goal at least once in 13 of their 14 games.
They have had a strong run of away form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games on the road and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Having scored 4 goals in his last 6 league games for 1899 Hoffenheim, Wout Weghorst will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Not many saw the outcome of the last meeting between these sides as a surprise, with RB Leipzig running out winners in a match that ended 1-0.
RB Leipzig have managed to keep a clean sheet against achtzehn99 in each of their previous 3 meetings at The Red Bull Arena. achtzehn99 have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 3 league meetings with RB Leipzig.
RB Leipzig has won the last 3 games they've played against Hoffenheim in the league.
Dani Olmo will be feeling confident of netting goals for RB Leipzig in this one against Hoffenheim with his scoring record of 3 goals in their last 5 meetings in the league.
RB Leipzig manager Marco Rose has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. El Bitshiabu (Knee), Dani Olmo (Shoulder), Willi Orbán (Knee) and Timo Werner (Groin) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Pellegrino Matarazzo has a number of injury concerns in his Hoffenheim squad to contend with: Maximilian Beier (Cold), Mërgim Berisha (Cruciate ligament), Bambasé Conté (Groin strain), Dennis Geiger (Groin) and Marco John (Cruciate ligament)
RB Leipzig Playing at home | 1899 Hoffenheim Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Goals scored | 2.3 |
| 0.7 | Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| 21' | Time first goal scored | 28' |
| 46' | Time first goal conceded | 46' |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.9 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 6-0 | Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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