Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd November 2024

RB Leipzig are out to consolidate their place inside the top four of the Bundesliga table, when stepping up against Hoffenheim for a match on Saturday. Hoffenheim no doubt have a surprise in mind, but a win for RB Leipzig nevertheless seems the likely outcome.

Hoffenheim are placed 15th with nine points after ten matches. RB Leipzig occupy a position as twoth in the league on 21 points.

Top side RB Leipzig will be hoping to inflict more misery on lowly placed Hoffenheim this coming Saturday. The hosts should simply be able to bring far too much to the table for the visitors to have any say on Saturday.

Hoffenheim only average a modest 1.3 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded 19 for an average of 1.9 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring two times.

RB Leipzig managed a bearable 15 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.5 goals per game. They conceded five goals in total, and while claiming seven clean sheets, they conceded 0.5 goals an average per game.

Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig had to settle for a draw each in their most recent match, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 27/10.

Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig Prediction

Hoffenheim Form

It could have been better, it could have been worse for Hoffenheim, who have two draws to show from their last three matches. They came up short in a 0-2 defeat against St. Pauli, followed by a 2-2 draw against Lyon. They recorded yet another one in the latest round after a 0-0 match with Augsburg. Hoffenheim claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga. They also drew zero and lost three, as they scored 14 and conceded 15 goals.

RB Leipzig Form

A single draw prevents RB Leipzig from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short, losing by 2-1 and 3-1 against Borussia Dortmund and Celtic, respectively. Their latest match brought some consolation, as they were able to hang on for a 0-0 draw against Borussia Moenchengladbach. RB Leipzig managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Bundesliga away matches, in which they scored nine while also conceding six times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, RB Leipzig get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last three games against teams inside the top six. They were on target three times in these matches, but also let in nine goals. RB Leipzig took three wins and ten points in the previous four encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Bundesliga, as they scored six goals while also allowing zero against. Hoffenheim claimed two wins, three draws as well as five defeats in the Bundesliga this season. RB Leipzig are looking at six wins, three draws and one defeat in the Bundesliga.

Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig Squads

Hoffenheim Squad

The 46-year-old coach of the home team, Pellegrino Matarazzo, will select the lineup against RB Leipzig from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Luca Philipp (0/0), Lukas Petersson (0/0), Oliver Baumann (0/10), Arthur Chaves (0/5), Attila Szalai (0/0), Christopher Lenz (0/0), Kevin Akpoguma (0/9), Lars Strobl (0/0), Ozan Kabak (0/0), Pavel Kaderabek (0/8), Robin Hranac (0/2), Stanley N'Soki (0/4), Tim Drexler (0/8), Valentin Gendrey (1/8), Alexander Prass (0/9), Anton Stach (0/10), David Jurasek (0/3), Dennis Geiger (0/3), Diadie Samassekou (0/2), Finn Becker (0/0), Florian Grillitsch (0/8), Florian Micheler (0/1), Grischa Proemel (0/2), Marco John (0/0), Tom Bischof (0/8), Umut Tohumcu (0/7), Adam Hlozek (1/9), Andrej Kramaric (5/9), Haris Tabakovic (1/6), Ihlas Bebou (0/0), Jacob Bruun Larsen (0/7), Marius Buelter (4/10), Max Moerstedt (0/4), Mergim Berisha (1/7).

RB Leipzig Squad

Listed below is the full squad of RB Leipzig players that the manager Marco Rose will choose from for the upcoming game:

Leopold Zingerle (0/0), Maarten Vandevoordt (0/1), Peter Gulacsi (0/10), Benjamin Henrichs (0/10), Castello Lukeba (0/7), David Raum (0/6), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (0/6), Hugo Novoa (0/0), Lukas Klostermann (0/9), Lutsharel Geertruida (1/7), Willi Orban (2/8), Amadou Haidara (0/10), Antonio Nusa (1/10), Arthur Vermeeren (0/9), Christoph Baumgartner (0/10), Eljif Elmas (0/2), Forzan Assan Ouedraogo (0/2), Kevin Kampl (1/7), Nicolas Seiwald (0/6), Xaver Schlager (0/0), Xavi Simons (2/7), Andre Silva (0/2), Benjamin Sesko (3/10), Fabrice Hartmann (0/0), Ikoma Lois Openda (5/10), Yussuf Poulsen (0/9).

Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig Team News

Hoffenheim have an almost full squad available against RB Leipzig at PreZero Arena with only one player possibly missing.

Hoffenheim are unable to field Mergim Berisha this coming Saturday against RB Leipzig, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig Lineups

Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Hoffenheim played RB Leipzig. The pair finished even in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. RB Leipzig will be excited about a meeting with Hoffenheim, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. RB Leipzig go into the match with a 7-2-1 advantage. The bookies have RB Leipzig to win this match at best price odds of 17/20.

Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig Results

Both teams to score only came out four times in the previous ten games between RB Leipzig and Hoffenheim. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 13/8 with the bookies.

Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Ikoma Lois Openda has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Saturday, it is because RB Leipzig bank on him to build on these numbers against Hoffenheim. The latter relies on Marius Buelter, who found the target three times in six games.

Hoffenheim claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing five. RB Leipzig won four of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost three of the games in this run. Goals are flowing freely for Hoffenheim on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in RB Leipzig''s last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig as under 2.5 goals happened four times. Hoffenheim scored an average of 0.6 goals a game, with RB Leipzig averaging 1.7 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Hoffenheim, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for RB Leipzig, who scored 1.8 times on average in these matches.