Professionals, 12. March 2021
Record against Hoffenheim
Overall: 22 matches, 9 wins, 7 draws, 6 defeats, 40:36 goal difference
In the Bundesliga: 21 matches, 8 wins, 7 draws, 6 defeats, 36:33 goal difference
Looking back
VfB and TSG shared the points in the reverse fixture after an entertaining 3-3 draw.
Identical runs
Both teams are unbeaten in four games in the Bundesliga after two wins and two draws each. Both have also collected 11 points from the seven matches in the second half of the season.
Chasing a record
Sasa Kalajdzic has now scored in each of VfB’s last six matches. Fredi Bobic is the only player who has scored in more consecutive games in a Stuttgart shirt – seven in the 1995/96 season.
Connections
VfB head coach Pellegrino Matarazzo (2017-2019) and goalkeeper Gregor Kobel (2014-2019) both face their former club at the weekend.
For Hoffenheim, Sebastian Rudy, Ermin Bicakcic and coach Sebastian Hoeneß have all donned the VfB jersey during their playing careers.
Disciplinary tightrope
VfB trio Wataru Endo, Orel Mangala and Konstantinos Mavropanos all go into the game on four yellow cards.