Record against Hoffenheim
Overall: 24 games, 11 wins, 7 draws, 6 defeats, 45:37 goal difference
In the Bundesliga: 23 games, 10 wins, 7 draws, 6 defeats, 41:34 goal difference
Looking back
VfB are unbeaten in their last four Bundesliga matches against Hoffenheim, winning two and drawing two.
Comeback ability
This season, Hoffenheim have picked up more points from losing positions (18) than any other Bundesliga team.
Flexible
VfB and TSG boast more different goalscorers in 2021/22 than any other team in the league. Hoffenheim lead the way with 17 players on the scoresheet after 23 rounds of matches, while VfB have 16.
Dangerous at corners
Hoffenheim’s tally of five goals from corners this term puts them third in that particular category, behind Freiburg (eight) and Frankfurt (six).
Coaching reunion
Both head coaches are familiar with the opposition. Pellegrino Matarazzo worked at TSG from July 2017 until the end of 2019; in his first six months he took charge of the U17s, but from January 2018 onwards he was Julian Nagelsmann’s first-team assistant coach.
Meanwhile, current Hoffenheim boss Sebastian Hoeneß won the German U17 youth championship with VfB in 1999.