Maximilian Beier opens the scoring in the 5th minute and Hoffenheim goes on to beat Wolfsburg 1-0.
A round-trip match is expected between two rivals who did not go beyond a draw on the previous date of the current season and who will have to take advantage of their strengths if they want to get the three points.
Wolfsburg comes from drawing 1-1 against Cologne. In the last games of this season, he had 1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat, with 5 goals scored and 5 in the rival’s goal.
The previous match played by Hoffenheim ended in a 1-1 draw against Heidenheim. His recent campaign records mixed results: 3 losses and 1 draw. He scored 7 goals against his rivals and conceded 13 goals.
The host is in eleventh place with 22 points (6 PG – 4 PE – 9 PP), while the visitor accumulates 25 points and is in ninth place in the championship (7 PG – 4 PE – 8 PP).
Florian Badstübner was in charge of supervising the order of play during the match.
Wolfsburg formation today
Niko Kovac stood with a 4-5-1 lineup with goalkeeper Koen Casteels; Joakim Maehle, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Moritz Jenz and Rogério as defenders; Vaclav Cerny, Maximilian Arnold, Jonas Wind, Aster Vranckx and Kevin Paredes as midfielders; and Kevin Behrens as forward.
Hoffenheim formation today
For his part, coach Pellegrino Matarazzo deployed a 4-4-2 strategy on the field with Oliver Baumann defending the goal; Pavel Kaderabek, Ozan Kabak, John Brooks, Stanley Nsoki as fullbacks; Umut Tohumcu, Andrej Kramaric, Anton Stach and Grischa Prömel in midfield; and with Wout Weghorst and Maximilian Beier as attackers.
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