Read our prediction for Hoffenheim vs Stuttgart below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions. Use our betting tips for the match between Hoffenheim vs Stuttgart and you can increase your winnings!
Hoffenheim vs Stuttgart Prediction & Betting tips
TSG Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart will compete against each other in this regional derby on Saturday afternoon. There are some problems on the home side, due to positive Covid 19 tests.
Hoffenheim:
TSG Hoffenheim cannot in ideal circumstances look forward to this Baden-Württemberg derby. What every club fears in this period has become reality at Hoffenheim; many players cannot play on Saturday due to positive corona tests. Trainer Sebastian Hoeneß has to make a line-up without players like Kevin Vogt, Sebastian Rudy and Munas Dabbur.
The club management made every effort to postpone this match for a day – in the hope that there would be more players with a negative test. However, the German association was unrelenting: there will have to be played against Stuttgart on Saturday. “Those 24 hours would have helped us a lot, but we respect the decision,” said technical manager Alexander Rosen. In addition to all absents, there is probably a deployable Andrej Kramaric. “I am optimistic,” Hoeneß said of the Croatian forward.
VfB Stuttgart:
For the time being, PhD candidate VfB Stuttgart is definitely not out of place at the highest German level. Die Schwaben only lost once in their first seven games – on the first day, at home against SC Freiburg (2-3). Yet the club is not higher than eighth place, due to the many draws that Stuttgart has recorded so far. Stuttgart also drew two weeks ago. At home against Eintracht Frankfurt, the team relinquished a 2-0 lead. The game ended 2-2.
Trainer Pellegrino Matarazzo refused to count himself rich in the run-up to the match against Hoffenheim, despite all the absences of the opponent. “Hoffenheim has a wide selection, you shouldn’t underestimate that,” says Matarazzo, who worked at Hoffenheim in the past. ‘They are very variable. It will certainly not be an easy game for us. ‘ A number of players returned from their international matches late. Perhaps they start on the couch for fitness reasons.
Hoffenheim vs Stuttgart head to head matches
16.03.19 BUN Stuttgart Hoffenheim 1 : 1
27.10.18 BUN Hoffenheim Stuttgart 4 : 0
05.05.18 BUN Stuttgart Hoffenheim 2 : 0
13.12.17 BUN Hoffenheim Stuttgart 1 : 0
05.03.16 BUN Stuttgart Hoffenheim 5 : 1