Football Previews
Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim will hope to get back to winning ways with a victory in this match after they both suffered losses in their last league games.
Werder Bremen have fallen 1 point behind a European place after suffering a loss in their last league match but this game offers them an opportunity to get back to winning ways and possibly into a European place.
They are currently 8th in the league table with 45 points from 32 games, just 2 points off Freiburg who are 5th in the league table.
A win in this match, and with other results favouring them, they could be back in a European place.
Their recent home form is excellent, they have 5 wins from their last 5 league games at home, scoring at least 2 goals in each of those matches.
TSG Hoffenheim have secured a place in Europe next season, a remarkable feat for them.
They had a great season that saw them win over Bayern Munich and recorded some other stunning results.
They are currently 4th in the league table with 58 points, just 2 points behind 3rd placed Borussia Dortmund and 11 points ahead of 5th placed Freiburg.
They have 3 wins from their last 6 games but have not won any of their last 3 away games.
Bremen: Wiedwald – Gebre Selassie, Sane, Veljkovic, Bauer – Delaney – Grillitsch, Junuzovic – Kruse – Bartels, Gnabry
Coach: Alexander Nouri
Absentees: Caldirola (broken foot), Garcia (neck), Moisander (suspended), Fritz (ankle), Hajrovic (knee), Eggestein (ankle)
Hoffenheim: Baumann – Süle, Vogt, Hübner – Kaderabek, Rudy, Zuber – Demirbay, Amiri – Wagner, Kramaric
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann
Absentees: None
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
| Werder Bremen last 5 matches (most recent first): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/05/17 | (a)1. FC Köln | 4-3 | L |
| 29/04/17 | (h)Hertha BSC | 2-0 | W |
| 22/04/17 | (a)FC Ingolstadt | 2-4 | W |
| 16/04/17 | (h)Hamburger SV | 2-1 | W |
| 07/04/17 | (a)Eintracht Frankfurt | 2-2 | D |
| TSG Hoffenheim last 5 matches (most recent first): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/05/17 | (a)Borussia Dortmund | 2-1 | L |
| 30/04/17 | (h)Eintracht Frankfurt | 1-0 | W |
| 21/04/17 | (a)1. FC Köln | 1-1 | D |
| 15/04/17 | (h)Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5-3 | W |
| 08/04/17 | (a)Hamburger SV | 2-1 | L |
Last time they met: TSG Hoffenheim 1-1 Werder Bremen
Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:
| May 5, 2024 | ||
| Union Berlin | 14:30 | VFL Bochum |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 16:30 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| Heidenheim | 18:30 | Mainz |
| May 10, 2024 | ||
| Augsburg 1907 | 19:30 | Stuttgart |
| May 11, 2024 | ||
| RB Leipzig | 14:30 | Werder Bremen |
| SC Freiburg | 14:30 | Heidenheim |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 14:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| FC Cologne | 14:30 | Union Berlin |
| Mainz | 17:30 | Borussia Dortmund |
| May 12, 2024 | ||
| Darmstadt | 14:30 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
| Bayern Munich | 16:30 | Wolfsburg |
| VFL Bochum | 18:30 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
German Bundesliga Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 31 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 81 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 32 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 90 | 41 | +49 | 69 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 67 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 63 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 60 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 45 |
| 7 | SC Freiburg | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 55 | -12 | 41 |
| 8 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 64 | -8 | 40 |
| 9 | Augsburg 1907 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 57 | -8 | 39 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 52 | -9 | 38 |
| 11 | Heidenheim | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 52 | -8 | 37 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 51 | -11 | 37 |
| 13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 55 | 62 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Union Berlin | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 50 | -24 | 30 |
| 15 | VFL Bochum | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 62 | -25 | 30 |
| 16 | Mainz | 31 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 49 | -17 | 28 |
| 17 | FC Cologne | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 54 | -30 | 24 |
| 18 | Darmstadt | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 76 | -46 | 17 |
German Bundesliga Results
| May 4, 2024 | ||
| FC Cologne | 0 - 0 | SC Freiburg |
| Stuttgart | 3 - 1 | Bayern Munich |
| Werder Bremen | 2 - 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Wolfsburg | 3 - 0 | Darmstadt |
| Borussia Dortmund | 5 - 1 | Augsburg 1907 |
| May 3, 2024 | ||
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 1 - 1 | RB Leipzig |
| April 28, 2024 | ||
| Darmstadt | 0 - 1 | Heidenheim |
| Mainz | 1 - 1 | FC Cologne |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 - 0 | Union Berlin |
| April 27, 2024 | ||
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2 - 2 | Stuttgart |
| Augsburg 1907 | 0 - 3 | Werder Bremen |
| SC Freiburg | 1 - 2 | Wolfsburg |
| RB Leipzig | 4 - 1 | Borussia Dortmund |
| Bayern Munich | 2 - 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| April 26, 2024 | ||
| VFL Bochum | 3 - 2 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
| April 21, 2024 | ||
| SC Freiburg | 1 - 1 | Mainz |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1 - 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| Werder Bremen | 2 - 1 | Stuttgart |
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