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:
| January 10, 2025 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund | 20:30 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| January 11, 2025 | ||
| Heidenheim | 15:30 | Union Berlin |
| SC Freiburg | 15:30 | Holstein Kiel |
| Mainz | 15:30 | VFL Bochum |
| FC St. Pauli | 15:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 15:30 | Wolfsburg |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 18:30 | Bayern Munich |
| January 12, 2025 | ||
| RB Leipzig | 15:30 | Werder Bremen |
| Augsburg 1907 | 17:30 | Stuttgart |
| January 14, 2025 | ||
| Holstein Kiel | 18:30 | Borussia Dortmund |
| Wolfsburg | 20:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 20:30 | Mainz |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 20:30 | SC Freiburg |
| January 15, 2025 | ||
| VFL Bochum | 18:30 | FC St. Pauli |
| Stuttgart | 20:30 | RB Leipzig |
| Bayern Munich | 20:30 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
| Werder Bremen | 20:30 | Heidenheim |
| Union Berlin | 20:30 | Augsburg 1907 |
| January 17, 2025 | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 20:30 | Borussia Dortmund |
German Bundesliga Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 13 | +34 | 36 |
| 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 32 |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 27 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 27 |
| 5 | Mainz | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 25 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 25 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 25 |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 24 |
| 9 | SC Freiburg | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 23 |
| 11 | Wolfsburg | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 21 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Augsburg 1907 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 32 | -15 | 16 |
| 14 | FC St. Pauli | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Heidenheim | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 10 |
| 17 | Holstein Kiel | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 38 | -19 | 8 |
| 18 | VFL Bochum | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 35 | -22 | 6 |
German Bundesliga Results
| December 22, 2024 | ||
| Wolfsburg | 1 - 3 | Borussia Dortmund |
| VFL Bochum | 2 - 0 | Heidenheim |
| December 21, 2024 | ||
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5 - 1 | SC Freiburg |
| Holstein Kiel | 5 - 1 | Augsburg 1907 |
| Werder Bremen | 4 - 1 | Union Berlin |
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 1 - 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 - 3 | Mainz |
| Stuttgart | 0 - 1 | FC St. Pauli |
| December 20, 2024 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 5 - 1 | RB Leipzig |
| December 15, 2024 | ||
| RB Leipzig | 2 - 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1 - 1 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
| Heidenheim | 1 - 3 | Stuttgart |
| December 14, 2024 | ||
| FC St. Pauli | 0 - 2 | Werder Bremen |
| Augsburg 1907 | 0 - 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| Mainz | 2 - 1 | Bayern Munich |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 - 1 | Holstein Kiel |
| Union Berlin | 1 - 1 | VFL Bochum |
| December 13, 2024 | ||
| SC Freiburg | 3 - 2 | Wolfsburg |
| December 8, 2024 | ||
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 1 - 1 | SC Freiburg |
| Wolfsburg | 4 - 3 | Mainz |
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