Bayern Munich vs TSG Hoffenheim Competition – German Bundesliga Stadium – Allianz Arena Date: 12th January 2024 Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT
After a two-week winter break, the Bundesliga resumes this Friday with Bayern Munich hosting Hoffenheim in Round 16. The hosts ended 2023 sitting in second place, four points behind league leaders Bayer Leverkusen, albeit with a game in hand. After a surprise 5-1 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt in early December, they bounced back in style, winning three games on the spin, including a 2-1 away win to Wolfsburg in their last competitive outing. Having navigated that potential banana skin in their last game, Thomas Tuchel’s side will now hope to begin this year with a win. A rerun to the Allianz Arena is exactly what they need to do so, as Bayern have won each of their last five home league games. They are also unbeaten at home in all competitions this season (W8, D2) and have a formidable home record against Hoffenheim having won eleven and lost just one out of 15 head-to-head meetings with the visitors (D3). Meanwhile, the hosts have scored at least once in each of their last 64 home games and are one short of setting a new club record. So this game could be full of goals, especially considering that TSG have also found the back of the net in 20 successive Bundesliga games, setting a new club record. The Sinsheimers had a decent first part of the season, winning seven out of their opening 16 games (D3, L6), leaving them in 7th position, level on points with sixth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt and three behind Borussia Dortmund in fifth. However, they could have been in a better league position if not for their recent poor away form, with the visitors winless in their last three away league games (D1, L2). But despite their recent wobble on their travels, they remain the third-best away team in the Bundesliga this season behind Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen. Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:
May 3, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
19:30
RB Leipzig
May 4, 2024
Wolfsburg
14:30
Darmstadt
Werder Bremen
14:30
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Stuttgart
14:30
Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
14:30
Augsburg 1907
FC Cologne
17:30
SC Freiburg
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
Borussia Mönchengladbach
14:30
Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Cologne
14:30
Union Berlin
SC Freiburg
14:30
Heidenheim
RB Leipzig
14:30
Werder Bremen
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
31
22
3
6
89
38
+51
69
3
Stuttgart
31
20
4
7
70
38
+32
64
4
RB Leipzig
31
19
5
7
73
35
+38
62
5
Borussia Dortmund
31
16
9
6
59
39
+20
57
6
Eintracht Frankfurt
31
11
12
8
47
42
+5
45
7
SC Freiburg
31
11
7
13
43
55
-12
40
8
Augsburg 1907
31
10
9
12
48
52
-4
39
9
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
31
11
6
14
55
63
-8
39
10
Heidenheim
31
9
10
12
44
52
-8
37
11
Werder Bremen
31
10
7
14
41
50
-9
37
12
Wolfsburg
31
9
7
15
37
51
-14
34
13
Borussia Mönchengladbach
31
7
11
13
53
60
-7
32
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
31
4
11
16
24
54
-30
23
18
Darmstadt
31
3
8
20
30
73
-43
17
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