15:30 Hertha Berlin – Hoffenheim

Life in the German Bundesliga is difficult nowadays and Hertha Berlin is one of the teams, who know this well.Eighteen points after sixteen rounds (5-3-8 24/30) and only one point advantage in front of the teams in the relegation zone is what the hosts have achieved until this moment.

The attack of this team provides enough goals even for a better place in the standings, but the defense is too shaky: 30 goals and only three games without goals so far in this campaign.

Hoffenheim is a team, that can provide enough pressure over Hertha’s defense, although the guests failed to score in their last two visits to Bayern (0-4) and Dortmund (0-1).

At the same time, Hoffenheim has more or less the same weaknesses in defense like Hertha – 25 goals and not a single clean sheet in the last seven games in this league.

The hosts conceded four goals in their last game with Pekarik, Hegeler, Brooks and Schulz in defense, but Jos Luhukay has limited options in that zone, especially after the injury of John Heitinga (10+1).

Hoffenheim, in the same time, is still without key defender like Niklas Sule (15+1).