Predictions Bundesliga - Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig

Bundesliga - Hoffenheim vs RB Leipzig
Match Time: 04-05-2024 02:30 Saturday (GMT+8)
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Hoffenheim

Hoffenheim's mixed season took another negative turn when Bochum defeated the club in ninth in the previous round, as Pellegrino Matarazzo's men fell to a 14th loss in 2023-24, the most suffered in the top half in the Bundesliga.

That unexpected reverse to a relegation-threatened side was the second in three games and a fifth in seven league fixtures, continuing the club's slide.

Die Kraichgauer's failure to win games consistently could be linked to their inability to keep clean sheets, with last weekend's 3-2 loss continuing a drought without a successful rearguard action lasting seven months since September's 2-0 success at Union Berlin.

Oliver Baumann hopes to end that run without a shutout this weekend, even if it is now assured that the 33-year-old will not match last season's five clean sheets.

Despite the team's recent losses and continued run without preventing opponents from scoring, Matarazzo's side have secured consecutive wins on their turf, and the home support will hope for a third straight win at PreZero Arena.

RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig has accrued 22 from 24 points in the league since losing 2-1 to Bayern Munich at the end of February, helping Die Roten Bullen to open a five-point advantage over Dortmund and even close in on third-place Stuttgart.

Leipzig's recent run and Stuttgart's one-point-in-six wobble have given the Red Bulls a chance of rising into third in the campaign's final weeks, thus matching last season's top-flight placement.

With Bayern travelling to Sebastian Hoeness's side, who are two points ahead of Rose's men, Leipzig hope the Champions League semi-finalists do them a favour as they aim to win a fifth league game on the bounce, which could take them into third.

Prediction: Hoffenheim 1-2 RB Leipzig