Hoffenheim-Werder Bremen is a match valid for the 24th day of the Bundesliga and is played on Sunday at 5:30pm: live TV, probable formations, predictions.
Hoffenheim’s first win in the calendar year had a special flavor. The Sinsheim-based club broke the fast against Borussia Dortmund by defeating one of the historically hottest stadiums in the Bundesliga, Signal Iduna Park (formerly Westfalenstadion), 3-2. After finishing 2-1 down in the first half, Kramaric and his teammates in turn overturned the Yellowonians thanks to a brace from a wild Maximilian Beier and returned to rejoicing after nearly three months: their last success was dated Dec. 8 (3-1 against Bochum).
Three points that moreover allowed Hoffenheim to return to seventh place in the standings and reach 30 points. The dream of returning to a European cup is therefore still intact: sixth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt has just four more points. In order to aspire to such a goal, Pellegrino Matarazzo’s men must urgently improve their domestic performance. In their own stadium, Hoffenheim has won only 10 points, and only the last three have done worse. It is a different matter, however, when it comes to away matches: away from Sinsheim the white and blue are flying. Bayern Munich, to be clear, has barely collected two more points in the matches played so far away from home.
In the match that sends the 24th day of the Bundesliga into the archives, it will be a direct clash with Werder Bremen, a team that has the same points as Hoffenheim and whose performance has improved markedly from the previous season. Ole Werner’s green-and-whites in 2024 have lost only one game (1-2 to Heidenheim), winning four and drawing two. Last Saturday they squandered a big chance, not going beyond a draw with the last in the standings, Darmstadt (1-1).
The prediction
Three wins by Hoffenheim and one by Werder Bremen in the last four previous matches, all of which ended with more than two goals in total. There should be no shortage of excitement this time, either.
The likely lineups for Hoffenheim-Werder Bremen
HOFFENHEIM (3-4-1-2): Baumann; Kabak, Grillitsch, Nsoki; Kadeřábek, Stach, Tohumcu, Jurásek; Kramarić; Bebou, Beier.
WERDER BREMA (3-1-4-2): Zetterer; Malatini, Groß, Jung; Lynen; Weiser, Schmid, Stage, Agu; Njinmah, Ducksch.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2
