TSG Hoffenheim lost only one of the last 15 Bundesliga games against 1. FC Köln (W10 D4) – this defeat resulted in TSG losing 1-3 at home in the second leg of last season. In general, Hoffenheim only celebrated more wins in the upper house against FC Augsburg (14) than against the Domstadt team (13).
TSG Hoffenheim scored in each of the last 14 Bundesliga games against 1. FC Köln – in total, TSG scored 54 times against Effzeh in the Bundesliga, more than against any other team. Cologne conceded an average of 2.2 goals against Hoffenheim, more than against any other opponent in the upper house (in at least 5 games).
TSG Hoffenheim recently went six Bundesliga games without a win for the first time under the leadership of Pellegrino Matarazzo (D3 L3). In general, the Kraichgauers have only won one of 11 BL games since the beginning of November (3-1 against Bochum, also D5 L5). In the league, only Darmstadt scored fewer points (4) than TSG (8) during this period.
1. FC Köln celebrated their third win of this Bundesliga season with a 2-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt and ended a series of six BL games without a win; it was also the first “threesome” under the direction of Timo Schultz. The last time “Effzeh” had two wins in a row in the BL was in May 2023.
Only TSG Hoffenheim and FC Augsburg are still without a clean sheet in home games this Bundesliga season. Across all seasons, TSG has been without a clean sheet for 12 BL home games – 13 would be a negative club record (2009 – 2010 under Ralf Rangnick).
1. FC Köln won only one of the first 10 away games this Bundesliga season (D3 L6): 1-0 against newly promoted Darmstadt at the beginning of December. The only five goals scored by Cologne in these 10 games are a league low and at the same time a negative record for the Domstadt team in the BL after the first 10 guest games (as previously only in 2001/02 and 2003/04).
1. FC Köln only scored seven of their 14 goals this season from the current game, the lowest in this Bundesliga season. However, TSG Hoffenheim has already conceded 31 goals in the current game, only SV Darmstadt has conceded more (38).
Hoffenheim’s Maximilian Beier scored his eighth goal of this Bundesliga season in the 2-2 draw against VfL Wolfsburg, making him the sole top scorer for TSG, but Beier only scored two of his eight goals in home games. In the 3-1 first leg win against Cologne, the 21-year-old scored to make it 3-0.
Cologne’s Dejan Ljubicic provided two assists in the 2-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt – that’s as many assists as in his first 74 Bundesliga games combined. Linton Maina most recently provided two assists for Cologne in a BL game against Hertha BSC in May 2023.
Cologne’s Faride Alidou recently scored in the second Bundesliga game in a row, having remained goalless in his first 26 BL games. Only Davie Selke in September managed to score in two BL games in a row for Cologne this BL season.