Form and Line-up Hoffenheim
After an unremarkable spell in the first half of April, the home side sharply raised their level. Away wins over Borussia Dortmund and Hamburg (both 2:1) clearly boosted Hoffenheim's confidence, allowing the club to jump into the top five. In the last round the hosts pushed Bayer Leverkusen out of that position, taking only a point themselves from a bruising 3:3 draw with Stuttgart. The home side led 3:1 but squandered the advantage, conceding the equaliser after the opposition had a man sent off.
Key numbers for Hoffenheim:
In 16 home matches the hosts have scored 35 goals — only the clubs in the top four have more.
Hoffenheim have taken 20 points from their last 10 home matches — only Stuttgart (21), Bayern Munich (23) and Borussia Dortmund (24) have more.
Hoffenheim have scored a total of 13 times in their last five home meetings with Werder Bremen.
Probable Hoffenheim line-up (4-2-3-1):
Oliver Baumann — Bernardo Fernandes, Albian Hajdari, Ozan Kabak, Vladimir Coufal — Wouter Burger, Leon Avdullahu — Bazoumana Toure, Fisnik Asllani, Andrej Kramaric — Tim Lemperle.
Absentees: Valentin Gendrey, Koki Machida (both — injury).
Form and Line-up Werder Bremen
Despite a 1:3 defeat to Augsburg in the last round, Werder Bremen still have a comfortable six-point cushion over the relegation play-off and automatic drop zones. Against Augsburg the away side started poorly, going 0:2 down by half-time. Romano Schmid pulled one back, but Augsburg finished off the visitors on the counterattack. The xG split (1.34–2.57) and possession (68–32%) underlined how poorly the side perform when they have to take the initiative.
Key numbers for Werder Bremen:
Werder Bremen are sixth from bottom for away xGA (33.04).
In 2026 Werder Bremen have suffered five away defeats — only three teams have more (two of them are in the relegation zone).
Werder Bremen have conceded at least two goals in six head-to-head meetings in a row against Hoffenheim.
Probable Werder Bremen line-up (3-4-2-1):
Mio Backhaus — Abdul-Karim Koulibaly, Marco Friedl, Amos Pieper — Olivier Deman, Senne Lynen, Cameron Puertas, Yukinari Sugawara — Romano Schmid, Jens Stage — Jovan Milosevic.
Absentees: Mitchell Weiser, Leonardo Bittencourt, Keke Topp, Karl Hein, Julian Malatini (all — injury).
