Hoffenheim vs Schalke 18.10.2022

A rematch of Friday’s Bundesliga fixture is on the cards when Hoffenheim welcome Schalke for their 2nd round DFB Pokal match. Hoffenheim are having a tremendous domestic league campaign. They beat Schalke 3-0 away in that Friday match to temporarily move to third on the table before Bayern’s win on Sunday pushed them back to 4th, which is still incredible by any standards. The Blues will be looking to replicate the result here when they square off with them again.

Things are quite the opposite for the visitors. After earning promotion back to the Bundesliga, they have struggled to stay alive. A run of four straight losses has seen them tumble down to second from the bottom on the log, just two points clear of Bochum who are rock bottom. Die Knappen (The Miners) have struggled to win on their travels this season with no win on the road in 6 Bundesliga outings. They were completely outplayed at home by Hoffenheim and will need a quick turnaround if they are to stay alive in the cup.

Both of these teams easily won their first-round matchups against lower-league opposition. Things get tougher as you move up the ladder. With everything on the line especially for Schalke, we expect them to put up a tougher fight here, especially to start the game. As such we are backing the first half to have few clear-cut goalscoring opportunities and we are therefore picking Under 1.5 First half goals as our main tip for this clash

Main tip: 1st Half Under 1.5 Goals (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Hoffenheim vs Schalke

We take a look at the last 10 meetings between these teams;

• Hoffenheim have 5 wins, Schalke 2 wins and they drew 3 times
• These matches scored an average of 3.30 goals per game
• Hoffeheim won 3-0 in their last meeting

Latest results Hoffenheim

• 2 wins, 2 draws and a loss in their last 5 matches
• 9 goals scored in the last 5 matches. Average of 1.80 goals per match
• Beat Hoffenheim 3-0 away in their last match

Latest results Schalke

• Just 1 win and 4 losses in their last 5 matches
• 5 goals scored in the last 5 matches. Average of 1.00 goals per match
• Lost 3-0 at home to Hoffenheim last time out

Path To DFB Pokal 2nd Round

Hoffenheim
1st Round: Rodinghausen 0-4 Hoffenheim
Form Guide (most recent first): W-L-D-D-W

Schalke
1st Round: Bremer 0-5 Schalke
Form Guide (most recent first): L-L-L-W-L

Possible squad Hoffenheim

Hoffenheim: Baumann; Akpoguma, Vogt, Kabak; Angelino, Geiger, Skov; Promel, Baumgartner; Kramaric, Rutter

Out: Nsoki (Muscle Injury), Bebou (Knee Injury)

Coach: Andrei Breitenreiter

Possible squad Schalke

Schalke: Schwolow; Matriciani, Van den Berg, Yoshida, Mohr; Kraub, Flick; Larsson, Drexler, Bulter; Terodde

Out: None

Coach: Frank Kramer

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on 1st Half Under 1.5 Goals

1xBet offers the best odds for the bet “1st Half Under 1.5 Goals”
The odd of 1.60 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 63% chance that the opening half will have no more than a goal scored

Odds comparison for 1st Half Under 1.5 Goals

1xBet – odd 1.60
Cyber.bet – odd 1.58

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2) Bet on Hoffenheim Win – Tip 1

• They had 2/3 DFB Pokal H2H with both teams to score NO.

Odds for this bet

Betwinner offers very competitive odds for “Hoffenheim Win – Tip 1”

The odd of 1.52 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 66% chance that Hoffenheim will emerge victorious in this game.

Odds comparisons for Hoffenheim Win – Tip 1

Betwinner – odd 1.52
Betway – odd 1.48

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