Hoffenheim vs Schalke
SINSHEIM, Germany (Interstat) — Hoffenheim will host Schalke on Sunday at PreZero Arena in a football matchup. Hoffenheim will be the home team, and Schalke will be the visiting team. Hoffenheim has four wins, seven losses and one draw across all competitions. Schalke has three wins, five losses and four draws. Schalke has been shut out in each of its last four matches, while Hoffenheim enters after a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace.
Hoffenheim’s Alexander Prass is the player to watch. Prass scored in 76 minutes in the draw at Crystal Palace. He played 90 minutes against Lyon, recorded a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win at Borussia Monchengladbach, and played 31 minutes against Besiktas. Tim Lemperle played 70 minutes and provided an assist at Crystal Palace, and Natnael Abraha played 90 minutes. Hoffenheim’s other results this season include 3-0 home wins over Bayer Leverkusen and Lyon, a 2-0 loss at Werder Bremen, a 2-1 loss at Holstein Kiel, a 3-2 home loss to Besiktas, a 3-2 home loss to Hamburger SV, a 3-1 loss at Paderborn, a 2-1 home win over Stuttgart and a 3-2 home loss to BVB.
Schalke most recently lost 2-0 at home to RB Leipzig. Schalke also lost 2-0 at SG Dynamo Dresden and played a 0-0 draw at FC Koln. Its other results include a 1-0 home loss to Mainz, a 2-1 loss at Freiburg, a 1-0 win at Austria Lustenau, a 0-0 home draw with Elversberg, a 3-1 win at Union Berlin, a 1-1 draw at Fortuna, a 0-0 home draw with Bayern Munich and a 3-0 loss at Augsburg.
The Sunday game at PreZero Arena in Sinsheim will match Hoffenheim’s home setting against Schalke’s recent run of scoreless results. Schalke’s upcoming schedule includes a home match against Stuttgart, a trip to Paderborn, a home match against BVB, a trip to HSV, a home match against Borussia Monchengladbach, a trip to Frankfurt, a home match against Werder Bremen, a trip to Bayer Leverkusen, a home match against Augsburg and a trip to Bayern Munich. Hoffenheim’s upcoming schedule includes a trip to Frankfurt, home matches against Augsburg, Bayern Munich, Elversberg, RB Leipzig and FC Koln, and trips to SC Freiburg, Union Berlin and Mainz.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Hoffenheim 1, Schalke 1. Interstat’s ELO system projects Hoffenheim with a 59.5 percent probability to win.