Leverkusen fights against the title against Hoffenheim: The only goal, the victory!

Leverkusen fights against the title against Hoffenheim: The only goal, the victory!

On Sunday, February 1, 2025, Bayer Leverkusen welcomes TSG Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. The game is kick -off at 5:30 p.m. Leverkusen is in second place in the table with 42 points and pursues the top position ambitious. The gap to the leaders of Bayern Munich is already nine points. In order to continue to play in the title race, a victory against Hoffenheim is urgently needed.

Leverkusen had shown a strong form in the past few weeks, with 12 wins, 6 draws and only one defeat from the previous 19 games. But the last Bundesliga game ended unhappily for the team with a 2-2 draw against RB Leipzig. Despite a 2-0 lead, achieved by Patrik Schick and Aleix García, Leverkusen conceded the equalization by David Raum and an own goal of Edmond Tapsoba. Leverkusen was also successful in the European competition and secured a place in the group phase of the Champions League with a 2-0 against Sparta Prague.

Hoffenheim's challenges

In contrast, Hoffenheim is in 15th place and is acute at risk of relegation, with only 18 points from 19 games. After a series of three defeats in a row, the team was recently able to collect four points from two league games. Hoffenheim won 3-1 against Holstein Kiel and played 2-2 against Eintracht Frankfurt, with Gift Orban and Adam Hložek scored the goals to catch up.

The European Cup dreams of Hoffenheim recently ended, despite an impressive 4: 3 victory against Anderlecht, since the team in the league is on a dangerous course. Her goal for the upcoming game against Leverkusen is to increase the distance to the relegation places to four points. Hoffenheim has not won against Leverkusen since August 2022, which makes the challenge all the greater for them.

team news and injuries

for the game, Leverkusen has to deal with some failures. Jeanuël Belocian and Martin Terrier fail due to injury, and Robert Andrich is not available due to a lock. Hoffenheim is also faced with personnel problems, since several players, including Oliver Baumann and Christopher Lenz, will be missing. There are also uncertainties regarding the operations of Pavel Kadeřábek and Andrej Kramarić.

Leverkusen has always convinced Hoffenheim and won the last four duels, including a clear 4: 1 in September. Against this background, the expectation of another convincing result is high. For Hoffenheim it will be a crucial game to break through the negative spiral and leave the impending relegation zone behind.

Focus reported Bundesliga, while Yahoo! Sports analyzed the last performance of both teams. Supplementary statistics lie on Soccerstats before.