Everything you need to know about TSG Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund | OneFootball

TSG Hoffenheim do not particularly enjoy playing against Borussia Dortmund. In direct encounters, the Sinsheim side rarely leave the pitch as winners. On Saturday (5 September, 3:30 p.m.), they will make another attempt.

BVB are simply not a good matchup for Hoffenheim. Of the last twelve Bundesliga meetings, TSG have won only two, alongside two draws and eight defeats. Particularly bitter: in none of those matches did the Kraichgau club manage to keep a clean sheet. In front of their home crowd, Hoffenheim have now gone 14 Bundesliga games without a clean sheet against BVB – a historically poor home record against a fellow top-flight team.

In Germany’s top division, the Black and Yellows have recorded 16 wins overall against the Kraichgau side. TSG, by contrast, have won nine meetings. Eleven matches have ended all square. The goal difference, however, is relatively close at 58:52.

Hoffenheim won the very first Bundesliga meeting in the 2008/09 season on Matchday 5, cruising to a 4:1 victory thanks to goals from Vedad Ibisevic, Sead Salihovic (2) and Carlos Eduardo, with Felipe Santana scoring Dortmund’s lone goal.

Penalty drama in the Kraichgau

The most recent meeting, on Matchday 30 of last season, delivered pure drama. In Sinsheim, the fans witnessed a match decided by two almost identical moments. Shortly before half-time, a handball penalty – awarded only after referee Daniel Siebert intervened following a VAR review – put the home side 1:0 ahead. The absolute highlight from Hoffenheim’s perspective came in stoppage time: the last-minute goal for the 2:1 win also came from the spot in exactly the same fashion. On both occasions, Andrej Kramaric kept his nerve. Serhou Guirassy had made it 1:1 in the meantime.

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Borussia Dortmund traditionally look strong at the start of a season. For the fifth year in a row, BVB could come through the opening two matches of a Bundesliga campaign unbeaten – something the club have never done before. Over the past four years, the Black and Yellows have remained undefeated in the first two rounds. The maximum return of six points last came in 2022/23.

If Dortmund win on Saturday without conceding, they would make as strong a start to a new season as they last did in 2017/18. Back then, the Westphalians first won 3:0 in Wolfsburg, before following it up with a 2:0 victory over Hertha BSC. That year, BVB did not concede their first goal until Matchday 6 (!) in a 6:1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.

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