Bochum's home strength against Hoffenheim's new away form | OneFootball

TSG Hoffenheim will face VfL Bochum at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion on Saturday (15:30 CET / Live Ticker at tsg-hoffenheim.de). While Bochum will be looking to extend an impressive winning streak on home turf against TSG, Hoffenheim have boosted their confidence thanks to a string of strong away performances recently. Here you will find all the important facts and figures on #BOCTSG at a glance.

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…Bochum are on an extraordinary home run against Hoffenheim?

VfL Bochum have lost only their first Bundesliga home game against Hoffenheim in October 2008 (3-1) – there have since been four home wins. Bochum are not on such a long home winning streak against any other current Bundesliga club.

…Bochum have put together a mini run of results for the first time this season?

Bochum are on a three-match unbeaten streak for the first time in this Bundesliga season (one win and two draws). There has only been one defeat in their last five home matches, with VfL taking 10 out of a possible 15 points in that time (three wins, one draw and one defeat).

…Hoffenheim have recently been more successful on the road?

TSG have won two of their last three Bundesliga away matches (one defeat) – precisely as many victories as they had managed in the 20 away games beforehand. The last time Hoffenheim won multiple away matches in succession was between August and October 2023 (five).

…both teams often fall behind but Hoffenheim come back strongly?

Only Holstein Kiel have been behind more often this season (21 times) than Bochum (18) and Hoffenheim (17). But TSG have already taken 10 points from losing positions – a league high.

…Hoffenheim are the hardest-running Bundesliga club under Ilzer, while Bochum cover the least distance?

Since Christian Ilzer took over the reins, no team in the Bundesliga has covered more kilometres than Hoffenheim (121.6km per game). Bochum, meanwhile, have covered 113.7km on average in this time and have also run the least of any team throughout the season so far (113.3km per match).

…Gift Orban has made a dream start at TSG?

Orban has found the net with each of his last four shots in the Bundesliga and has scored four goals in his first seven Bundesliga appearances. The last player to make a better start for Hoffenheim was Reiss Nelson in 2018, who scored six times in his first seven matches.