Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmnd vs. Hoffenheim Preview, Odds, Prediction

Borussia Dortmund meets Hoffenheim at home in Round 3 of Bundesliga. The Millionaires experienced a pretty nasty defeat last week in Freiburg, and they now want to redeem for that failure by collecting three points. Meanwhile, Hoffenheim enjoys a solid run since the season began, and die Kraichgauer plays well overall. We expect to see one highly interesting and efficient match, as both sides nourish an attacking mentality on the field. Also, all the Bundesliga round openers are usually exciting events.

Preview

Borussia Dortmund (-250) lost two in a row. The first was in the German Super Cup, as Bayern Munich took the trophy in front of Borussia’s fans in Dortmund, winning 2-3 at Signal Iduna Park. The second was vs. Freiburg, 2-1 this weekend.

In both of these events, the one thing that we noticed in Borussia’s performances is that their midfielders constantly complicate things, especially Reyna. With all due respect, he is a big talent, but at the moment, the American slows down Dortmund’s offense with his selfishness.

All four competitive games Borussia played this year were with over 2.5 goals, and the latest three were with goals on both ends. As usual, Erling Haaland is taking all the spotlight, with the unreal Norwegian continuing to terrorize the rivals.

Hoffenheim (+550) is without a defeat in the past five matches, winning two, and recording three draws. One of them was against Viktoria Koln in the DFB Pokal (German Cup), but eventually, die Kraichgauer advanced to the next stage following penalties.

In all the games, we saw over 2.5 goals, and in four of those contests, over 3.5 goals. Hoffenheim’s victory over Augsburg in the opening round of the Bundesliga, 0-4, was the lone game in which both teams haven’t scored.

Since entering the league a couple of years ago, Hoffenheim didn’t change its style of play, and they always try to find a way for scoring more goals than the rivals.

Latest News

Zagadou, Meunier, Coulibaly, Schmelzer, are all out for some time, the same as Nico Schulz, Thorgan Hazard and Morey Bauza.

For Hoffenheim, KAderabek, Hubner, Bicakcic, Bebou and Nordtveit are out of the protocol.

Head to Head Games

These two sides met for the last time in February this year. That match took place at Signal Iduna Park, and the result was 2-2. Dortmund was victorious in the preceding match, 0-1, on the road.

What we need to say is that Borussia didn’t defeat this team in Dortmund since 2017. In three matches since then, they posted two draws and a defeat.

Prediction

This should be a perfect match for high efficiency. Borussia always attacks at home, and Hoffenheim does not change its tactics and game plan regardless of the opponent across the field. We will be a bit aggressive here and bet on Over 1.5 goals in the first 45 minutes, with the current odds on that suggestion sitting between -115 and -110. For all those with second thoughts here, go with Borussia wins, as that is the next best thing, of course with a much lower profit than in the first case.

Pick: Over 1.5 HT