Bayern Munich vs TSG Hoffenheim

Bayern Munich and TSG Hoffenheim are set to trade tackles at the Allianz Arena in an exciting Bundesliga match-up.

Bayern Munich followed up a 5-1 thrashing of Bayer Leverkusen with an overwhelming 4-0 Champions League win over Benfica to set themselves up nicely for this contest. The ‘Bavarians’ have netted a staggering 29 goals in their inaugural eight Bundesliga fixtures this season, more than any other side at this stage of the competition in history. Delivering action from the get-go, Julian Nagelsmann’s men have scored 16 first-half goals in the Bundesliga so far, only one less than Hoffenheim’s total of 17. Though an unexpected 2-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in their most recent Bundesliga home fixture puts Bayern in a spot to lose back-to-back top-flight games at home for the first time since 2001, a free-scoring attack will try to help avoid that scenario. Robert Lewandowski and co have netted 3+ goals in 11 of their 13 competitive games this season.

On the other hand, Hoffenheim dismantled Cologne 5-0 at home last time out and will be looking to win back-to-back Bundesliga matches for the first time this season. That could be easier said than done, as they have only won one of their 12 Bundesliga fixtures on foreign turf (D6, L5), courtesy of a 4-0 thrashing of Augsburg on this season’s Matchday 1. Encouragingly, though, after going winless in their first 17 top-flight meetings with Bayern, ‘Die Kraichgauer’ have racked up four victories across their last nine Bundesliga H2Hs. A high-scoring theme has highlighted Hoffenheim’s recent league matches against Bayern. All of their last seven H2H league encounters have featured over 2.5 overall goals, producing an average of 4.85 goals per game.