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… we can expect an intense game?
It will be a battle between the two clubs that have covered the most distance this season. Both teams cover an average of over 120 km per game.
… Hoffenheim have done well against newly promoted sides in recent times?
TSG have won four of their last five Bundesliga matches against newly promoted sides, taking 13 out of a 15 possible points in those games.
… Heidenheim rarely shoot?
In the current Bundesliga season, no team has registered fewer shots on the opposing goal than 1. FC Heidenheim (64, joint fewest with Darmstadt and Bremen).
… Heidenheim are currently setting a record?
Heidenheim have made a good start in their first season in the Bundesliga and recently also showed real consistency. Frank Schmidt’s team are unbeaten in their last five games – the longest run in Heidenheim’s young Bundesliga history to date.
… Weghorst is on a bit of a run?
Wout Weghorst had not found the net in the first eight games of the season, but since Matchweek 9, the Dutchman has bagged five goals in eight appearances. All 64 of the 31-year-old’s Bundesliga goals have come from inside the penalty area. Of the foreign-born players currently active in the league, only one has managed more goals in the Bundesliga – Andrej Kramarić (106).