#TSGVFB: continue good run against VfB

On Sunday (19:30 CET/live ticker at tsg-hoffenheim.de), TSG Hoffenheim welcome VfB Stuttgart to the PreZero Arena. While TSG are hoping to press on with a turnaround in fortunes after claiming their second win of the second half-season, Stuttgart are looking for consistency. Here are all the important facts and figures for #TSGVFB at a glance.

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...Hoffenheim have been largely successful against Stuttgart in recent times?

TSG have only lost one of their last six Bundesliga games against VfB Stuttgart (two wins, three draws), but the most recent clash in Sinsheim ended 3-0 in favour of the Swabians. Before that, Hoffenheim managed an eight-game unbeaten run at home to VfB, with five wins and three draws.

...Hoffenheim are still waiting for their second win at home under Ilzer?

Hoffenheim have already celebrated two victories in the Bundesliga second half of the season – but both away games. In their own stadium, they have only managed one win so far under Christian Ilzer (4-3 against RB Leipzig). No other Bundesliga team is currently waiting longer for a home win (two draws, three defeats).

...VfB have suffered more defeats recently than in the entire first half of the season?

Stuttgart have lost three of their last four Bundesliga games – more than in their previous 17 games combined (nine wins, five draws, three defeats). With seven defeats this season, VfB have already suffered as many defeats as in the entirety of last season.

...Hoffenheim are having a historically poor season at home and could equal a negative record?

With just 11 points from 11 home games, TSG are experiencing their second-weakest Bundesliga season on home soil. In addition, Hoffenheim have not kept a clean sheet in their last 31 Bundesliga home games – a negative Bundesliga record that has previously only been matched by VfB Stuttgart (2021–2023).

...Stuttgart are particularly vulnerable in the closing stages of games?

In this Bundesliga season, VfB have already conceded five goals in the final quarter of an hour – as many as in the entire first half of the season. With a total of ten goals conceded in the closing stages, Stuttgart are the leakiest team late on alongside 1. FC Heidenheim.

...Kramarić is on the verge of reaching a historic milestone and Orban has had an instant impact?

Andrej Kramarić needs just one more assist to become the first Hoffenheim player to reach the 50-assist mark in the Bundesliga. Winter signing Gift Orban has already scored three times in six games and, with two goals from the bench, is TSG's most lethal substitute this season.