Early starters against late starters

Did you know that…

…TSG should be especially wary in the first half?

The men from Munich have scored each of their last six Bundesliga goals in the first period. In total, Julian Nagelsmann's team have found the net 16 times before the break this term – a league high.

…Hoffenheim are one of the top teams in the second period, however?

TSG have now scored 12 times in the second half of matches this season. Only FC Bayern (13) and Borussia Dortmund (14) have performed better than Hoffenheim in this metric. 

…this game sees the top goalscorer and the top provider go head-to-head?

Robert Lewandowski scored his eighth and ninth goals of the season against Leverkusen, taking him level with Erling Haaland at the top of the scoring charts. Andrej Kramarić claimed his fifth and sixth assists of the campaign against Cologne – a joint league high along with Florian Wirtz.

…Julian Nagelsmann still has the best points per game average of all Hoffenheim coaches?

The now Bayern boss oversaw 116 Bundesliga matches on the TSG bench from 2016 to 2019. He picked up 1.65 points per game on average during that time. 

…TSG recorded the second-biggest Bundesliga victory in their history under Sebastian Hoeness?

The 5-0 win against 1. FC Cologne was the joint second-biggest win in the Bundesliga for Hoffenheim. Their biggest win in the German top flight also came against Cologne in March 2018 (6-0).

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