Sportsbook Intelligence : BUNDESLIGA - HAMBURGER VS TSG HOFFENHEIM

BUNDESLIGA - HAMBURGER VS TSG HOFFENHEIM LIVE

The German Bundesliga kicks of Round 16 of the league fixtures featuring underdogs, TSG Hoffenheim, which has been struggling ever since the season started. On the travel to HSH Nordbank Arena against an in-form and consistent Hamburg SV seeking a European League Position this season, Hoffenheim are facing an uphill task in being able to take away anything from Hamburg.

Hamburg's decent run of form going into this fixture, recording a W2 -D2 -L1 record [Previous Five Matches]. Hamburg have cored 5 goals and conceded 4 with 2 clean sheets during this stint. Thorsten Fink,

Hamburg's Coach must surely be credited for the club's reverse in fortunes since the start of the season, and in the process, has managed to bring the best out of quality players, being, Maximillian Beister (forward), Tomas Rincon (midfielder ) and captain, Heiko Westermann (defender).
Beister has become one of the main anchors of Hamburg in recent matches, mainly due to the injuries of Rafael Van der Vaart and forward, Son Heung-Min. He made good the selection and returned his coach's faith in him by netting 2 goals and having a hand in 1 goal (last four matches).

Hoffenheim for their part have been struggling with dreadful form with a record of 0-1-4 in their last five matches and as a result have decided to sack Coach Markus Babbel with reserve team Coach Frank Kramer taking over in the interim, during this current span they've conceded 14 goals and only managing to score 6.
The club is seriously going through a horrid time, both on and off the field; And with the health concerns surrounding Boris Vukčević, matters have been tough and will continue to be; But they have to regain focus mentally, and put in extra efforts to avoid the relegation.
If Hoffenheim manage to deliver something positive, in terms of end-result for this match; and followed by next week's home game against Borussia Dortmund; just before the winter break.
Key players for this match are midfielder Sejad Salihović, fullback Fabian Johnson and forward Kevin Volland, the play of Johnson is important for providing width and pace down the left side and opening up space for attacking players.

On the face of it this result looks pretty straightforward, Hamburger seems a No-Brainer when it comes to the betting markets; Though, Looking at certain statistics and relevance, TSG Hoffenheim will emerge from this game unscathed, minimally not going back empty-handed.