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Betting tips for Hoffenheim VS Bayern Munich 18.01.2019

The Bundesliga winter break came to an end and Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich opened their 18th matchday at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena on Friday night. The home team arrive here in a series of six straight draws and can not win in the German league since mid-November, hoping now to get their right foot in 2019. On the other side comes a Bayern Munich that has had a difficult start to the season , but which seems to have stabilized at the end of 2018, closing the year with five consecutive wins nationwide.

Hoffenheim are in 7th place with 25 points, 6 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, with 32 goals scored and 23 goals conceded. Hoffenheim arrive here following 6 consecutive draws at the national level at Hertha Berlin (3-3), at Schalke (1-1), in Wolfsburg (2-2), at the reception of Borussia M 'Gladbach (0-0), in Werder Bremen (1-1), and in the last round at the Mainz (1-1). The team have been on an uneven course since the start of the season but can now concentrate 100% on the championship as they finished outside the UEFA Champions League Group F final and were eliminated from the German Cup, at the hands of Leipzig. Despite this, Hoffenheim have not lost in the Bundesliga since Round 7, early October, meaning they have been unbeaten in the league for 10 consecutive games, won the first 4 and drawing the remaining 6.

Playing at home to the Bundesliga, Julian Nagelsmann's pupils played 9 challenges, won 3 and lost 2, scoring 14 goals and 9 goals. In the last five home games in the competition, the team won two games and drew the remaining three, scoring 8 goals and 3 goals conceded. Hoffenheim has been a team that has scored and suffered goals with many frequencies in recent times, being a team that despite a strong offensive power, as it has good individuals and a good attack game system, has gaps in the defensive process , which several times ends up being expensive. The team enters 2019 with hope of returning to the victories, but the opponent of this game will be a hard nut to cheer, although it has won in the last two matches played in this stronghold. Rupp and Bicakcic are confirmed low, both injured.

Bayern Munich, on the other hand, is in second place with 36 points, with 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, with a total of 36 goals scored and 18 goals conceded. The Bavarians made a rather unusual start to the season, having achieved less results and fewer performances that even put Niko Kovac's place at risk as the Munich team's coach. However, to close 2018, the team managed to straighten up and closed the year with five consecutive victories, milestone reached for the first time this season at national level. These five wins were won against Werder Bremen (1-2), Nuremberg (3-0), Hannover (0-4), Leipzig (1-0) and Frankfurt (0-3), with the team rising up to to second place, overtaking Borussia M'Gladbach, and now being 6 points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund.

Strangely enough, the Bavarian Giants have had better results, having won 7 of their 9 away games, losing the remaining 2, with a total of 21 goals scored and 8 goals conceded. Of those 9 out-of-doors games, the Bavarians were only once on the scoreline, and the remaining 8 never scored less than 2 goals per game. With rival Borussia Dortmund facing a difficult trip to the home of Leipzig, with the possibility of losing points, winning here is imperative for the whole of Munich. Tolisso, Robben and Ribéry are out, all injured.


Hoffenheim have won the last few wins against Bayern Munich and have been unbeaten for 10 consecutive Bundesliga matches. However, Bayern Munich have been rising so in the last meetings and closed 2018 with a good record, having the ability to make life difficult for the whole house. A well-balanced and well-contested game is predicted, where there will be a few goals to the mix for both sides of the field.
 
 

Hoffenheim VS Bayern Munich  Prediction: X/2 4.80

Hoffenheim VS Bayern Munich   Betting Tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 2.00

Hoffenheim VS Bayern Munich  Score Recommendations: 1-2 10.00