TSG Hoffenheim vs Leverkusen Prediction & Preview - Bundesliga
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won their last six matches. TSG Hoffenheim have won two of theirs and lost four. That is the gap at the PreZero Arena in Sinsheim on Sunday, 25 October 2026, when the two meet in the Bundesliga at 14:30 GMT.
Both sides were in Europa League action on 22 October, three days before this match, and both won. Only one of them has been doing that all autumn.
- Fixture: TSG Hoffenheim v Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Competition: Bundesliga
- Date: Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Kick-off: 14:30 GMT
- Venue: PreZero Arena, Sinsheim, Germany
Hoffenheim's form going into this one
Christian Ilzer's side have taken 6 points from their last six, scoring 10 and conceding 12. The two wins are the two most recent: 3-0 at home to Olympique Lyonnais in the Europa League on 22 October, and 2-1 away at Borussia M'gladbach in the Bundesliga on 18 October, 7 days before this fixture.
Rewind past those and it is grim reading. Hoffenheim lost 2-3 at home to Beşiktaş JK on 15 October, 2-3 at home to Hamburger SV on 10 October, 1-3 away to SC Paderborn 07 on 20 September and 0-2 away at OFI Crete on 17 September.
The pattern inside those six is the problem. Hoffenheim have conceded two or more in 4 of 6 and kept just one clean sheet, and they have won only 1 of 3 at home. Sinsheim has not been a fortress.
Leverkusen have won six out of six
Carles Martínez took over at Leverkusen on 1 July 2026, and his team's last six games read: won 6, drawn 0, lost 0. That is 18 points, 16 goals scored and 4 conceded, with four clean sheets.
They have scored two or more in every one of those six and conceded two or more in only one of them, the 4-3 win away at 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 10 October. Everything else has been controlled: 2-0 away to OFI Crete on 22 October, 2-1 at home to SC Freiburg on 18 October, 4-0 away at Lech Poznań on 15 October, 2-0 at home to RB Leipzig on 20 September and 2-0 at home to NK Celje on 16 September.
Won 3 of 3 at home, won 3 of 3 away. The venue has made no difference to them.
There is one direct line between the two. Both played away at OFI Crete this autumn. Hoffenheim lost 0-2 there. Leverkusen won 2-0.
Team news for Hoffenheim vs Leverkusen
Hoffenheim are missing Nathan De Cat with a knee injury, Albian Hajdari with a foot problem and Patrick Wimmer with a hamstring issue, while Leverkusen have a longer list: Eliesse Ben Seghir, Guela Doué, Kennet Eichhorn, Christian Kofane and Martin Terrier are all ruled out, with Montrell Culbreath doubtful because of a foot injury, according to Rotowire. Terrier picked up a left hamstring injury in the win at Lech Poznań and is not expected back until December, with Jonas Hofmann taking his place in the Europa League squad, as reported by Yahoo Sports; Kofane's thigh problem came on international duty with Cameroon, per Yahoo Sports.
Where the two runs meet is in front of goal. Hoffenheim have had three or more goals in the game in 5 of their last 6, and both teams scored in 4 of them. Leverkusen have not failed to score once in six.
TSG Hoffenheim vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen prediction
Bayer 04 Leverkusen should beat TSG Hoffenheim in this Bundesliga fixture at the PreZero Arena on Sunday, 25 October 2026, and a 1-3 away win is the call. Leverkusen have scored at least twice in all six of their recent games and won away three times out of three, while Hoffenheim have shipped two or more in 4 of 6.
Hoffenheim's last two results say they can hurt a defence, and Leverkusen did concede three at Mainz. But the home record of 1 win in 3 is the sharper fact here.
Our prediction: TSG Hoffenheim 1-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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