Our football match prediction:
Hoffenheim
Match Time & Date:
04/03/2017
14:30 GMT
Prediction: 1-0
Ingolstadt
Hoffenheim did well to come from behind and share the spoils with Schalke at Veltins Arena in their last league match. Die Kraichgauer produced a splendid performance in the second half of Sunday’s football match and it is no surprise the team have suffered no more than two defeats in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign to date. Julian Nagelsmann’s men aim to return to winning ways in the German top flight and they are definitely capable of beating out-of-sorts Ingolstadt at their WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena. Hoffenheim have been impressive on home soil of late and we predict that they will record their third consecutive win in front of home fans. Ingolstadt suffered three defeats in previous four league fixtures and they are unlikely to grab something from Sunday’s clash against the third-placed team. You should bear in mind that Julian Nagelsmann’s team emerged triumphant in previous two meetings between the two sides in the national championship.
Highlighted Player (Sebastian Rudy):
After spending his youth career at the likes of Dietingen, Zimmern and Stuttgart, Sebastian Rudy started playing for Stuttgart II at senior level. The right back, who is capable of playing as a midfielder as well, made 37 league appearances for the Stuttgart reserve team, scoring 12 goals in the process. After making 15 appearances for the first team, he joined Hoffenheim in 2010 and he has been playing for the Bundesliga team ever since. Sebastian Rudy is very quick on the ball and he is able to deliver a decent cross. Rudy scored two goals in 24 league appearances for Hoffenheim in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign. Speaking of his international career, Rudy made his Germany debut on 13 May, 2014 in a friendly match against Poland in Hamburg. However, he did not make Germany Euro 2016 squad. Rudy has a contract with Hoffenheim which expires on 30 June, 2017.
Highlighted Team (Ingolstadt):
FC Ingolstdadt is a German football club from the city Ingolstadt which is located in the Bayern region. The club was founded in 2004 after a fusion between ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt. In the season 2014/2015 Ingolstadt managed to qualify for the Bundesliga for the first time in the clubs history. FC Ingolstadt plays it’s home games in the Audi-Sportpark stadium which holds a capacity of 15 500 seats and is one of the smallest stadiums in the highest German football division. The club colours of Ingolstadt are red and black which is a combination of the ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt kit. Ingolstadt is known as Die Schanzer by it’s fans. In the club history Ingolstadt didn’t manage to win any prizes. The bigest achievement of the club was on Sunday 17th of May 2015 where the club got promoted to the Bundesliga after beating Red Bull Leipzig and got crowned as the champion of the 2.Bundesliga. The achievements of Ingolstadt are very impressive for a club that is only active since 2004. Currently Ingolstadt doesn’t have any very known players. Manager Ralph-Hasenhuttl does have a legendary status in Ingolstadt being the manager who promoted his club to the Bundesliga.
