On Saturday afternoon, Greuther Furth host Hoffenheim at the Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer in the Bundesliga, as the home team look to pick up their first league win of the season.
Greuther Furth heads into this game, having picked up just one point from their opening 12 matches in the German top-flight.
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It would be fair to say that the home team has struggled in the Bundesliga since winning promotion from the second-tier last season.
A 4-0 defeat at Monchengladbach last time out means that Stefan Leitl’s team have lost their last ten matches in the Bundesliga.
The main factor in those defeats has been a poor defensive record, as they have conceded at least two goals in nine of their last ten matches in the German top-flight. A goal difference of -25 this season illustrates Greuther’s situation this season in the Bundesliga.
They have never won a Bundesliga game on home soil, a statistic that dates back to their last spell in the German top-flight.
Hoffenheim have been highly inconsistent this season. However, a 2-0 win over RB Leipzig last time out means that the visitors have now won three of their last four games in all competitions.
The recent improvement in form has taken them to within three points of the European spots.
In the Bundesliga, they are still the definition of inconsistent, as they have won three and lost three of their last six matches in the German top-flight.
One of the factors in Hoffenheim’s inconsistency is their poor away record, as they have won just one of their previous 14 Bundesliga matches on their travels.
They have lost four of their last five away matches in the German top-flight while conceding at least two goals in four of their last five games.
Forebet predicts that Hoffenheim will end that poor recent away run by recording a victory in a high-scoring encounter.