Match Report
Before the match
seven goals for and 18 against accompanied M'gladbach's five defeats across five outings, a winless run. On 11 October, M'gladbach recorded a 2-1 defeat visiting 1. FC Köln.
Bundesliga, 11 October brought an away meeting with 1. FC Köln; M'gladbach lost 1-2, a return of one goal scored and two conceded. M'gladbach hosted Mainz on 19 September (Bundesliga) and lost 3-4; their goals totalled three, compared with four conceded. Freiburg hosted M'gladbach (Bundesliga) on 12 September. For M'gladbach, the score was 0-5: zero goals scored, five allowed. 3-4 was M'gladbach's result against Elversberg on 5 September (Bundesliga), playing at home; M'gladbach lost, with three scored to four conceded. The 29 August fixture (Bundesliga) paired M'gladbach with RB Leipzig. M'gladbach lost 0-3 away from home, netting zero goals while conceding three.
M'gladbach: 18th, zero points, five matches in the calculated Bundesliga standings at kickoff.
Hoffenheim's previous five results comprised one win and four defeats. Their goal totals were 9 scored and 13 conceded. HSV were their latest opponents, at home on 10 October: a 3-2 defeat.
Against HSV in Bundesliga, Hoffenheim scored two and conceded three on 10 October; the at home result was 2-3. Hoffenheim's away from home game on 20 September (Bundesliga) ended 1-3 against SC Paderborn, with one goal for and three against. On 12 September, Stuttgart faced Hoffenheim in Bundesliga: Hoffenheim won 2-1 at home, having scored two and conceded one. Bundesliga, 5 September brought a home meeting with Dortmund; Hoffenheim lost 2-3, a return of two goals scored and three conceded. Hoffenheim visited 1. FC Köln on 29 August (Bundesliga) and lost 2-3; their goals totalled two, compared with three conceded.
Before kickoff, Bundesliga's results-based standings placed Hoffenheim 17th after five matches and three points.
Previous meetings in our records: a 4-0 home win for M'gladbach on 16 May and a 5-1 home win for Hoffenheim on 14 January.
After the match
Hoffenheim edged past M'gladbach 2-1 on 18 October 2026. Bambase Conte opened the scoring inside the first 11 minutes for Hoffenheim, set up by Alexander Prass, to make it 1-0. Wael Mohya levelled it 49 minutes into the game for M'gladbach, set up by Florian Neuhaus, to make it 1-1. Hoffenheim regained the lead through Alexander Prass 54 minutes into the game, set up by Adam Hložek, to make it 2-1. Kevin Diks (45'), Fisnik Asllani (45'), Alexander Prass (89') and Robin Hack (89') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Hoffenheim 122 points stronger than M'gladbach. M'gladbach's current recorded form ends with 6 consecutive defeats in the 2025/26 Bundesliga, the 2026/27 DFB-Pokal and the 2026/27 Bundesliga. The card tally for M'gladbach was two yellow cards. M'gladbach made five changes. Robin Hack was booked following entry for M'gladbach in the 78th minute. Hoffenheim picked up two yellow cards. The substitution total for Hoffenheim was three.