Match Report
Before the match
Bremen: two wins, two draws and one defeat over five games; 12 goals scored, 11 conceded. Dortmund were their latest opponents, away on 27 October: a 3-2 defeat.
Playing away from home against Dortmund (DFB-Pokal), Bremen finished 2-3 on 27 October. Their score comprised two goals, against three from the opposition. 24 October: Bremen won 3-2 against Mainz away from home in Bundesliga, scoring three goals and allowing two. Against SC Paderborn in Bundesliga, Bremen scored two and conceded two on 17 October; the at home result was 2-2. Bremen's away from home game on 9 October (Bundesliga) ended 2-2 against Dortmund, with two goals for and two against. On 19 September, Augsburg faced Bremen in Bundesliga: Bremen won 3-2 at home, having scored three and conceded two.
Before kickoff, Bundesliga's results-based standings placed Bremen 7th after seven matches and 12 points.
Hoffenheim came into the game with two wins, one draw and two defeats from their last five outings, scoring nine goals and conceding eight. On 28 October, Hoffenheim recorded a 1-1 draw visiting Holstein Kiel; their biggest win in that spell was 3-0 at home to Leverkusen on 25 October.
Hoffenheim's away from home game on 28 October (DFB-Pokal) ended 1-1 against Holstein Kiel, with one goal for and one against. On 25 October, Leverkusen faced Hoffenheim in Bundesliga: Hoffenheim won 3-0 at home, having scored three and conceded zero. Bundesliga, 18 October brought an away meeting with M'gladbach; Hoffenheim won 2-1, a return of two goals scored and one conceded. Hoffenheim hosted HSV on 10 October (Bundesliga) and lost 2-3; their goals totalled two, compared with three conceded. SC Paderborn hosted Hoffenheim (Bundesliga) on 20 September. For Hoffenheim, the score was 1-3: one goal scored, three allowed.
Hoffenheim: 10th, nine points, seven matches in the calculated Bundesliga standings at kickoff.
The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 1-0 home win for Hoffenheim on 9 May and a 2-0 away win for Hoffenheim on 27 January.
After the match
Bremen beat Hoffenheim 2-0 on 31 October 2026. Niclas Füllkrug opened the scoring 57 minutes into the game for Bremen, set up by Karl Jakob Hein, to make it 1-0. Eren Dinkci added to the tally late on, in the 82nd minute for Bremen, set up by Marco Grüll, to make it 2-0. Marco Friedl (60'), Arthur Augusto (90') and Youri Regeer (90') were booked. Our current Elo ratings make Hoffenheim slightly the stronger side, by 34 rating points over Bremen, even though it was Bremen who won this one. Bremen: three yellow cards. five changes were recorded for Bremen. Eren Dinkci scored in minute 82 following entry for Bremen in the 16th minute. Hoffenheim made five changes. Bremen finished with a clean sheet.