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Hoffenheim v Hamburger SV

60%Hoffenheim
23%Draw
17%Hamburger SV

Hoffenheim ahead.

Tested

Hoffenheim win about 60 times in 100. The other 40: a draw (23) or a Hamburger SV win (17).

Forecast by Vesta, published Wednesday 30 September 2026, 13:24 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals65%
Both teams score62%
Expected goals2.2 v 1.1
Most likely score1-110% chance

Likely line-ups

Our estimate from recent matches; the confirmed ones replace it about an hour before kickoff
Hoffenheim4-3-36-2-1-1Hamburger SV

Players to watch

Model estimate

Each player's chance to score and to assist, from Vesta's expected goals for his team, his expected goals and goals per 90 minutes, and the minutes he is likely to play (the likely line-ups above).

Numbers to expect

Forecast by Vesta

What each side should make in this match, forecast by Vesta from both teams' recent numbers and the match forecast.

Shots18.211.3
Shots on target6.13.9
Corners6.34.0
Fouls13.811.0
Yellow cards1.91.8

What's at stake

Model estimate

The chance of each team finishing first, in the top four or in the bottom three: today, and in the simulated seasons where this match ends in each result.

What Hoffenheim v Hamburger SV changes for both teams
Team and chanceNowHoffenheim winDrawHamburger SV win
Hoffenheim
Top 45%6%4%3%
Bottom 35%3%7%8%
Hamburger SV
Bottom 373%76%72%60%

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals96%
2 or more goals85%
3 or more goals65%
4 or more goals44%
5 or more goals25%

Exactly

0 goals4%
1 goal11%
2 goals20%
3 goals21%
4 goals19%
5 goals12%
6 or more goals13%

Goals by team

Tested
Hoffenheim: 1 or more89%
Hoffenheim: 2 or more65%
Hoffenheim: 3 or more38%
Hamburger SV: 1 or more68%
Hamburger SV: 2 or more32%
Hamburger SV: 3 or more11%
Both teams score62%
At least one team does not score38%

Winning margin

Tested
Hoffenheim by 3 or more21%
Hoffenheim by 218%
Hoffenheim by 121%
Draw23%
Hamburger SV by 111%
Hamburger SV by 24%
Hamburger SV by 3 or more2%

Result combinations

Tested
Hoffenheim win or draw83%
Either team wins (no draw)77%
Hamburger SV win or draw40%

Clean sheets

Tested
Hoffenheim keep a clean sheet32%
Hamburger SV keep a clean sheet11%
Hoffenheim win without conceding28%
Hamburger SV win without conceding7%
No goals at all4%

The first goal

Model estimate
Hoffenheim score first63%
Hamburger SV score first33%
No goals4%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1537%
Minutes 16-3023%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6010%
Minutes 61-756%
Minutes 76-90+4%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Hoffenheim goals down, Hamburger SV goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
04.03.62.10.80.2·
17.210.14.71.80.50.1
28.29.36.42.00.60.1
36.27.04.01.80.40.1
43.54.02.30.90.30.1
51.61.81.00.40.1·

Halves

Tested
A goal in the first half77%
A goal in the second half84%
Hoffenheim ahead at half-time46%
Level at half-time36%
Hamburger SV ahead at half-time19%
Hoffenheim win the second half51%
Second half level30%
Hamburger SV win the second half19%
More goals in the first half30%
More goals in the second half46%
Same goals in both halves24%

Half-time and full-time

Tested
Hoffenheim ahead at half-time, Hoffenheim win39%
Level at half-time, Hoffenheim win17%
Hamburger SV ahead at half-time, Hoffenheim win4%
Hoffenheim ahead at half-time, draw5%
Level at half-time, draw12%
Hamburger SV ahead at half-time, draw5%
Hoffenheim ahead at half-time, Hamburger SV win1%
Level at half-time, Hamburger SV win6%
Hamburger SV ahead at half-time, Hamburger SV win9%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
HoffenheimHamburger SV

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works

Every player's chances

Model estimate

Everyone likely to play, by chance to score. Minutes: what we expect him to play; shots: how many he should take.

Hoffenheim
Hoffenheim: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Adam Hlozek5835%7%7%39%2.5
Tim Lemperle5023%3%7%29%1.6
Bambasé Conté5121%2%13%31%1.8
Ozan Kabak8819%2%4%23%1.7
Adam Daghim7016%1%20%32%1.5
Wouter Burger8815%1%19%31%1.5
Max Moerstedt bench2011%<1%4%15%0.6
Patrick Wimmer bench4110%<1%8%17%0.8
Andrej Kramaric bench179%<1%4%13%0.5
Fisnik Asllani bench166%<1%4%10%0.5
Albian Hajdari765%<1%6%11%0.7
Leon Avdullahu884%<1%6%10%0.7
Bazoumana Touré bench154%<1%5%9%0.3
Vladimir Coufal873%<1%22%24%0.8
Mats Rots423%<1%6%8%0.4
Koki Machida bench211%<1%1%3%0.2
Alexander Prass bench71%<1%1%2%0.1
Nathan De Cat bench5<1%<1%<1%2%0.1
Robin Hranác bench9<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Bernardo bench26<1%<1%<1%1%0.1
Oliver Baumann90<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Patson Daka4215%1%4%19%1.2
Terem Igobor Moffi bench3513%<1%3%16%0.9
Yussuf Poulsen bench219%<1%2%11%0.6
Fábio Vieira459%<1%7%16%1.0
Albert Sambi Lokonga709%<1%5%13%0.7
Nicolás Capaldo909%<1%7%15%0.8
Otto Stange bench278%<1%2%10%0.8
Albert Grønbæk865%<1%16%21%0.8
Rayan Philippe bench134%<1%1%5%0.3
Nicolai Remberg904%<1%6%9%0.6
Luka Vuskovic bench183%<1%<1%3%0.2
Martin Adeline bench233%<1%2%5%0.3
Zakaria El Ouahdi523%<1%2%5%0.3
Bakery Jatta bench192%<1%<1%3%0.2
Jordan Torunarigha801%<1%1%3%0.2
David Møller Wolfe511%<1%5%6%0.3
Sebastiaan Bornauw bench361%<1%1%2%0.1
Shafiq Nandja bench261%<1%1%3%0.1
Louis Lemke bench211%<1%1%2%0.1
Bilal Nadir bench11<1%<1%3%4%0.1
Warmed Omari37<1%<1%1%2%0.1
Miro Muheim bench5<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Daniel Heuer Fernandes72<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Sander Tangvik bench18<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0