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Hoffe struggling at home but have played big hitters
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Bochum's away record is awful
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In-form Weghorst can help 2.36 Bet Builder
Hoffenheim v Bochum
Friday 08 December, 19:30
Live on Sky Sports and Betfair Live Video
As we predicted, PSV Eindhoven kept up their remarkable 100% start to the Eredivisie title race yesterday, but their 2-0 win over Heerenveen left us a couple of goals short. We'll return to Germany now, because Hoffenheim are up against Bochum in the Bundesliga, and I think they hosts can take maximum points.
The bulk of Hoffenheim's good work this season has admittedly taken place on the road, with just four points collected from their six games at the PreZero Arena. However, the strength of schedule has to be borne in mind. Borussia Dortmund, Freiburg, Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt are the teams that have beaten TSG on home soil, and all of those teams qualified for Europe last season. Against the weaker sides on their travels, Hoffenheim have generally thrived, and they are the only team this season to win at high-flying Stuttgart.
After a slow start to his time in Sinsheim, Dutch international striker Wout Weghorst has begun to truly shine. A proven goalscorer in the Bundesliga, the former Manchester United and Wolfsburg targetman has found the net in five of his last eight matches for club and country.
Bochum are on a good run at present, having picked up two wins and three draws from their last five games. However, all of those games have been against bottom-half teams, and the Ruhr side's away form continues to be a concern. Bochum have won just three of their last 25 away games in the Bundesliga.
Hoffenheim have the quality to win this against limited opponents, and they won this fixture 3-2 last season, so I'll use the Bet Builder to back a Hoffenheim win, a Weghorst shot on target and Over 1.5 Goals at 2.3611/8.