Season so far

UEFA Europa League

Key, Hoffenheim v FCSB
League position, Hoffenheim 25th, FCSB 10thTotal points, Hoffenheim 5, FCSB 10

Goals scored

Hoffenheim 5FCSB 7

Form guide

All competitions

Hoffenheim draw
v Freiburg
1
1
Bundesliga
FCSB won
v Botoșani
2
1
Liga I
Hoffenheim lose
v Wolfsburg
3
0
DFB Pokal
FCSB won
v Agricola Borcea
1
2
Cupa României
Hoffenheim lose
v Mainz 05
2
0
Bundesliga
FCSB won
v Oţelul
1
4
Liga I
Hoffenheim lose
v Sporting Braga
3
0
UEFA Europa League
FCSB draw
v Olympiakos Piraeus
0
0
UEFA Europa League
Hoffenheim won
v RB Leipzig
4
3
Bundesliga
FCSB won
v Unirea Slobozia
3
0
Liga I

Match Facts

  • This will be Hoffenheim’s first ever meeting with Romanian opposition – German sides are unbeaten in their last 24 meetings against such sides (W12 D12), since Bayer Leverkusen lost 1-0 to Dinamo Bucuresti during the 2006-07 UEFA Cup.

  • FCSB have won just one of their 18 meetings with German sides in all competitions (D7 L10) and are winless in 16 such matches since a 3-1 win against Borussia Dortmund in the 1957-58 European Cup.

  • Hoffenheim have lost three of their last six UEFA Europa League games (W1 D2), having gone eight unbeaten beforehand. The German side haven’t lost consecutively in the competition since losing their first two in September 2017.

  • FCSB have kept three clean sheets in the UEFA Europa League this season, their most in a major European campaign since 2012-13 (4 in the Europa League).

  • 57.8% of the passes FCSB have made in the UEFA Europa League this season have come in their own half of the pitch, with only Ludogorets making a higher percentage in their own half (61.7%).