Hoffenheim v Manchester City facts
Hoffenheim’s initial home diversion in a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre is a initial assembly with a Manchester City side wanting to regroup quickly after an astonishing reversal on matchday one.
• While Hoffenheim noted their initial coming in a foe correct with a 2-2 pull during Shakhtar Donetsk – Florian Grillitsch scoring Hoffenheim’s initial UEFA Champions League idea – City non-stop Group F by slipping to a 2-1 home detriment opposite Lyon, their fourth true better in a competition.
Form guide
Hoffenheim
• Third in final season’s Bundesliga – their top ever finish – Hoffenheim done their European crawl opposite contingent runners-up Liverpool in final season’s UEFA Champions League play-offs (1-2 home, 2-4 away). That was their initial and usually knowledge of English antithesis to date.
• They went on to collect adult 5 points in a UEFA Europa League organisation stage, finishing fourth in a territory that also enclosed Braga, Ludogorets and İstanbul Başakşehir.
• Hoffenheim mislaid their initial dual European home matches before violence Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir 3-1 on matchday 3 of final season’s UEFA Europa League; they subsequently drew 1-1 opposite Ludogorets.
• Die Kraichgauer have won usually one of their 9 European matches, home and divided – although, carrying mislaid a initial four, they have been beaten usually once in a final five.
• Hoffenheim are a 13th German bar to underline in a UEFA Champions League – a corner foe record with Spain. They are one of 3 newcomers to a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre this season, alongside Crvena zvezda and Young Boys.
• Aged 31 years 58 days, Julian Nagelsmann became a youngest manager in UEFA Champions League story on matchday one, replacing Viktor Goncharenko, who was 31 years 99 days when BATE took on Real Madrid on matchday one in 2008/09.
Manchester City
• Josep Guardiola’s side finished 19 points transparent in a English Premier League final season, picking adult a record 100 points – nonetheless there was disappointment as their European debate finished opposite informed opponents, domestic rivals Liverpool using out 5-1 total winners in a quarter-final.
• The 4-0 win during Basel in final season’s turn of 16 initial leg is City’s usually success in their final 3 European divided games; they mislaid a other two.
• The Manchester bar picked adult 6 points divided from home in final season’s organisation stage, winning during Feyenoord (4-0) and Napoli (4-2) before a 2-1 detriment during Shakhtar Donetsk on matchday six.
• City have won usually one of their final 6 European matches, home and divided – losing a other five.
• City’s best opening was reaching a 2015/16 semi-finals; this is their eighth uninterrupted coming in a organisation stage.
• The Citizens have won dual of their final 4 games in Germany, losing usually one; in contrast, they suffered 5 defeats in their initial 6 visits.
Links and trivia
• Guardiola was Bayern München manager between 2013 and 2016, overseeing 5 wins and a pull opposite Hoffenheim.
• Have played in Germany:
Leroy Sané (Schalke 2013–16)
Kevin De Bruyne (Werder Bremen 2012/13, Wolfsburg 2014–16)
İlkay Gündoğan (Bochum 2008, Nürnberg 2009–11, Borussia Dortmund 2011–16)
• Gündoğan scored a usually idea as Dortmund kick Hoffenheim in a Bundesliga in Dec 2014.
• Have played in England:
Andrej Kramarić (Leicester 2015–16)
Håvard Nordtveit (Arsenal 2007–10, West Ham 2016/17)
Reiss Nelson (Arsenal 2017–18)
• Have played together:
Andrej Kramarić Riyad Mahrez (Leicester 2015–16)
Ãdám Szalai Leroy Sané (Schalke 2013/14)
Leonardo Bittencourt İlkay Gündoğan (Dortmund 2012/13)
• International team-mates:
Nico Schulz İlkay Gündoğan, Leroy Sané (Germany)
Reiss Nelson Phil Foden (England Under-19s)