Julian Nagelsmann's Hoffenheim will be looking to keep up the pressure on the top three when they travel to a rejuvinated Wolfsburg side under Martin Schmidt on Sunday evening (18:00CEST/16:00GMT).
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This match may have come too soon for Wolfsburg’s American centre-back John Anthony Brooks, who has just returned to training following a thigh injury he suffered just weeks after signing from Hertha Berlin. Fellow defender Jeffrey Bruma is also back in training, but the pair are unlikely to feature just yet for Martin Schmidt’s side, who now have a new dental regime to follow.
Hoffenheim have made another great start to the season under Nagelsmann, having lost only once so far, and sitting fourth in the table before the start of the weekend action. A first ever European win on Thursday night in the Europa League will have the Sinsheimers bouncing ahead of the trip to Wolfsburg, with no new injury concerns picked up from the midweek win.
Probable line-ups
Wolfsburg: Casteels – Verhaegh, Tisserand, Udokhai, Gerhardt – Guilavogui, Camacho, Arnold – Blaszczykowski, Origi, Malli
Absentees: Jung, Gomez (both ankle), Bruma, Brooks (both back in training)
Coach: Martin Schmidt
Hoffenheim: Baumann - Posch, Vogt, Hübner - Kaderabek, Geiger, Demirbay, Zuber - Uth, Wagner, Kramaric
Absentees: Bicakcic (knee), Zulj (shin), Gnabry (thigh), Szala (hamstring)
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann
Watch: Wolfsburg came out winners when the sides last faced at the Volkswagen Arena!
Match stats
No Wolfsburg coach has had to wait as long as Martin Schmidt for a first win (currently four matches). Jörg Berger, meanwhile, is the only Bundesliga coach in history to draw his first five matches in charge (Cologne, 1991)Daniel Didavi has had a hand in five of Wolfsburg eight goals so far this season (three goals, two assists).Wolfsburg's Yunus Malli scored the only hat-trick of his Bundesliga career against Hoffenheim, whilst playing for Mainz in 2015/16.Hoffenheim have only won once at Wolfsburg - in February 2012.Kevin Vogt is winless in seven outings against the Wolves.Only one of the two sides' previous 18 Bundesliga meetings has ended goalless.
Source: bundesliga.com