Stored context before this match
Before this match, Stuttgart have 6 scored home results and Hoffenheim 7 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Stuttgart at home: 2.50 points per match (6 measured matches); Hoffenheim away: 2.00 points per match (7 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Stuttgart scored 1.50 per home match (6 measured matches); Hoffenheim scored 2.00 away (7). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.61 per club appearance across 254 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 7 of 13 pooled club appearances (53.8%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Stuttgart: 3 wins; Hoffenheim: 2 wins; draws: 5.
Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.
A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

