Holstein Kiel vs Hoffenheim - prediction, team news, lineups

Second-tier Holstein Kiel volition invited Bundesliga nine Hoffenheim to the Holstein-Stadion for Wednesday's DFB-Pokal tie.

Kiel saw disconnected 1860 Munich successful the archetypal round, portion Hoffenheim started their cupful run with a comfy triumph over Erzgebirge Aue.

Match preview

Kiel started the play with a 2-0 distant triumph implicit fourth-tier 1860 Munich successful the DFB-Pokal archetypal round. 

What Kiel supporters did not cognize astatine the clip was that it would stay their lone competitory triumph of the play until they claimed their archetypal league triumph successful Sunday's location clash with Dynamo Dresden.

Giorgi Kvilitaia, Jonas Therkelsen and Phil Harres each got connected the scoresheet arsenic Kiel ran retired 3-0 winners astatine the Holstein-Stadion, ending their six-game winless commencement to the 2.Bundesliga play and alleviating immoderate of the unit that was gathering connected caput manager Tim Walter.

The triumph moved the nine retired of the bottommost 3 and up to 13th place, though they are level connected 8 points with each of the 5 teams beneath them.

Kiel volition present enactment their league run connected clasp to absorption connected the DFB-Pokal, a contention that has served them good successful caller times aft reaching the semi-finals successful 2020-21 and the quarter-finals past season. 

While they are acceptable to look top-flight opposition, they volition fancy their chances of making a pugnacious contention for Hoffenheim, considering they person won 1 and drawn 4 of their 5 location outings this season, including back-to-back cleanable sheets successful their past 2 matches astatine Holstein-Stadion.

Hoffenheim, meanwhile, cruised to a 4-0 triumph implicit fourth-tier Erzgebirge Aue successful the archetypal circular of the DFB-Pokal, but they struggled to physique upon that effect arsenic they suffered six defeats successful 7 matches crossed the Bundesliga and Europa League (W1).

However, they managed to crook a country successful the past week oregon so, having enactment unneurotic a three-game winning tally successful each competitons, opening with a 2-1 distant triumph implicit Borussia Monchengladbach.

Christian Ilzer's broadside past hammered Lyon 3-0 successful the Europa League, earlier they repeated that scoreline successful Sunday's Bundesliga clash against Bayer Leverkusen.

Andrej Kramaric opened the scoring from the punishment spot, earlier Alexander Prass added a 2nd successful the 89th minute, lone to person a 2nd yellowish paper for taking his garment disconnected successful his celebration.

Despite being a antheral light, Hoffenheim inactive managed to adhd a 3rd done Max Moerstedt, arsenic they completed a comfy triumph that moved them up to 10th spot successful the Bundesliga table.

Their adjacent purpose volition beryllium to debar a repetition of past season's second-round exit successful the DFB-Pokal, and they should beryllium assured astir progressing to their adjacent stage, having won each 3 of their erstwhile competitory meetings with Kiel. 

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Team News

Kiel are expected to beryllium without the services of Lasse Rosenboom, Frederik Roslyng, Steven Skrzybski, Hamza Muqaj and Taisei Abe. 

Sebastian Schonlau is besides unavailable for enactment aft helium suffered a muscular contented successful the goalless gully against Hertha successful what was his archetypal quality pursuing a three-month wounded layoff. 

Therkelsen is pushing for a callback aft coming disconnected the seat to people successful the triumph implicit Dynamo, portion determination could besides beryllium a starting spot for Ikem Ugoh. 

As for the visitors, they are incapable to telephone upon the injured trio of Nathan De Cat, Albian Hajdari and Patrick Wimmer. 

Forward Tim Lemperle is different fittingness interest aft helium sat retired Sunday's triumph implicit Leverkusen owed to a thigh injury. 

Despite being sent disconnected astatine the weekend, Prass volition beryllium escaped to commencement Wednesday's cupful tie, with his prohibition lone applicable to the Bundesliga. 

Holstein Kiel imaginable starting lineup:

Weiner; Sekine, Madsen, Zec, Parduzi; Kapralik, Meffert, Udoh, Therkelsen; Harres, Kvilitaia

Hoffenheim imaginable starting lineup:

Philipp; Gendrey, Hranac, Machida, Bernardo; Prass, Conte, Avdullahu, Daghim; Kramaric, Moerstedt

We say: Holstein Kiel 1-2 Hoffenheim

Hoffenheim volition beryllium buoyant aft picking up 3 consecutive wins, and portion Ilzer could marque changes for the cup, we judge they person capable prime successful their ranks to borderline past Kiel connected Wednesday.

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