On Sunday, Hoffenheim will face Freiburg in the Bundesliga, with both teams hoping to remain in the top four ahead of the next international break. Neither club was anticipated to be contending near the top of the standings, even at this early point of the season, so it should be an interesting match.For Hoffenheim, it's been a feast or famine start to the season, with four wins and two losses in their first six league games. Last week's 4-1 thumping of Mainz was the perfect antidote to the previous week's humiliation in Dortmund, the victory marking the fourth time Andre Breitenreiter's side had scored three or more goals in a single game in 2022/23. Andrej Kramaric, Hoffenheim's star striker, has been at the forefront of the team's early charge up the table, chipping in with two goals and as many assists, but part of the team's success can be attributed to their unpredictability: the Croatian talisman is one of nine different scorers for the Sinsheim outfit so far. They've also been good on the other end of the field, with Kabak serving as the cornerstone of a stingy defense that has allowed just one goal in their previous four games. Freiburg also knows how to defend, having maintained more clean sheets (four) than any other Bundesliga side this season. While Christian Streich's club is known for being extremely well-drilled, the summer signing of Germany international Matthias Ginter has been a key part in the team's resiliency, with Vincenzo Grifo serving as the focal point going forward. Lucas Holer is still out with a broken metatarsal, but his absence up front has been ably filled by Michael Gregoritsch: the Austrian added a double in Thursday's UEFA Europa League victory at Olympiacos to go with his three Bundesliga goals this season, giving the Black Forest outfit two wins from two in Europe. Coach Streich made no changes to his starting 11 in Greece against Olympiakos three days ago, so he may freshen things and rotate the squad here.Both clubs have been in fantastic form recently, so this could be an exciting tactical struggle between two sides playing with a lot of confidence. Because neither team has been leaking many goals recently, we should expect a low-scoring match but I give Hoffenheim a slight edge to win at the end.

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周日，霍芬海姆将在德甲迎战弗赖堡，两支球队都希望在下个国际比赛日之前保持前四的位置。即使在本赛季的初期，两家俱乐部都不可能在积分榜上排名靠前，所以这应该是一场有趣的比赛。对于霍芬海姆来说，这个赛季的开始是盛宴或饥荒，他们在前6场联赛中取得了4胜2负的成绩。上周4-1大胜美因茨是上周在多特蒙德耻辱的完美解药，这场胜利标志着安德烈·布雷特雷纳特的球队在22/23赛季第四次在单场比赛中打进3球或更多。霍芬海姆的明星前锋安德烈·克拉马里奇一直是球队在积分榜上冲锋陷阵的主力，他贡献了两球和同样多的助攻，但球队的成功部分要归功于他们的不可预测性:克罗地亚的护身术是迄今为止辛希姆球队9名不同的射手之一。他们在另一端也做得很好，卡巴克是他们防守的基石，在他们之前的四场比赛中只丢了一个球。弗赖堡也知道如何防守，本赛季他们保持了比其他德甲球队更多的零封。尽管斯特雷希的俱乐部以训练有素而闻名，今夏引进的德国国脚金特尔是球队韧性的关键部分，而格里福则是球队前进的核心。卢卡斯·霍勒仍然因为跖骨骨折而缺阵，但他在前场的缺阵被迈克尔·格雷戈里奇很好地填补了空缺:奥地利人在周四的欧联杯战胜奥林匹亚科斯的比赛中梅开二度，加上他本赛季在德甲的三粒进球，这让黑森林的球队在欧洲赛场两战两胜。在三天前希腊对阵奥林匹亚科斯的比赛中，斯特雷希教练没有调整首发11人，所以他可能会在这里进行更新和轮换。两家俱乐部最近的状态都很好，所以这将是一场激动人心的战术较量，双方都充满信心。因为最近两支球队都没有丢多少球，我们应该期待一场进球少的比赛，但我认为霍芬海姆有微弱的优势赢得最后的胜利。