Rise in form boosts Hoffenheim hopes
Munich - Having gone into the season with ambitions of challenging for the European places, 1899 Hoffenheim find themselves in the thick of the relegation battle.
The gap between Marco Kurz's men and the relegation play-off spot has grown to four points in recent weeks, but as many points from their last two matches will have boosted the side's hopes of staying in the Bundesliga.