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Europa League · League phase, matchday 2 Match report

Hoffenheim 2-3 Beşiktaş: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Hoffenheim crest Hoffenheim
2-3Full time
Beşiktaş crest Beşiktaş
SNP Arena, Sinsheim

Our picks against the result

8 of 12 right

  • Result Hoffenheim win52% 2-3
  • Double chance Hoffenheim or Beşiktaş (12)79% 2-3
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.565% 5 goals
  • More corners Hoffenheim54% Hoffenheim (7-5)
  • Yellow cards Above average 5 yellow cards · league 3.1
  • Yellow cards 5 yellow cards 3.5 Over61% 4.5 Under59% 5.5 Under75%
  • Corners Around average 12 corners · league 10.6
  • Corners 12 corners 8.5 Over62% 9.5 Over51% 10.5 Under60%

Match stats

Hoffenheim Beşiktaş
  • 2 Goals 3
  • 4 Yellow cards 1
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 7 Corners 5

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Hoffenheim vs Beşiktaş is the Europa League league-phase tie at the SNP Arena in Sinsheim on Thursday 15 October 2026; our model goes for a Hoffenheim win, and our double chance is Hoffenheim or Beşiktaş to win, with no draw.

Why this pick?

Our model makes Hoffenheim the pick, mainly because it rates them slightly the stronger of the two sides and gives them the advantage of playing at home. The strongest argument against is form: Beşiktaş have won four of their last five, including a 4‑1 win over Marseille in this competition, while Hoffenheim have lost four of five and sit low in the league phase. Even so, Hoffenheim's recent attacking play, with plenty of shots and long spells around the opposition box, offers more than that run suggests, and Beşiktaş's attacking output is more modest. The call is a moderate one.

Form guide

Hoffenheim

  • L 2-3 vs Hamburger SV (H) Bundesliga · 10 Oct
  • L 1-3 at Paderborn (A) Bundesliga · 20 Sep
  • L 0-2 at OFI Crete (A) Europa League · 17 Sep
  • W 2-1 vs VfB Stuttgart (H) Bundesliga · 12 Sep
  • L 2-3 vs Borussia Dortmund (H) Bundesliga · 5 Sep

Beşiktaş

  • W 2-1 vs Kocaelispor (H) Süper Lig · 11 Oct
  • L 2-3 at Amed Sportif (A) Süper Lig · 20 Sep
  • W 4-1 vs Marseille (H) Europa League · 17 Sep
  • W 3-0 vs Erzurumspor FK (H) Süper Lig · 11 Sep
  • W 2-1 at Fenerbahçe (A) Süper Lig · 5 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

HoffenheimBeşiktaş
Attack 71 49 0.0 goals per match this season4.0 goals per match this season
Defence 34 40 2.0 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

Hoffenheim and Beşiktaş have not met in our records since 2010.

Europa League so far

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
3 Beşiktaş 1 100 4:1 +3 3
30 Hoffenheim 1 001 0:2 -2 0

Positions in our table of 36 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Europa League, League phase, matchday 2
Kick-off
Venue
SNP Arena, Sinsheim

Questions and answers

What was the score of Hoffenheim vs Beşiktaş?

Hoffenheim 2-3 Beşiktaş in the Europa League (League phase, matchday 2) on Thursday 15 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Hoffenheim vs Beşiktaş right?

No: our result pick was Hoffenheim win, and the score after 90 minutes was 2-3. 8 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Hoffenheim vs Beşiktaş?

5 yellow cards (Hoffenheim 4, Beşiktaş 1), no red cards and 12 corners (Hoffenheim 7, Beşiktaş 5).

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