Hoffenheim's last 3 games have not been good. drew against Hertha Berlin and also lost to Bremen.
The moment against Schalke of course must be used to return to the winning momentum.
These two teams will meet 2 times in a row. The DFB Cup will be the second meeting again in the following week.
Hoffenheim has better chances in this match. most would bet on Hoffenheim. Schalke is not in a good shape at the moment to win the game.
You are right that Schalke is not playing very well at the moment and they have there problems .
But they can be very good at home when all things come together and the Fans pushing them.
For today i expect also a win for Hoffenheim with 2 scored goals and that they get 1.
Hopefully we dont see a surprise from Schalke today.
Match just started with both teams are not good in recent games and Schalke is having first win against another relegation zone team Bochum but still they have good time against few other teams with Hoffenheim is also having poor run in last few matches which is going to be had impact on this game as well because now Schalke is looking for better results which give them some positive change in the future games this is surely a game which can give them positive results as I am also feeling going with home/draw is very good option with most chances home team could be ended with their second win of this season.
We can expect good number of goals as well in this match because defense is concern for both teams, and they will play aggressive game which is surely a good way of having better result.