I don't think they will be able to perform like Leverkusen did last season because they had a good manager in charge of their club last season.
Not a good result and Erik Ten Hag will be under huge pressures in front of the team and their fans.
Hoffenheim is a medium team but they could make surprises like we say in the previous seasons against top teams including Bayern Munich.
A round result means nothing but Bayer Leverkusen will not tolerate more failure in the future.
Leverkusen must have known about Ten Hag's past management experience and Leverkusen management also knew that if they handed over the responsibility of their club to this manager, the fans would not take it well and the fans would criticize the manager a lot, which would result in the manager not being able to do as much as he could have. Knowing this, I think that handing over the responsibility of Leverkusen to Ten Hag was a wrong decision by the management. In fact, the strategy that Ten Hag is trying to manage Leverkusen may seem like a completely new strategy to Leverkusen players, which is why they are not able to adapt to the manager's strategy and finish the matches with good results in the German league matches.
Where Leverkusen was an undefeated team in the 23-24 season and they left big teams including Bayern Munich behind in the points table and won the Bundesliga title, such a result is actually difficult for the fans to accept.