Beşiktaş carry a three-point table advantage to Hoffenheim
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Beşiktaş hold the provisional table advantage and bring a stronger recent-form sample, while their away record offers a specific test for Hoffenheim. Listed absences on both sides add relevant team-news context.
Before kickoff
Form against a three-point gap
Beşiktaş arrive at Prezero Arena with the clearest advantage in the supplied evidence: their recent-form sample contains seven matches, listed most recent first, including five wins, one loss and one further win. 1899 Hoffenheim’s sample contains one match, a loss. That contrast is a useful question for Thursday’s UEFA Europa League League Stage - 2 meeting, but it does not establish how either side will perform at kickoff.
Provisional standings raise the importance
In the provisional UEFA Europa League standings, Beşiktaş are ranked #4 with 3 points from 1 game, while 1899 Hoffenheim are ranked #29 with 0 points from 1 game. Beşiktaş are 3 points ahead of Hoffenheim. Juventus lead with 3 points; Beşiktaş trail the leader by 0 and Hoffenheim by 3. Those positions define the early table context, without confirming any qualification or elimination outcome.
Away record and listed absences
Beşiktaş’s away record this season is 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss, with 3 goals scored, 1 conceded and 2 clean sheets. Hoffenheim’s listed home record is 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Hoffenheim list L. Engelns as off the roster, A. Hajdari with a muscle injury and P. Wimmer with a thigh injury. Beşiktaş list V. Cerny with a muscle injury, C. Keles as off the roster, M. Rashica with an injury and D. Vlahovic with an illness.
The concrete kickoff question is whether Hoffenheim can contain Beşiktaş’s away record while responding to the contrasting form samples.
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Juventus | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | Crystal Palace | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Union St. Gilloise | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | Ferencvarosi TC | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Benfica | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | OFI | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 | Bournemouth | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 11 | Lyon | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 12 | Torreense | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13 | Olympiakos Piraeus | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 | Red Bull Salzburg | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 15 | Sunderland | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 16 | Omonia Nicosia | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 17 | Sturm Graz | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Rennes | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Dinamo Zagreb | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Hapoel Beer Sheva | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Jagiellonia | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 22 | Real Sociedad | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 23 | Anderlecht | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24 | Lillestrom | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 25 | Celta Vigo | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 26 | AZ Alkmaar | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27 | Levski Sofia | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | Celtic | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 29 | 1899 Hoffenheim | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 30 | AC Milan | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 31 | Celje | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 32 | Marseille | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 33 | Ararat-Armenia | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 34 | Plzen | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 35 | Lech Poznan | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 36 | NEC Nijmegen | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |