Hoffenheim

How Hoffenheim play under each referee

Every Hoffenheim game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample Hoffenheim are 46-32-63 (32.6%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Christian Dingert has the most Hoffenheim games in this sample (10).

Updated Aug 28, 2026, 12:08 a.m.·2021-2026 (2021-09-11 – 2026-04-18)

Hoffenheim record: 46-32-63 (32.6%)

Qualified refs in this table account for 52 of 141 team matches (37%) in this sample. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Frank Willenborg
+17.4 pts vs team+0.5
Christian Dingert
+7.4 pts vs team+1.8
Daniel Siebert
+4.9 pts vs team+1.1
Sven Jablonski
+4.9 pts vs team+4.8
Florian Badstübner
+4.9 pts vs team+0.4
Sascha Stegemann
-20.1 pts vs team+0.3

Close-match proxy

How Hoffenheim compares in one-goal matches vs the full sample. Based on verified match results.

Close games (≤1 goal margin)

76 of 141 games match this window

Avg combined goals
Close-match avg
2.9
Season avg
3.5
Pressure impact
-0.6
Avg cards
Close-match avg
23
Season avg
22.8
Pressure impact
+0.2
Over rate
Close-match avg
32.9%
Season avg
51.1%
Pressure impact
-18.2 pp

Over benchmark: 3.5 combined goals · Seasons: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 141 total games in sample

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Hoffenheim games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: Hoffenheim went 46-32-63 (32.6%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than Hoffenheim.

Scores, fouls, cards, and referee assignments from ESPN (1281 games, 154 with sportsbook totals). Referee coverage only where ESPN lists gameInfo.officials (2021-22 onward); games without referee names are excluded entirely. football-data.co.uk I1 CSVs lack a Referee column and are not used. Matrix: 402/572 ref×team pairs with 3+ games. 249 games skipped (no official listed).