Hoffenheim eased past the challenge of lower league side Elversberg courtesy of a 3-1 win in Wednesday’s meeting at Sportanlage Hauselgrund.
Pellegrino Matarazzo‘s men took the lead after just 15 minutes through Robin Fellhauer‘s own goal and doubled their advantage via a Simon Mukuta strike before Florian Le Joncour pulled one back, only for Max Moerstedt to put the result beyond doubt.
Consequently, Die Kraichgauer have now won each of their last four matches since a 1-1 stalemate against RB Leipzig back in early May.
More impressively, the Bundesliga outfit have scored a whopping 20 goals in that time and will be looking to wreak further havoc at the top end of the pitch.
Tuesday’s clash against Norwich is the first of three straight matches against English opponents for Hoffenheim, with games against Ipswich Town and Fulham to follow.
Norwich fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat against Magdeburg when the teams locked horns at Carrow Road on Friday evening.
Johannes Thorup‘s men fell behind to Baris Arik‘s effort in the 17th minute and that was enough for the German outfit despite Norwich being in the ascendancy for large spells of the game.
As a result, The Canaries have won just one of their last nine matches across all competitions, including a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Leeds in the Championship playoffs semi-final.
With the start of their league campaign barely two weeks away, Norwich will be keen to return to winning ways in their penultimate warm-up fixture after which they round off pre-season against St Pauli.
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Eighteen-year-old Max Moerstedt has scored in consecutive games for Hoffenheim and is one to keep an eye on here.
Andrej Kramaric could finally return to action for his side here having not featured since representing Croatia at the European Championships.
Norwich’s Liam Gibbs made his second straight substitute appearance since returning from a muscle problem and will be pushing for a start here.
