The 33rd round of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season will be staged, and Hoffenheim will travel to challenge Wolfsburg. Coach Ilze said that although his team still has two games to strive to achieve the goal of relegation, he hopes that the team can complete the task in this round of games.

Hoffenheim was tied 4-4 by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the last round of the league with goals from Arthur Chavez, Mariusz Bildt, Adam Hrožek and Tabakovic.

After achieving 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses in the last 5 rounds, Hoffenheim is currently ranked 15th in the standings with 31 points, 5 points ahead of 16th-placed Heidenheim, so they need to win to continue playing in the Bundesliga next season.

Hoffenheim coach Ilze said, "We have really few points in the past few weeks, which is why the whole season has been so difficult. Although some games have been very good, we have not been able to get enough good results."

“Now we have to try to play the best performance, we need to be more energetic, and also hope to move up at least one place in the standings. To do this, the key is to play well on our own, rather than expecting other teams to make mistakes. We will only focus on ourselves and put the emphasis on the game.”

In addition, Wolfsburg fired Hasenhüttl earlier, and Daniel Bauer became Wolfsburg's interim head coach.

Ilze said, "A team with a new head coach will become unpredictable tactically. We have also studied some of Daniel Bauer's games as the U19 coach and tried to understand his tactical style. Of course, he can't completely change the team in a short period of time, but he will definitely inject some new energy. However, we are more focused on our own preparation and performance."

"Wolfsburg will definitely be fully prepared. They have strong individual abilities, which we must be vigilant about. We still have two games to complete our relegation goal. We have indeed made some progress since I took over the team, but I am not satisfied that we were not able to determine relegation earlier. We don't want to drag it to the last round and hope to complete the task in this game."

Talking about the previous performance against Monchengladbach, Ilze said, "We need to make some subtle adjustments in defense, which is the focus of training this week."