Braunschweig: Marco Caligiuri (def 10/0),Marcel Correia (def 3/0),Ken Reichel Jan (def 11/0) and Hochscheidt (mdf 4/0) are all injured, while Karim Bellarabi (att 12/2) and Omar Elabdellaoui (def 15/1) are both doubtful. Hoffenheim: Stefan Thesker (def 1/0) is injured, while Sebastian Rudy (mdf 9/0) is doubtful.