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This will be Tottenham’s last pre-season match for the 2026/27 season. The Lilywhites will welcome Bundesliga giants TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on a home date at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tomorrow in what will be Spurs’ wrap to what has been a successful pre-season. Both sides will rub shoulders again less than 24 hours later in what will be a behind-closed-doors friendly at Hotspur Way. Given that there are two fixtures, going into the game, Tottenham supporters should expect wholesale changes between the both the games as Roberto De Zerbi looks to have the whole roster up to speed before the Premier League season begins. Match Info Date: 15th August, 2026 Time: Kick-off at 15:00 HRS BST Location: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Tottenham vs Hoffenheim Match Preview The upcoming season will be a big one for Tottenham, given they come into the season on the back of two consecutive seventeenth-place finishes in the English top tier, and that cannot happen a third time. To ensure that, we have seen the chiefs at N17 backing De Zerbi heavily in the transfer market, with the North Londoners forking out around £240m on transfers, including marquee arrivals of Jan Paul van Hecke, Sandro Tonali, and Mateus Fernandes. And let’s be honest, the early signs of the revamped squad are looking encouraging given the Lilywhites have gone through the preseason campaign unbeaten, which was highlighted by that 2-1 win over fellow London rivals Chelsea on 1st August in Sydney. Tonali and Richarlison were on the scoresheet against Xabi Alonso & Co., where Spurs saw the game out despite being a man down after Kevin Danso’s red card. That win against the Blues followed wins over Auckland FC and MK Dons before that winning run was interrupted by a 1-1 draw against Getafe last week. But that being said, goals have been hard to come by for the Lilywhites after having scored only seven goals across the summer friendlies. Though when Saturday arrives, it will be the first time that Roberto De Zerbi & Co. will play a preseason game this summer at N17, which already creates a buzz of excitement among the North Londoners’ supporters. On the visiting end, Christian Ilzer & Co. will visit North London following a confident fifth-place finish in the Bundesliga last term. They did narrowly miss out on Champions League qualification, but they have been on a run that shows they want to make up for it this time around. Die Kraichgauer have been as prolific in preseason friendlies as Tottenham. They have won five games of the six they’ve played so far this summer. One of those games was a 21-0 win over amateur side SV Massenbachhausen. They kept clean sheets in three of those five. Both the clubs last met in Spurs’ Europa League triumph run. When Tottenham, in January 2025, won 3-2 away at Hoffenheim, James Maddison and a brace from Heung-Min Son did the damage. Team news Going into the game, the off-the-pitch reports of the Lilywhites agreeing to sell their captain Cristian Romero to Atlético Madrid have been making headlines as the Argentine World Cup winner moves to the Spanish side in a deal worth around £34.2m (€40m) that ends his five-year stay in North London. With Romero out of the picture at Tottenham, the Lilywhites should see the summer arrival duo of Jan Paul van Hecke and Marcos Senesi get into the picture at the heart of defense alongside Micky van de Ven. Beyond the center backs in the defensive line, Tottenham has Pedro Porro back in training. But he would ideally not be thrown straight away into the eleven, so Archie Gray should continue in the right fullback role come tomorrow. Predicted lineup Predicted Tottenham XI: Kinsky; Gray, Van Hecke, Senesi, Robertson; Fernandes, Tonali; Maddison, Kudus, Richarlison; Tel Predicted Hoffenheim XI: Baumann; Coufal, Kabak, Hajdari, Rots; Prass, Burger; Lenz, Hlozek, Conte; Lemperle