The 2. Bundesliga overall standings tell the truth about these participants so far, with Holstein Kiel in front of Hertha BSC by 6 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:
- Holstein Kiel have the most points from losing position (6) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hertha BSC have lost all their away matches so far.
Holstein Kiel and Hertha BSC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
Holstein Kiel have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the 2. Bundesliga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The regulars are hoping that Holstein Kiel will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the match against St. Pauli (placed 6th). Holstein were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Becker, defender, was given a rating of 7.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Becker hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Schalke 04 and winning 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Holstein Kiel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Holstein Kiel as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Holstein Kiel has won 7 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.
At Holstein-Stadion, Holstein Kiel has the goal stats of 6-6 (for/against) from 3 league fixtures.
Hertha BSC form and stats
It's not happening yet for Hertha BSC on their 2. Bundesliga travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Hertha BSC are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Eintracht Braunschweig (placed 17th). It's hard not to mention Tabaković's lethal finishing against Eintracht Braunschweig. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Attacker Tabaković got a player rating of 9.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Tabaković scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Greuther Furth.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Hertha in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Hertha BSC, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hertha BSC have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. There are big problems for the Hertha BSC defense as they have conceded 10 goals in 3 away games. Hertha BSC has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Tabakovic 7 goals |   S. Skrzybski 2 goals |  S. Machino 2 goals |
Holstein Kiel missing players
Hertha BSC missing players
| Holstein Kiel | Hertha BSC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 50% |
| 6.3 | 6.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 16.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.7 | 14 |
| 5.3 | 6.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| 31% | 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | 39% |
| 14.2 | 16.3 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 20 | 17.7 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 6 |
- All of Holstein Kiel's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Hertha BSC have lost all their away matches so far.
- Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Holstein Kiel have scored in all their matches so far.
- Holstein Kiel have the most points from losing position (6) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 5 | Magdeburg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | St. Pauli | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Nürnberg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Elversberg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Paderborn | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Osnabrück | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 1 |
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