Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Borussia Dortmund welcomes Hertha BSC

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 06.June
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

Borussia Dortmund have performed better than Hertha BSC so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

The season is still full of potential for Borussia Dortmund as they can still win the whole Bundesliga. Hertha BSC are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Signal-Iduna-Park as Borussia Dortmund, who have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Bundesliga, have scored 45 goals to get 33 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 10-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Borussia are returning here after visiting Paderborn in a Bundesliga game and winning with a 6-1 scoreline. Marcel Schmelzer, Thorgan Hazard, Jadon Sancho (3) and Achraf Hakimi scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Borussia lost 0-1 at home to Bayern München.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Borussia played a great game against Paderborn and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Jadon Sancho was absolutely essential when Borussia beat Paderborn 6-1, scoring three goals.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Borussia Dortmund home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

It's goals goals goals for Borussia who have scored 45 goals from 14 league home games. Borussia Dortmund have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Hertha BSC have produced an overall stat of 5-5-4 so far. Hertha BSC are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Javairô Dilrosun and Krzysztof Piątek scored in Hertha's previous match, the home game against Augsburg that ended 2-0. Before that, Hertha BSC travelled to RB Leipzig and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

You'll want to know how Hertha managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in zero away wins, three draws and zero home wins.

The travelling fans enjoy Hertha's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 14 league matches away. In the opposite end, Hertha have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hertha BSC - Borussia 1-2 earlier this season. Borussia-Hertha BSC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Borussia Dortmund four wins, Hertha BSC one win, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Borussia DortmundJ. Sancho
J. Sancho
17 goals
Borussia DortmundM. Reus
M. Reus
11 goals
BorussiaE. Håland
E. Håland
10 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

Borussia Dortmund Hertha BSC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
18 10 4 Won W 2 5 10
6 3 0 Drew D 2 5 8
5 1 0 Lost L 0 4 11
80 45 14 Scored S 7 23 43
35 11 1 Conceded C 5 22 50
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
86% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 86% 83%
79% 79% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 79% 76%
66% 71% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 48%
31% 43% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 14%
52% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 57% 52%
41% 57% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 28%
10% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 28%
 
6 6.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 3.8
3 2.5 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.5 5.6
1.2 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
405 225 59 Total Shots T S 37 143 310
172 95 23 Shots on Target S O 15 56 104
47% 47% 61% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 41% 41%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia Dortmund has the fewest conceded goals (11) at home
  • Borussia Dortmund has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
  • Borussia Dortmund has the most clean sheets (8) at home
  • Borussia Dortmund has the most scored goals in the second half (54)
  • Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Borussia Dortmund have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 29 21 4 4 86 28 15 11 2 2 48 13 14 10 2 2 38 15 58 67
2 Borussia Dortmund 29 18 6 5 80 35 14 10 3 1 45 11 15 8 3 4 35 24 45 60
3 RB Leipzig 29 16 10 3 74 31 14 7 6 1 35 16 15 9 4 2 39 15 43 58
4 Borussia M'gladbach 29 17 5 7 57 35 15 10 2 3 35 20 14 7 3 4 22 15 22 56
5 Bayer Leverkusen 29 17 5 7 54 36 14 7 4 3 26 17 15 10 1 4 28 19 18 56
6 Wolfsburg 29 11 9 9 41 36 15 4 6 5 17 17 14 7 3 4 24 19 5 42
7 Hoffenheim 29 12 6 11 40 48 15 6 1 8 22 35 14 6 5 3 18 13 -8 42
8 Freiburg 29 10 8 11 38 41 14 6 2 6 16 16 15 4 6 5 22 25 -3 38
9 Hertha BSC 29 10 8 11 43 50 15 5 3 7 20 28 14 5 5 4 23 22 -7 38
10 Schalke 04 29 9 10 10 34 46 15 5 6 4 18 22 14 4 4 6 16 24 -12 37
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 29 10 5 14 49 53 14 6 4 4 31 22 15 4 1 10 18 31 -4 35
12 Köln 29 10 4 15 46 56 15 6 3 6 26 24 14 4 1 9 20 32 -10 34
13 Augsburg 29 8 7 14 40 56 14 5 4 5 25 23 15 3 3 9 15 33 -16 31
14 Union Berlin 29 9 4 16 34 52 14 6 2 6 19 19 15 3 2 10 15 33 -18 31
15 Mainz 05 29 8 4 17 37 62 15 4 2 9 15 27 14 4 2 8 22 35 -25 28
16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 29 6 9 14 31 58 14 4 4 6 15 24 15 2 5 8 16 34 -27 27
17 Werder Bremen 29 6 7 16 30 62 14 1 3 10 9 33 15 5 4 6 21 29 -32 25
18 Paderborn 29 4 7 18 32 61 15 2 2 11 19 38 14 2 5 7 13 23 -29 19

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