Borussia Dortmund vs Hertha BSC Preview & Prediction 14 May 2022

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league standings is anything to judge by. The Borussia Dortmund fans are hoping that the gulf between 2nd and Hertha BSC's 15th position in the table will show on the ground.

Insights:

Borussia Dortmund have the most scored goals (50) at home in Bundesliga
Hertha BSC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Borussia Dortmund are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 2nd place whatever happens now. Hertha are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

Borussia Dortmund 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.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Borussia Dortmund are steadily winning Bundesliga games and points here at Signal-Iduna-Park. 12 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 16 games.

A strong away win for Borussia Dortmund against Greuther Furth the last match, as Passlack and Brandt (2) were on target. The versatile forward Brandt outshone all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.25 out of 10. Brandt scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 41 successful passes (of 51 total).

Before that game, the home loss against VfL Bochum 1848 with the scoreline 3-4.

Borussia Dortmund are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew zero and lost one.

It's goals goals goals for Borussia who have scored 50 goals from 16 league home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hertha BSC so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-10 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Magath was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Olympiastadion Berlin. Hertha BSC suffered a 1-2 loss to Mainz 05 (placed 9th). Defender Kempf was the best team player with a rating of 7.63. Kempf won 8 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Arminia Bielefeld.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Hertha BSC played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected five times.

The attacking power of Hertha when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Hertha BSC have conceded 36 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Hertha has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Borussia Dortmund and Hertha BSC have faced off already this season: Hertha BSC - Borussia Dortmund 3-2. Borussia Dortmund-Hertha BSC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Borussia Dortmund six wins, Hertha BSC two wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

E. Håland

21 goals

J. Brandt

9 goals

M. Reus

9 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Borussia Dortmund				Hertha BSC
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
33	16	5	Played	P	5	16	33
21	12	5	Won	W	0	3	9
3	0	0	Drew	D	0	3	6
9	4	0	Lost	L	5	10	18
83	50	13	Scored	S	1	12	36
51	27	4	Conceded	C	18	36	69
100%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	94%	97%
91%	94%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	88%	91%
76%	88%	80%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	80%	62%	64%
58%	69%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	40%	38%	36%
42%	62%	20%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	40%	12%	21%
76%	75%	60%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	44%	61%
21%	25%	40%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	12%	18%
3%	0%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	80%	50%	24%

5.4	5.5	5	Corners for (avg)	C F	3.8	4.4	4.2
4.4	4.6	4.4	Corners against (avg)	C A	5.2	5.1	5.8
1.9	1.6	0.8	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.4	1.8	1.8
1	0	0	Red cards	R C	0	1	2

13.8	15.6	16.8	Shots (avg)	S (	9.4	10.4	11.1
5.8	6.6	5.6	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	2.8	3.4	3.8
44%	48%	46%	Goal Efficiency	G E	7%	22%	29%

11	9.9	10	Shots against (avg)	S A	16.8	14.9	14.1
4.3	4.5	3.8	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	6.8	4.9	5.2

Borussia Dortmund			First Half	Hertha BSC
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
33	16	5	Played	P	5	16	33
15	9	3	Won	W	0	2	8
8	4	2	Drew	D	0	4	8
10	3	0	Lost	L	5	10	17
36	24	6	Scored	S	1	6	13
24	11	2	Conceded	C	10	19	29
91%	88%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	81%	82%
55%	62%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	56%	36%
21%	38%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	40%	19%	9%
12%	25%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
3%	6%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
27%	31%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	19%	12%
52%	62%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	31%	42%
30%	19%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	80%	69%	64%

Borussia Dortmund			Second Half	Hertha BSC
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
33	16	5	Played	P	5	16	33
18	9	4	Won	W	0	2	7
10	4	1	Drew	D	2	8	11
5	3	0	Lost	L	3	6	15
47	26	7	Scored	S	0	6	23
27	16	2	Conceded	C	8	17	40
91%	94%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	60%	75%	85%
70%	81%	60%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	60%	56%	61%
45%	62%	40%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	40%	12%	27%
15%	19%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	12%
3%	6%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	3%
58%	69%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	25%	39%
39%	31%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	38%	30%
12%	6%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	100%	62%	45%

Key stats in Bundesliga this season:

Borussia Dortmund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Borussia Dortmund have scored in all their home matches so far.
Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of Hertha BSC.
Borussia Dortmund have the most scored goals (50) at home in Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Hertha BSC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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	32	24	3	5	93	33	16	13	1	2	46	13	16	11	2	3	47	20	60	75
2	Borussia Dortmund	33	21	3	9	83	51	16	12	0	4	50	27	17	9	3	5	33	24	32	66
3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	33	18	7	8	78	46	16	9	2	5	37	22	17	9	5	3	41	24	32	61
4	SC Freiburg	33	15	10	8	57	44	17	8	5	4	32	25	16	7	5	4	25	19	13	55
5	RB Leipzig	32	16	6	10	67	36	16	10	2	4	39	17	16	6	4	6	28	19	31	54
6	FC Union Berlin	33	15	9	9	47	42	16	9	5	2	22	15	17	6	4	7	25	27	5	54
7	Köln	33	14	10	9	51	47	17	9	4	4	27	21	16	5	6	5	24	26	4	52
8	Hoffenheim	33	13	7	13	57	55	17	8	4	5	34	24	16	5	3	8	23	31	2	46
9	Mainz 05	33	13	6	14	48	43	16	10	4	2	31	9	17	3	2	12	17	34	5	45
10	VfL Bochum 1848	33	12	6	15	36	49	17	8	4	5	21	17	16	4	2	10	15	32	-13	42
11	Borussia M'gladbach	32	11	8	13	48	59	16	7	4	5	28	26	16	4	4	8	20	33	-11	41
12	Wolfsburg	33	12	5	16	41	52	16	7	2	7	23	19	17	5	3	9	18	33	-11	41
13	Eintracht Frankfurt	32	10	10	12	42	46	16	4	6	6	19	21	16	6	4	6	23	25	-4	40
14	Augsburg	32	9	8	15	37	51	16	6	4	6	23	25	16	3	4	9	14	26	-14	35
15	Hertha BSC	33	9	6	18	36	69	17	6	3	8	24	33	16	3	3	10	12	36	-33	33
16	Stuttgart	32	6	11	15	37	56	16	5	4	7	26	31	16	1	7	8	11	25	-19	29
17	Arminia Bielefeld	33	5	12	16	26	52	16	2	9	5	14	22	17	3	3	11	12	30	-26	27
18	Greuther Furth	33	3	9	21	27	80	17	3	5	9	15	33	16	0	4	12	12	47	-53	18

Borussia Dortmund:

Borussia Dortmund

Hertha BSC:

Hertha BSC

Bundesliga:

Bundesliga official site

Germany:

German Football Association - (also in English)

Table

		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	32	24	3	5	93	33	16	13	1	2	46	13	16	11	2	3	47	20	60	75
2	Borussia Dortmund	33	21	3	9	83	51	16	12	0	4	50	27	17	9	3	5	33	24	32	66
3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	33	18	7	8	78	46	16	9	2	5	37	22	17	9	5	3	41	24	32	61
4	SC Freiburg	33	15	10	8	57	44	17	8	5	4	32	25	16	7	5	4	25	19	13	55
5	RB Leipzig	32	16	6	10	67	36	16	10	2	4	39	17	16	6	4	6	28	19	31	54
6	FC Union Berlin	33	15	9	9	47	42	16	9	5	2	22	15	17	6	4	7	25	27	5	54
7	Köln	33	14	10	9	51	47	17	9	4	4	27	21	16	5	6	5	24	26	4	52
8	Hoffenheim	33	13	7	13	57	55	17	8	4	5	34	24	16	5	3	8	23	31	2	46
9	Mainz 05	33	13	6	14	48	43	16	10	4	2	31	9	17	3	2	12	17	34	5	45
10	VfL Bochum 1848	33	12	6	15	36	49	17	8	4	5	21	17	16	4	2	10	15	32	-13	42
11	Borussia M'gladbach	32	11	8	13	48	59	16	7	4	5	28	26	16	4	4	8	20	33	-11	41
12	Wolfsburg	33	12	5	16	41	52	16	7	2	7	23	19	17	5	3	9	18	33	-11	41
13	Eintracht Frankfurt	32	10	10	12	42	46	16	4	6	6	19	21	16	6	4	6	23	25	-4	40
14	Augsburg	32	9	8	15	37	51	16	6	4	6	23	25	16	3	4	9	14	26	-14	35
15	Hertha BSC	33	9	6	18	36	69	17	6	3	8	24	33	16	3	3	10	12	36	-33	33
16	Stuttgart	32	6	11	15	37	56	16	5	4	7	26	31	16	1	7	8	11	25	-19	29
17	Arminia Bielefeld	33	5	12	16	26	52	16	2	9	5	14	22	17	3	3	11	12	30	-26	27
18	Greuther Furth	33	3	9	21	27	80	17	3	5	9	15	33	16	0	4	12	12	47	-53	18