One-sided contest expected as Borussia Dortmund welcomes Hertha BSC

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 19.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

Welcome to Signal-Iduna-Park and this game starring Borussia Dortmund and Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga. Here's all you must know!

Insights:
  • Borussia Dortmund have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Bundesliga
  • Hertha BSC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

These are full days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Chelsea, was also a home game here at Signal-Iduna-Park. The away team is better rested.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Borussia Dortmund have performed here at Signal-Iduna-Park this season with 7 wins from 9 Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

Borussia Dortmund's previous fixture was a Champions League game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 against Chelsea. The home side are looking to build on that result. The goalie Kobel was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.24 out of ten. Kobel topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the game before, an away victory in the Bundesliga match versus Werder Bremen with a 2-0 scoreline.

Goals are plentiful at Signal-Iduna-Park in the league this season as Borussia has scored 24 goals here in 9 home games. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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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 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose). A depressing five defeats in a row for Hertha BSC in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Mainz 05.

Impressive finishing from Dárdai, Ngankam, Scherhant and Lukebakio secured the home win 4-1 against Borussia M'gladbach in their previous game. That win felt nice as this club had gone four league rounds without winning. Tousart got a match rating of 8.2 in that game, top player of the team. Tousart served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Eintracht Frankfurt's place.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 12 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hertha BSC as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. As for defending, Hertha BSC rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches. Hertha has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 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 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Borussia Dortmund seven wins, two draws and Hertha BSC one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hertha BSCD. Lukebakio
D. Lukebakio
8 goals
BorussiaJ. Brandt
J. Brandt
6 goals
Borussia DortmundY. Moukoko
Y. Moukoko
6 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

Borussia Dortmund Hertha BSC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 5 Played P 3 9 20
13 7 5 Won W 0 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 5
6 1 0 Lost L 3 7 11
40 24 14 Scored S 3 8 24
26 9 3 Conceded C 9 17 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 85%
60% 67% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 55%
40% 56% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 40%
30% 44% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 20%
45% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 60%
40% 56% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 10%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 30%
 
6.8 6.8 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.2
4.5 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.2 5.2
2.1 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.8 15.3 15.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.6 12.1
6 6.1 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.1 3.6
34% 44% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 29% 33%
 
12.7 8.8 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 12.4 12.5
4.5 3.2 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.4 4.3
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia Dortmund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hertha BSC have scored away.
  • Borussia Dortmund have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Borussia Dortmund have the most clean sheets (5) 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.
  • Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hertha BSC 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 Bayern München 20 12 7 1 59 18 10 6 4 0 31 8 10 6 3 1 28 10 41 43
2 Union Berlin 20 13 3 4 35 24 9 7 2 0 19 8 11 6 1 4 16 16 11 42
3 Borussia Dortmund 20 13 1 6 40 26 9 7 1 1 24 9 11 6 0 5 16 17 14 40
4 Freiburg 20 11 4 5 32 31 10 7 2 1 18 8 10 4 2 4 14 23 1 37
5 RB Leipzig 20 10 6 4 40 26 10 7 2 1 23 9 10 3 4 3 17 17 14 36
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 20 10 5 5 40 29 10 6 1 3 24 13 10 4 4 2 16 16 11 35
7 Wolfsburg 20 8 6 6 38 26 9 4 3 2 23 14 11 4 3 4 15 12 12 30
8 Bayer Leverkusen 20 8 3 9 33 32 10 4 2 4 19 13 10 4 1 5 14 19 1 27
9 Werder Bremen 20 8 3 9 31 39 11 4 1 6 17 18 9 4 2 3 14 21 -8 27
10 Borussia M'gladbach 20 7 5 8 35 33 10 6 1 3 22 13 10 1 4 5 13 20 2 26
11 Köln 20 6 8 6 32 31 10 5 3 2 21 10 10 1 5 4 11 21 1 26
12 Mainz 05 20 7 5 8 30 32 10 3 4 3 17 14 10 4 1 5 13 18 -2 26
13 Augsburg 20 6 3 11 25 36 10 3 2 5 9 15 10 3 1 6 16 21 -11 21
14 Hoffenheim 20 5 4 11 29 39 11 3 2 6 15 21 9 2 2 5 14 18 -10 19
15 Bochum 20 6 1 13 24 49 9 5 1 3 17 17 11 1 0 10 7 32 -25 19
16 Hertha BSC 20 4 5 11 24 36 11 3 4 4 16 19 9 1 1 7 8 17 -12 17
17 Stuttgart 20 3 7 10 23 36 10 3 3 4 12 13 10 0 4 6 11 23 -13 16
18 Schalke 04 20 2 6 12 14 41 11 2 3 6 10 25 9 0 3 6 4 16 -27 12

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