Bundesliga preview: Can FC Union Berlin edge out victory against Hertha BSC?

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion An der Alten Försterei (22012 seats)

A total of eleven league matches are played and FC Union Berlin are 4 points ahead of Hertha BSC. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Hertha BSC have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Bundesliga

Both sides have had enough days rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated match!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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FC Union Berlin form and stats

When playing at home in the Bundesliga, FC Union Berlin have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

Berlin drew their last game, 2-2 away at Köln (placed 11th). Midfield player Julian Ryerson got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, the max score being 10. Ryerson scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Preceding that match was a Europa Conference League defeat to Feyenoord (1-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Berlin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won six times, drawn zero and lost zero.

Berlin are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, FC Union Berlin have conceded 7 goals.

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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 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Hertha's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 1-1 vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen (placed 6th). Niklas Stark was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.7. The defender Stark hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against TSG Hoffenheim wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Hertha BSC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, two draws and three defeats.

Hertha are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Hertha can't defend away. 18 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - three - three (Berlin wins - draws - Hertha BSC wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC Union BerlinT. Awoniyi
T. Awoniyi
7 goals
FC Union BerlinN. Gießelmann
N. Gießelmann
3 goals
FC Union BerlinJ. Ryerson
J. Ryerson
2 goals

FC Union Berlin missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

FC Union Berlin Hertha BSC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 3 6 11
4 3 1 Won W 1 2 4
5 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 2 4 6
17 8 1 Scored S 4 6 12
17 7 0 Conceded C 6 18 24
91% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
55% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 83% 73%
36% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 67% 36%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 18%
73% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 64%
27% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
9% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 27%
 
4.1 4.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.2 3.9
3.9 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.2 6
1.9 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.5 11.5 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.5 10.1
4.4 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.7 3.6
35% 29% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 27% 30%
 
13 14 13 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 16 13.8
4 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 6 5.1
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Hertha BSC's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hertha BSC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hertha BSC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hertha BSC have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Bundesliga
  • Hertha BSC have won significantly less corners away then at 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 11 9 1 1 40 11 6 5 0 1 22 5 5 4 1 0 18 6 29 28
2 Borussia Dortmund 11 8 0 3 28 17 6 6 0 0 19 8 5 2 0 3 9 9 11 24
3 Freiburg 11 6 4 1 18 9 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 3 2 1 8 5 9 22
4 Wolfsburg 11 6 1 4 12 12 6 3 1 2 5 6 5 3 0 2 7 6 0 19
5 RB Leipzig 11 5 3 3 23 11 6 5 0 1 20 6 5 0 3 2 3 5 12 18
6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 11 5 3 3 24 17 5 2 0 3 9 11 6 3 3 0 15 6 7 18
7 Mainz 05 11 5 2 4 15 11 6 3 2 1 10 4 5 2 0 3 5 7 4 17
8 FC Union Berlin 11 4 5 2 17 17 6 3 2 1 8 7 5 1 3 1 9 10 0 17
9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 11 4 3 4 13 14 5 3 2 0 8 4 6 1 1 4 5 10 -1 15
10 TSG Hoffenheim 11 4 2 5 19 17 5 3 1 1 12 5 6 1 1 4 7 12 2 14
11 Köln 11 3 5 3 17 20 6 3 3 0 13 8 5 0 2 3 4 12 -3 14
12 VfL Bochum 1848 11 4 1 6 10 18 5 3 1 1 7 3 6 1 0 5 3 15 -8 13
13 Hertha BSC 11 4 1 6 12 24 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 2 0 4 6 18 -12 13
14 Eintracht Frankfurt 11 2 6 3 12 16 5 0 4 1 4 5 6 2 2 2 8 11 -4 12
15 Stuttgart 11 2 4 5 15 20 6 2 1 3 12 10 5 0 3 2 3 10 -5 10
16 Augsburg 11 2 3 6 9 20 5 2 1 2 7 10 6 0 2 4 2 10 -11 9
17 Arminia Bielefeld 11 1 5 5 7 16 6 0 3 3 3 10 5 1 2 2 4 6 -9 8
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 11 0 1 10 8 29 5 0 1 4 3 9 6 0 0 6 5 20 -21 1

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