16th- against 12th position might not feel all that juicy. But: Here's the intelligence that makes Hertha BSC - FC Köln (even) more action-packed!
- Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Köln have the most points from losing position (12) in Bundesliga
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hertha BSC form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Bundesliga this season. Hertha BSC have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Olympiastadion Berlin. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Hertha to get some points in this home game.
Hertha BSC lost their last game at VfB Stuttgart (placed 15th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Heartbreak for Hertha BSC in their last match as VfB Stuttgart's Mavropanos scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Preceding that match was the home game against FC Bayern München that was lost 2-3.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hertha BSC have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Take note that 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have had goals from both teams.
Hertha has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hertha BSC defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
FC Köln form and stats
There's been little loot from FC Köln's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Bundesliga. FC Köln only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Baumgart, the FC Köln manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Köln failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 1-2. The attacker Adamyan got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Adamyan served one assist and hit two key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Freiburg wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with FC Köln playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 FC Köln win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
FC Köln are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Köln concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
FC Köln have won or drawn the last 5 matches (3-2-0) against Hertha BSC.Top Goalscorers
  D. Lukebakio 7 goals |   F. Kainz 5 goals |  S. Serdar 3 goals |
Hertha BSC missing players
FC Köln missing players
| Hertha BSC | FC Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 71% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.8 | 12.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 11 | 13.4 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 35% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 42% | 34% |
| 13.1 | 13.6 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.7 | 12.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
- All of FC Köln's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Köln have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- FC Köln have the most points from losing position (12) in Bundesliga
- FC Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Hertha BSC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | FC Bayern München | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 34 | 31 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | TSG Hoffenheim | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | FC Köln | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -23 | 10 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
