Bundesliga match tips and stats, news and lineups for the Hertha BSC vs FC Union Berlin scrap

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiastadion Berlin (74649 seats)

Hertha BSC delivered a 0-5 score against VfL Wolfsburg last game, a fixture to remember. The next job is this resolute FC Union Berlin side.

Insights:
  • Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hertha BSC and FC Union Berlin.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

2 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Hertha BSC have to build on here at Olympiastadion Berlin in the Bundesliga.

The Hertha fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Olympiastadion Berlin: A 0-5 defeat against VfL Wolfsburg (placed 7th). As you see from the result above, Hertha BSC suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Defender Kempf got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.02/10. Kempf hit one key pass and won 10 of 12 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Hertha BSC lost 1-3 at VfL Bochum 1848's place.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

The Hertha BSC fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Hertha BSC have conceded 16 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FC Union Berlin form and stats

Playing away, FC Union Berlin have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Bundesliga this season.

Berlin play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Werder Bremen (placed 11th). Midfielder Haberer was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Haberer scored one goal.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus TSG Hoffenheim.

Goal fest? This team have played 7 consecutive league fixtures all with three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).

After this away game FC Union Berlin return home for a DFB Pokal game against VfL Wolfsburg. That game is only three sleeps after this.

FC Union Berlin have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. FC Union Berlin struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest matches featuring these teams have all ended as FC Union Berlin victories. Another one?

FC Union Berlin - Hertha 3-1 was the outcome when these two teams formerly did battle, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

Hertha BSCD. Lukebakio
D. Lukebakio
7 goals
FC Union BerlinS. Becker
S. Becker
7 goals
Hertha BSCS. Serdar
S. Serdar
4 goals

Hertha BSC missing players

FC Union Berlin missing players

Hertha BSC FC Union Berlin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 4 Played P 3 9 17
3 2 0 Won W 2 4 10
5 4 2 Drew D 0 1 3
9 3 2 Lost L 1 4 4
20 12 5 Scored S 8 12 29
30 16 7 Conceded C 3 15 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
82% 89% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 82%
53% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 59%
41% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 35%
18% 22% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 18%
65% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 44% 59%
12% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 29%
24% 22% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 18%
 
4.4 4.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.1 5.1
5.3 5.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4 4.8
2.4 2.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.7 12.2 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10 11.9
3.6 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 3.9
33% 33% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 38% 43%
 
13 13.4 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 10.4 10.1
4.4 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.9 3.8
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • 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 17 10 6 1 51 15 8 5 3 0 27 7 9 5 3 1 24 8 36 36
2 FC Union Berlin 17 10 3 4 29 22 8 6 2 0 17 7 9 4 1 4 12 15 7 33
3 RB Leipzig 17 9 5 3 37 23 8 6 2 0 20 6 9 3 3 3 17 17 14 32
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 17 9 4 4 36 25 9 5 1 3 21 13 8 4 3 1 15 12 11 31
5 Borussia Dortmund 17 10 1 6 31 25 8 6 1 1 19 8 9 4 0 5 12 17 6 31
6 SC Freiburg 17 9 4 4 26 24 8 5 2 1 13 6 9 4 2 3 13 18 2 31
7 VfL Wolfsburg 17 8 5 4 35 20 8 4 3 1 21 10 9 4 2 3 14 10 15 29
8 Bayer Leverkusen 17 7 3 7 30 28 9 4 2 3 19 11 8 3 1 4 11 17 2 24
9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 17 6 4 7 30 28 9 6 0 3 22 13 8 0 4 4 8 15 2 22
10 Köln 17 5 6 6 29 31 8 4 2 2 18 10 9 1 4 4 11 21 -2 21
11 Werder Bremen 17 6 3 8 27 36 9 3 1 5 15 15 8 3 2 3 12 21 -9 21
12 FSV Mainz 05 17 5 5 7 21 27 8 1 4 3 9 11 9 4 1 4 12 16 -6 20
13 TSG Hoffenheim 17 5 4 8 25 27 9 3 2 4 13 14 8 2 2 4 12 13 -2 19
14 FC Augsburg 17 5 3 9 22 30 9 2 2 5 8 15 8 3 1 4 14 15 -8 18
15 Stuttgart 17 3 7 7 21 30 9 3 3 3 12 11 8 0 4 4 9 19 -9 16
16 VfL Bochum 1848 17 5 1 11 17 39 8 4 1 3 12 15 9 1 0 8 5 24 -22 16
17 Hertha BSC 17 3 5 9 20 30 9 2 4 3 12 16 8 1 1 6 8 14 -10 14
18 Schalke 04 17 2 3 12 14 41 9 2 1 6 10 25 8 0 2 6 4 16 -27 9

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