Hertha BSC hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 27 points and a 17th position in the Bundesliga table. Visiting Freiburg holds 9th place with 41 pts.
- Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Hertha BSC have less rest than Freiburg in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Bundesliga game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Mainz 05, so at least Hertha are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Freiburg when visiting Hertha as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Hertha are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Freiburg are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Hertha BSC form and stats
Hertha BSC have played 14 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-7 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Hertha, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Hertha drew their last game, 1-1 away at Mainz 05 (placed 12th). Before that, Hertha drew at home versus Borussia M'gladbach.
Hertha's goalie Alexander Schwolow played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Mainz 05 with a stunning eight saves.
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 Hertha BSC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost five.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Hertha as they have a new game in only three days, a Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Arminia Bielefeld are visiting.
The Hertha fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hertha defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Freiburg form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Freiburg playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Freiburg's last three away games as they have all been lost.
There were no winners in Freiburg's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 1-1 vs Hoffenheim (placed 11th). That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Schalke 04.
As mentioned above, Freiburg drew the match against Hoffenheim. Manager C. Streich brought on Vincenzo Grifo to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Freiburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and five defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Freiburg manager C. Streich as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Köln.
Freiburg have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Freiburg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Freiburg - Hertha BSC 4-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hertha two wins, three draws and Freiburg five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Grifo 8 goals |  R. Sallai 8 goals |   M. Carneiro Da Cunha 7 goals |
Hertha BSC missing players
Freiburg missing players
| Hertha BSC | Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 35 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 45 |
| 49 | 26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 22 | 43 |
| 90% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 97% |
| 83% | 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 79% | 87% |
| 55% | 71% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 31% | 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 33% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 55% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 57% |
| 21% | 21% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 20% |
| 34% | 36% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 14.4 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8.7 | 11.2 |
| 4.4 | 5.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 22% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 36% |
- Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 31 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 86 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 46 | 71 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 30 | 64 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 54 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 57 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 62 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 56 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 31 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 66 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 55 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 50 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 46 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 46 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 39 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 29 | -5 | 36 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -16 | 35 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -16 | 33 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -17 | 30 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 30 |
| 16 | Köln | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 56 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 29 | -24 | 29 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -14 | 27 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 76 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 47 | -58 | 13 |