Soccer betting preview: Hertha BSC welcomes Köln in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiastadion Berlin (74649 seats)

Hertha BSC - Köln: Bundesliga basement dwellers scrapping for points and glory. Here's all the available stats and news before the game!

Insights:
  • Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Köln have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Bundesliga

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Bundesliga. That game was an away game at Schalke 04, so at least Hertha BSC are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Hertha are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Köln are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

The story so far in the Bundesliga for Hertha BSC at their home stadium (Olympiastadion Berlin) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Hertha enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Schalke 04's place. The match ended 2-1 with Jessic Ngankam and Dedryck Boyata scoring. Marvin Plattenhardt was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.54 out of 10. The defender Plattenhardt served one assist, hit four key passes and won 0 of 4 duels. Manager P. Dárdai felt very clever after Jessic Ngankam scored the winning goal against Schalke 04, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 58th minute.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Arminia Bielefeld that ended 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hertha BSC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hertha as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Hertha BSC has won three of these, drawn four and lost five.

Hertha has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Hertha have conceded 26 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Köln form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Bundesliga, on their Bundesliga travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats.

Köln's previous game was their home loss versus Freiburg (1-4). Ismail Jakobs, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Jakobs served one assist, hit two key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Augsburg at their stadium, the result 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Köln in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Köln, one draw and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Köln as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. As for defending, Köln rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Hertha and Köln have met before this season: Köln - Hertha BSC 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hertha won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Köln has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Hertha BSCK. Piątek
K. Piątek
7 goals
HerthaM. Carneiro Da Cunha
M. Carneiro Da Cunha
7 goals
Hertha BSCJ. Córdoba Copete
J. Córdoba Copete
7 goals

Hertha BSC missing players

Köln missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hertha BSC Köln
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
8 5 2 Won W 2 5 7
10 4 1 Drew D 1 3 8
14 7 1 Lost L 1 8 17
40 21 6 Scored S 6 14 33
50 26 5 Conceded C 5 29 60
88% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
81% 81% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 78%
56% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 62%
28% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 19% 34%
16% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 19% 19%
53% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 62%
25% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 9%
34% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 34%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.7 14.2 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.1 9.9
4.5 5.6 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 2.7
28% 23% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 38%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Köln have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Bundesliga

  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 32 23 5 4 92 40 16 12 4 0 59 19 16 11 1 4 33 21 52 74
2 RB Leipzig 32 19 7 6 57 28 16 11 3 2 27 11 16 8 4 4 30 17 29 64
3 Wolfsburg 32 17 9 6 57 32 16 10 4 2 30 13 16 7 5 4 27 19 25 60
4 Borussia Dortmund 32 18 4 10 69 44 16 10 2 4 37 19 16 8 2 6 32 25 25 58
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 15 12 5 63 48 16 9 7 0 34 19 16 6 5 5 29 29 15 57
6 Bayer Leverkusen 32 14 9 9 51 35 16 8 4 4 33 21 16 6 5 5 18 14 16 51
7 Borussia M'gladbach 32 12 10 10 59 52 16 8 4 4 31 17 16 4 6 6 28 35 7 46
8 Union Berlin 32 11 13 8 47 41 16 7 8 1 30 17 16 4 5 7 17 24 6 46
9 Freiburg 32 12 8 12 49 47 16 7 5 4 31 21 16 5 3 8 18 26 2 44
10 Stuttgart 32 11 9 12 54 52 16 5 6 5 27 24 16 6 3 7 27 28 2 42
11 Hoffenheim 32 10 9 13 49 52 16 7 3 6 30 23 16 3 6 7 19 29 -3 39
12 Mainz 05 32 9 9 14 35 51 16 4 4 8 15 23 16 5 5 6 20 28 -16 36
13 Hertha BSC 32 8 10 14 40 50 16 5 4 7 21 26 16 3 6 7 19 24 -10 34
14 Augsburg 32 9 6 17 32 49 16 5 4 7 19 25 16 4 2 10 13 24 -17 33
15 Werder Bremen 32 7 10 15 34 51 16 3 5 8 14 24 16 4 5 7 20 27 -17 31
16 Arminia Bielefeld 32 8 7 17 23 51 16 6 1 9 12 22 16 2 6 8 11 29 -28 31
17 Köln 32 7 8 17 33 60 16 2 5 9 19 31 16 5 3 8 14 29 -27 29
18 Schalke 04 32 2 7 23 21 82 16 2 3 11 10 31 16 0 4 12 11 51 -61 13

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Table
  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 32 23 5 4 92 40 16 12 4 0 59 19 16 11 1 4 33 21 52 74
2 RB Leipzig 32 19 7 6 57 28 16 11 3 2 27 11 16 8 4 4 30 17 29 64
3 Wolfsburg 32 17 9 6 57 32 16 10 4 2 30 13 16 7 5 4 27 19 25 60
4 Borussia Dortmund 32 18 4 10 69 44 16 10 2 4 37 19 16 8 2 6 32 25 25 58
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 15 12 5 63 48 16 9 7 0 34 19 16 6 5 5 29 29 15 57
6 Bayer Leverkusen 32 14 9 9 51 35 16 8 4 4 33 21 16 6 5 5 18 14 16 51
7 Borussia M'gladbach 32 12 10 10 59 52 16 8 4 4 31 17 16 4 6 6 28 35 7 46
8 Union Berlin 32 11 13 8 47 41 16 7 8 1 30 17 16 4 5 7 17 24 6 46
9 Freiburg 32 12 8 12 49 47 16 7 5 4 31 21 16 5 3 8 18 26 2 44
10 Stuttgart 32 11 9 12 54 52 16 5 6 5 27 24 16 6 3 7 27 28 2 42
11 Hoffenheim 32 10 9 13 49 52 16 7 3 6 30 23 16 3 6 7 19 29 -3 39
12 Mainz 05 32 9 9 14 35 51 16 4 4 8 15 23 16 5 5 6 20 28 -16 36
13 Hertha BSC 32 8 10 14 40 50 16 5 4 7 21 26 16 3 6 7 19 24 -10 34
14 Augsburg 32 9 6 17 32 49 16 5 4 7 19 25 16 4 2 10 13 24 -17 33
15 Werder Bremen 32 7 10 15 34 51 16 3 5 8 14 24 16 4 5 7 20 27 -17 31
16 Arminia Bielefeld 32 8 7 17 23 51 16 6 1 9 12 22 16 2 6 8 11 29 -28 31
17 Köln 32 7 8 17 33 60 16 2 5 9 19 31 16 5 3 8 14 29 -27 29
18 Schalke 04 32 2 7 23 21 82 16 2 3 11 10 31 16 0 4 12 11 51 -61 13

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