Bundesliga match preview: Hertha BSC believed to be the weaker party when RB Leipzig pays a visit

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiastadion Berlin (74649 seats)

This league season has been strenuous for Hertha BSC so far, while RB Leipzig have played well. Will the away side take another scalp at Olympiastadion Berlin?

Insights:
  • Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RB Leipzig have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Bundesliga

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a DFB Pokal game only three days ago.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

The total Bundesliga statistics playing at home this season for Hertha BSC are 4-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Hertha BSC drew their last game, 1-1 away at Freiburg (placed 4th). The Hertha BSC goalkeeper Christensen was crucial in the match against Freiburg last time out, making seven saves.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hoffenheim (1-3).

Hertha are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Hertha BSC have conceded 20 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, RB Leipzig have produced an overall stat of 4-4-5 so far. Leipzig seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The attacking players of RB Leipzig have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 190 minutes.

The followers enjoyed RB Leipzig's previous fixture versus Borussia Dortmund, a DFB Pokal win (2-0) played at home. Orbán, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.44. Orbán scored one goal and won 10 of 12 duels.

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Mainz 05.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.

Leipzig has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. RB Leipzig's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

RB Leipzig have been victorious in all of the 5 most recent duels versus this team. Another win today?

This was the scoreline when the contenders faced each other previously this campaign; RB Leipzig - Hertha BSC 3-2.

Top Goalscorers

RB LeipzigC. Nkunku
C. Nkunku
12 goals
HerthaD. Lukebakio
D. Lukebakio
10 goals
RB LeipzigT. Werner
T. Werner
7 goals

Hertha BSC missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

Hertha BSC RB Leipzig
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 5 13 26
5 4 0 Won W 2 4 13
7 5 2 Drew D 2 4 6
14 4 3 Lost L 1 5 7
31 19 5 Scored S 10 21 49
49 20 9 Conceded C 4 20 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 96%
88% 92% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 85% 92%
54% 46% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 69% 73%
42% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 31%
23% 23% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 12%
65% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 58%
12% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 27%
23% 23% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 19%
 
4.2 4.4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.2 5.1
5.4 5.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.2 3.6
2.2 2 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.8 12.2 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 17.4 15.2 13.9
3.8 4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.2 5.5 5.6
31% 37% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 29% 34%
 
12.5 11.7 12.4 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 9.5 9
4.6 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.4 3.2 3.1
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RB Leipzig have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have the most matches over the total-line (19) 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 26 16 7 3 76 29 13 9 4 0 43 13 13 7 3 3 33 16 47 55
2 Borussia Dortmund 26 17 2 7 57 35 12 10 1 1 36 12 14 7 1 6 21 23 22 53
3 FC Union Berlin 26 15 6 5 41 28 13 9 4 0 24 8 13 6 2 5 17 20 13 51
4 Freiburg 26 13 8 5 39 35 13 8 4 1 22 11 13 5 4 4 17 24 4 47
5 RB Leipzig 26 13 6 7 49 33 13 9 2 2 28 13 13 4 4 5 21 20 16 45
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 26 11 8 7 47 37 13 7 3 3 28 15 13 4 5 4 19 22 10 41
7 Bayer Leverkusen 26 12 4 10 48 40 13 6 2 5 27 18 13 6 2 5 21 22 8 40
8 Mainz 05 26 11 7 8 43 36 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 2 5 20 21 7 40
9 Wolfsburg 26 10 9 7 46 34 13 4 6 3 28 22 13 6 3 4 18 12 12 39
10 Borussia M'gladbach 26 8 8 10 40 44 13 7 3 3 27 17 13 1 5 7 13 27 -4 32
11 Werder Bremen 26 9 4 13 40 50 14 5 1 8 23 23 12 4 3 5 17 27 -10 31
12 Augsburg 26 8 5 13 34 47 13 5 3 5 13 17 13 3 2 8 21 30 -13 29
13 Köln 26 6 10 10 33 44 13 5 4 4 21 14 13 1 6 6 12 30 -11 28
14 Bochum 26 8 2 16 28 57 12 6 1 5 18 21 14 2 1 11 10 36 -29 26
15 Hoffenheim 26 7 4 15 35 46 13 4 2 7 18 23 13 3 2 8 17 23 -11 25
16 Hertha BSC 26 5 7 14 31 49 13 4 5 4 19 20 13 1 2 10 12 29 -18 22
17 Schalke 04 26 4 9 13 21 48 14 3 4 7 14 31 12 1 5 6 7 17 -27 21
18 Stuttgart 26 4 8 14 29 45 13 4 3 6 16 16 13 0 5 8 13 29 -16 20

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