Bundesliga: We're previewing an entertaining and crucial duel involving Hertha BSC and Schalke 04 at Olympiastadion Berlin. They both need to win this!
- Hertha BSC have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have yet to win a game away.
Hertha BSC and Schalke 04 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hertha BSC form and stats
0-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for Hertha BSC so far this season. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Olympiastadion Berlin, but a victory now would be sweet for Hertha BSC.
Hertha BSC are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus RB Leipzig. The first loss after collecting points in five league rounds. Lukebakio has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Skilful! The striker Lukebakio edged out all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 8.34 out of 10. Lukebakio scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Freiburg that ended 2-2.Both teams to score! That has happened in 5 league fixtures in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
Hertha has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Hertha BSC have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga. With the Schalke 04 losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The attacking players of Schalke have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 207 minutes.
Two away matches in a row for Schalke 04, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 against Hoffenheim in the DFB Pokal. The attacker Mollet got a match rating of 6.83 in that game. Mollet hit one key pass.
Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Hoffenheim.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Schalke when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.
Schalke 04 are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 5 away games. Schalke have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Hertha BSC victories, two draws and five Schalke 04 wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Lukebakio 5 goals |  S. Serdar 3 goals |   M. Bülter 3 goals |
Hertha BSC missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Hertha BSC | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 90% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 80% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 70% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 60% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 60% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 60% | 40% |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 8 | 6.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 14 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 7.2 | 11.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| 32% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 30% |
| 12.3 | 13.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 17.6 | 15.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6 |
- Hertha BSC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Hertha BSC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Schalke 04 have scored away.
- Hertha BSC have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Bundesliga
- Hertha BSC have yet to win a game at home.
- Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Schalke 04 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Schalke 04 have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 19 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Köln | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | FSV Mainz 05 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | Bochum | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
