Bundesliga duel: Close contest expected between Hertha BSC and VfL Wolfsburg

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Tue 24.January
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiastadion Berlin (74649 seats)

The visiting VfL Wolfsburg team are thought to be front runners at Hertha BSC, as the visitors own a 12 point lead from their 16 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • VfL Wolfsburg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Bundesliga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

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

Hertha BSC faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bochum (1-3). The attacker Kanga won the honour of being "man of the match" for Hertha BSC with the rating of 6.85/10. Kanga hit three key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting FC Köln in a game that was won 2-0.

Betting people might want to know that 9 of the latest 11 league games from this football club have had goals from both teams.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Bundesliga game versus Union Berlin in only four days. This game is also played here at Olympiastadion Berlin.

Hertha have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Olympiastadion Berlin with 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Hertha BSC have conceded 11 goals. When Hertha BSC hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Schalke 04, TSG Hoffenheim, Bochum, VfB Stuttgart and Augsburg), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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VfL Wolfsburg form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

VfL Wolfsburg are travelling after their nice 6-0 home win in the game against Freiburg (placed 4th). As you can tell from the results above, Wolfsburg was very dominant against Freiburg, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Baku, Waldschmidt, Wind (2), Gerhardt and Wimmer providing the goals. Wind, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.65. Wind scored two goals.

Preceding that game was the away victory against TSG Hoffenheim with the score of 2-1.

The schedule is very tough for VfL Wolfsburg now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Bundesliga game at Werder Bremen is waiting in only four days.

VfL Wolfsburg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Wolfsburg in these games.

Head 2 Head

VfL Wolfsburg have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus Hertha BSC.

Top Goalscorers

Hertha BSCD. Lukebakio
D. Lukebakio
7 goals
Hertha BSCS. Serdar
S. Serdar
4 goals
VfL WolfsburgR. Baku
R. Baku
4 goals

Hertha BSC missing players

VfL Wolfsburg missing players

Hertha BSC VfL Wolfsburg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
3 2 0 Won W 1 3 7
5 4 2 Drew D 1 2 5
8 2 1 Lost L 0 3 4
20 12 5 Scored S 3 9 30
25 11 6 Conceded C 2 10 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
81% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
50% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 56%
38% 38% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 44%
12% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 19%
69% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 44%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 38%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 25%
 
4.3 4.5 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.6
5.4 5.8 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.5 6.2
2.4 2.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.9 12.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.9 12.1
3.7 4.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.4 4.5
34% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 33% 42%
 
12.8 13 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 16.8 15
4.2 4.1 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.6 5.1
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • VfL Wolfsburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • VfL Wolfsburg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Bundesliga
  • VfL Wolfsburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • VfL Wolfsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 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 FC Bayern München 16 10 5 1 50 14 7 5 2 0 26 6 9 5 3 1 24 8 36 35
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 16 9 3 4 35 24 9 5 1 3 21 13 7 4 2 1 14 11 11 30
3 Union Berlin 16 9 3 4 27 21 8 6 2 0 17 7 8 3 1 4 10 14 6 30
4 Freiburg 16 9 3 4 25 23 7 5 1 1 12 5 9 4 2 3 13 18 2 30
5 RB Leipzig 16 8 5 3 31 22 8 6 2 0 20 6 8 2 3 3 11 16 9 29
6 VfL Wolfsburg 16 7 5 4 30 20 8 4 3 1 21 10 8 3 2 3 9 10 10 26
7 Borussia Dortmund 15 8 1 6 25 21 7 5 1 1 15 5 8 3 0 5 10 16 4 25
8 Borussia M'gladbach 15 6 4 5 28 24 8 6 0 2 20 10 7 0 4 3 8 14 4 22
9 Werder Bremen 16 6 3 7 26 34 8 3 1 4 14 13 8 3 2 3 12 21 -8 21
10 FC Köln 16 5 5 6 28 30 8 4 2 2 18 10 8 1 3 4 10 20 -2 20
11 Mainz 05 16 5 5 6 20 25 7 1 4 2 8 9 9 4 1 4 12 16 -5 20
12 Bayer Leverkusen 15 5 3 7 25 26 8 3 2 3 17 11 7 2 1 4 8 15 -1 18
13 TSG Hoffenheim 16 5 3 8 23 25 8 3 1 4 11 12 8 2 2 4 12 13 -2 18
14 Bochum 16 5 1 10 17 37 8 4 1 3 12 15 8 1 0 7 5 22 -20 16
15 Augsburg 15 4 3 8 18 26 8 1 2 5 7 15 7 3 1 3 11 11 -8 15
16 VfB Stuttgart 16 3 6 7 19 28 9 3 3 3 12 11 7 0 3 4 7 17 -9 15
17 Hertha BSC 16 3 5 8 20 25 8 2 4 2 12 11 8 1 1 6 8 14 -5 14
18 Schalke 04 16 2 3 11 13 35 8 2 1 5 9 19 8 0 2 6 4 16 -22 9

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