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

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sun 25.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiastadion Berlin (77116 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Bundesliga game of the season. Hertha BSC look forward to welcoming Wolfsburg in front of their home support.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Hertha BSC form and stats

Hertha BSC manager A. Čović and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Bayern München in the Bundesliga. In the game before, an away victory in the DFB Pokal match versus Eichstatt with a 5-1 scoreline.

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 BSC as a small favourite), we find nine games. Hertha BSC has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Last season, Hertha BSC's league statistics were 11 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 57. Playing at home last season Hertha BSC managed 6-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 27 conceded.

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Wolfsburg form and stats

The supporters enjoyed Wolfsburg's previous game versus Köln, a Bundesliga 2-1 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 5-3 at Hallescher FC.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wolfsburg playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 4 Wolfsburg wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Let's have a look at how Wolfsburg performed last season in the Play-offs 1/2: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 26/27 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Hertha BSC, 4 draws and 3 wins for Wolfsburg. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

M. Grujić
1 goals
V. Ibišević
1 goals / 1 assists
M. Arnold
1 goals

Hertha BSC missing players

Wolfsburg missing players

Hertha BSC Wolfsburg
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 2
12 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 6
3 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Hertha BSC Last season Wolfsburg
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
34 17 6 Played 6 17 34
11 6 2 Won 4 8 16
10 6 0 Drew 1 2 7
13 5 4 Lost 1 7 11
49 26 9 Scored 10 26 62
57 27 14 Conceded 4 27 50
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 83% 94% 97%
79% 76% 83% Over 1.5 67% 88% 88%
62% 59% 67% Over 2.5 50% 65% 65%
44% 41% 50% Over 3.5 17% 29% 38%
21% 24% 50% Over 4.5 17% 24% 18%
59% 65% 50% BTTS 33% 41% 53%
26% 24% 17% Clean Sheets 50% 29% 26%
24% 18% 33% Failed To Score 33% 35% 24%
 
4.3 4.4 3.8 Corners For (avg) 6.3 4.4 5.1
5.5 5.9 8 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 6.1 5.9
2 1.9 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.3 2.3 1.8
5 2 2 Red Cards 0 0 0

Hertha BSC
All DFB Pokal Bundesliga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
20-07-19 CF Bochum 1 - 1 Hertha BSC
25-07-19 CF Hertha BSC 2 - 1 Fenerbahce
03-08-19 CF Crystal Palace 0 - 4 Hertha BSC
11-08-19 DFB Eichstatt 1 - 5 Hertha BSC
16-08-19 BU Bayern München 2 - 2 Hertha BSC
25-08-19 BU Hertha BSC 16:00 Wolfsburg
31-08-19 BU Schalke 04 13:30 Hertha BSC
14-09-19 BU Mainz 05 13:30 Hertha BSC
21-09-19 BU Hertha BSC 13:30 Paderborn
29-09-19 BU Köln 16:00 Hertha BSC
Wolfsburg
All DFB Pokal Play-offs 1/2 Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
06-07-19 CF Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Hansa Rostock
17-07-19 CF PSV 0 - 2 Wolfsburg
22-07-19 CF Fenerbahce 1 - 1 Wolfsburg
12-08-19 DFB Hallescher FC 3 - 3 Wolfsburg
17-08-19 BU Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Köln
25-08-19 BU Hertha BSC 16:00 Wolfsburg
31-08-19 BU Wolfsburg 13:30 Paderborn
13-09-19 BU Fortuna Düsseldorf 18:30 Wolfsburg
23-09-19 BU Wolfsburg 18:30 Hoffenheim
28-09-19 BU Mainz 05 13:30 Wolfsburg

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 RB Leipzig 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Wolfsburg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Bayern München 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Hertha BSC 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Borussia M'gladbach 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Schalke 04 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Paderborn 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Köln 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Werder Bremen 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Mainz 05 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
17 Augsburg 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Union Berlin 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bayern München 34 24 6 4 88 32 17 13 3 1 49 14 17 11 3 3 39 18 56 78
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 23 7 4 81 44 17 14 2 1 52 25 17 9 5 3 29 19 37 76
3 RB Leipzig 34 19 9 6 63 29 17 10 6 1 34 9 17 9 3 5 29 20 34 66
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 4 12 69 52 17 9 2 6 32 25 17 9 2 6 37 27 17 58
5 Borussia M'gladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 17 9 3 5 31 22 17 7 4 6 24 20 13 55
6 Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 17 8 5 4 36 23 17 8 2 7 26 27 12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 17 8 4 5 32 21 17 7 5 5 28 27 12 54
8 Werder Bremen 34 14 11 9 58 49 17 8 6 3 35 26 17 6 5 6 23 23 9 53
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 12 9 70 52 17 7 5 5 28 20 17 6 7 4 42 32 18 51
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 5 16 49 65 17 9 0 8 27 28 17 4 5 8 22 37 -16 44
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 10 13 49 57 17 6 6 5 26 27 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 43
12 Mainz 05 34 12 7 15 46 57 17 8 5 4 31 22 17 4 2 11 15 35 -11 43
13 Freiburg 34 8 12 14 46 61 17 6 7 4 32 27 17 2 5 10 14 34 -15 36
14 Schalke 04 34 8 9 17 37 55 17 4 3 10 16 28 17 4 6 7 21 27 -18 33
15 Augsburg 34 8 8 18 51 71 17 5 4 8 34 33 17 3 4 10 17 38 -20 32
16 Stuttgart 34 7 7 20 32 70 17 6 4 7 22 27 17 1 3 13 10 43 -38 28
17 Hannover 96 34 5 6 23 31 71 17 5 1 11 15 26 17 0 5 12 16 45 -40 21
18 Nürnberg 34 3 10 21 26 68 17 3 7 7 16 22 17 0 3 14 10 46 -42 19

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