Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when RB Leipzig welcomes Hertha BSC

Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena

3rd position in the Bundesliga table for RB Leipzig so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 10th-placed Hertha BSC visits Red Bull Arena.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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RB Leipzig form and stats

RB Leipzig has performed well at Red Bull Arena so far this season with 7 wins from 13 matches. Points have also been lost, 5 after draws and 1 from defeats. The home fans are hungry for more even though RB Leipzig have been steadily collecting points here at Red Bull Arena through three straight draws.

RB Leipzig are returning here after visiting Schalke 04 in a Bundesliga game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. In the match before that, RB Leipzig hosted Augsburg and drew the game 0-0.

A decent goal production from RB Leipzig in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 matches. From these home matches, RB Leipzig have conceded only 8 goals.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

Playing away, Hertha BSC have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 6 defeats so far this season. Hertha BSC has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Hertha BSC failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Borussia Dortmund (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 2-3. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Borussia Dortmund.

Hertha BSC are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 13 games. In the opposite end, Hertha BSC have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Hertha BSC - RB Leipzig 0-3, played this season. Last five meetings between the teams: RB Leipzig won 4, Hertha BSC won 1 and 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

T. Werner
12 goals / 2 assists
Y. Poulsen
12 goals / 2 assists
O. Duda
10 goals / 2 assists

RB Leipzig missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

RB Leipzig Hertha BSC
Total Home Statistic Away Total
26 13 Played 13 26
85% 77% Over 0.5 100% 96%
65% 69% Over 1.5 77% 81%
46% 38% Over 2.5 54% 62%
27% 31% Over 3.5 38% 42%
19% 31% Over 4.5 23% 15%
35% 38% Both teams to score 62% 62%
50% 54% Clean Sheet 23% 27%
31% 31% Failed To Score 15% 15%

  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 26 19 3 4 68 27 13 9 3 1 35 12 13 10 0 3 33 15 41 60
2 Borussia Dortmund 26 18 6 2 64 30 13 11 2 0 43 18 13 7 4 2 21 12 34 60
3 RB Leipzig 26 14 7 5 44 20 13 7 5 1 25 8 13 7 2 4 19 12 24 49
4 Borussia M'gladbach 26 14 5 7 45 31 13 9 1 3 27 15 13 5 4 4 18 16 14 47
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 26 13 7 6 51 30 13 7 3 3 28 16 13 6 4 3 23 14 21 46
6 Bayer Leverkusen 26 13 3 10 47 40 13 7 1 5 21 19 13 6 2 5 26 21 7 42
7 Wolfsburg 26 12 6 8 44 39 13 5 4 4 22 20 13 7 2 4 22 19 5 42
8 Werder Bremen 26 10 9 7 46 38 13 5 5 3 26 21 13 5 4 4 20 17 8 39
9 Hoffenheim 26 9 11 6 50 38 13 5 5 3 21 14 13 4 6 3 29 24 12 38
10 Hertha BSC 26 9 8 9 40 39 13 5 5 3 21 19 13 4 3 6 19 20 1 35
11 Freiburg 26 7 10 9 37 42 13 5 5 3 25 20 13 2 5 6 12 22 -5 31
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 26 9 4 13 33 50 13 6 0 7 17 21 13 3 4 6 16 29 -17 31
13 Mainz 05 26 8 6 12 27 45 13 5 4 4 16 16 13 3 2 8 11 29 -18 30
14 Augsburg 26 6 7 13 37 47 13 4 4 5 24 21 13 2 3 8 13 26 -10 25
15 Schalke 04 26 6 5 15 27 44 13 4 1 8 13 21 13 2 4 7 14 23 -17 23
16 Stuttgart 26 5 5 16 26 56 13 4 3 6 17 25 13 1 2 10 9 31 -30 20
17 Hannover 96 26 3 5 18 24 61 13 3 1 9 11 24 13 0 4 9 13 37 -37 14
18 Nürnberg 26 2 7 17 19 52 13 2 5 6 11 16 13 0 2 11 8 36 -33 13

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