RB Leipzig welcomes Hertha BSC as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Wed 27.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena (42558 seats)

RB Leipzig perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Hertha BSC can look both up and down from their 11th position.

The hosts Leipzig saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Bundesliga. That game was an away game at Mainz 05, so at least RB Leipzig are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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RB Leipzig form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 13 Bundesliga games here at Red Bull Arena for RB Leipzig. The data says 7 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Leipzig tasted defeat here at Red Bull Arena, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

It's back home for Leipzig, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Mainz 05 away with the result 5-0. Marcel Sabitzer, Yussuf Poulsen and Timo Werner (3) found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Freiburg that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, Leipzig "killed" Mainz 05 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Timo Werner when beating Mainz 05, applying the finishing touch to three goals!

Leipzig are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew four and lost zero.

RB Leipzig are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (33 goals in 13 games). On the other hand, Leipzig have conceded 14 goals.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Hertha BSC playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.

264 minutes! That's how long the Hertha BSC goalkeeper Rune Almenning Jarstein and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Hertha won their last game, 4-0 versus Union Berlin played at home. Prior to that result Hertha won their away game at Hoffenheim. The scoreline was 3-0.

As mentioned above, Hertha BSC was the only team on the pitch versus Union Berlin in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

You'll want to know how Hertha BSC managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, two draws and zero home wins.

After this away game Hertha BSC return home for a Bundesliga game against Augsburg. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Hertha's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. Hertha BSC's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

RB Leipzig and Hertha BSC have met before this season: Hertha BSC - RB Leipzig 2-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Leipzig six wins, zero draws and Hertha BSC one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RB LeipzigT. Werner
T. Werner
24 goals
RB LeipzigM. Sabitzer
M. Sabitzer
9 goals
RB LeipzigP. Schick
P. Schick
7 goals

RB Leipzig missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
RB Leipzig Hertha BSC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 3 13 27
15 7 3 Won W 2 5 9
9 5 1 Drew D 1 4 7
3 1 1 Lost L 0 4 11
68 33 12 Scored S 5 21 39
27 14 7 Conceded C 3 20 48
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 85% 81%
70% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 77% 78%
52% 54% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 48%
26% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
63% 85% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 54% 52%
33% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 26%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 30%
 
5.6 6.5 9.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.8 3.6
4.5 3.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 6.7 5.5
1.5 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
451 226 110 Total Shots T S 25 131 287
176 91 41 Shots on Target S O 12 53 96
39% 36% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 40% 41%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of RB Leipzig's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (27)
  • RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13)
  • RB Leipzig has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • RB Leipzig has the most points from losing position (15)
  • RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • RB Leipzig have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • RB Leipzig haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 27 19 4 4 80 28 14 10 2 2 43 13 13 9 2 2 37 15 52 61
2 Borussia Dortmund 27 17 6 4 74 33 13 10 3 0 45 10 14 7 3 4 29 23 41 57
3 RB Leipzig 27 15 9 3 68 27 13 7 5 1 33 14 14 8 4 2 35 13 41 54
4 Bayer Leverkusen 27 16 5 6 52 32 13 7 4 2 25 13 14 9 1 4 27 19 20 53
5 Borussia M'gladbach 27 16 4 7 53 34 14 9 2 3 31 19 13 7 2 4 22 15 19 52
6 Wolfsburg 27 10 9 8 36 33 14 4 6 4 16 15 13 6 3 4 20 18 3 39
7 Freiburg 27 10 7 10 35 37 13 6 2 5 16 15 14 4 5 5 19 22 -2 37
8 Schalke 04 27 9 10 8 33 43 14 5 6 3 18 21 13 4 4 5 15 22 -10 37
9 Hoffenheim 27 10 6 11 36 47 14 5 1 8 19 34 13 5 5 3 17 13 -11 36
10 Köln 27 10 4 13 43 49 14 6 3 5 24 20 13 4 1 8 19 29 -6 34
11 Hertha BSC 27 9 7 11 39 48 14 4 3 7 18 28 13 5 4 4 21 20 -9 34
12 Augsburg 27 8 6 13 40 54 13 5 3 5 25 23 14 3 3 8 15 31 -14 30
13 Union Berlin 27 9 3 15 32 47 13 6 1 6 18 18 14 3 2 9 14 29 -15 30
14 Eintracht Frankfurt 26 8 4 14 41 49 13 6 3 4 28 19 13 2 1 10 13 30 -8 28
15 Mainz 05 27 8 3 16 36 60 14 4 2 8 15 26 13 4 1 8 21 34 -24 27
16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 27 5 9 13 29 52 13 3 4 6 13 23 14 2 5 7 16 29 -23 24
17 Werder Bremen 26 5 6 15 29 59 12 1 2 9 9 30 14 4 4 6 20 29 -30 21
18 Paderborn 27 4 6 17 31 55 14 2 2 10 18 32 13 2 4 7 13 23 -24 18

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Table
  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 27 19 4 4 80 28 14 10 2 2 43 13 13 9 2 2 37 15 52 61
2 Borussia Dortmund 27 17 6 4 74 33 13 10 3 0 45 10 14 7 3 4 29 23 41 57
3 RB Leipzig 27 15 9 3 68 27 13 7 5 1 33 14 14 8 4 2 35 13 41 54
4 Bayer Leverkusen 27 16 5 6 52 32 13 7 4 2 25 13 14 9 1 4 27 19 20 53
5 Borussia M'gladbach 27 16 4 7 53 34 14 9 2 3 31 19 13 7 2 4 22 15 19 52
6 Wolfsburg 27 10 9 8 36 33 14 4 6 4 16 15 13 6 3 4 20 18 3 39
7 Freiburg 27 10 7 10 35 37 13 6 2 5 16 15 14 4 5 5 19 22 -2 37
8 Schalke 04 27 9 10 8 33 43 14 5 6 3 18 21 13 4 4 5 15 22 -10 37
9 Hoffenheim 27 10 6 11 36 47 14 5 1 8 19 34 13 5 5 3 17 13 -11 36
10 Köln 27 10 4 13 43 49 14 6 3 5 24 20 13 4 1 8 19 29 -6 34
11 Hertha BSC 27 9 7 11 39 48 14 4 3 7 18 28 13 5 4 4 21 20 -9 34
12 Augsburg 27 8 6 13 40 54 13 5 3 5 25 23 14 3 3 8 15 31 -14 30
13 Union Berlin 27 9 3 15 32 47 13 6 1 6 18 18 14 3 2 9 14 29 -15 30
14 Eintracht Frankfurt 26 8 4 14 41 49 13 6 3 4 28 19 13 2 1 10 13 30 -8 28
15 Mainz 05 27 8 3 16 36 60 14 4 2 8 15 26 13 4 1 8 21 34 -24 27
16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 27 5 9 13 29 52 13 3 4 6 13 23 14 2 5 7 16 29 -23 24
17 Werder Bremen 26 5 6 15 29 59 12 1 2 9 9 30 14 4 4 6 20 29 -30 21
18 Paderborn 27 4 6 17 31 55 14 2 2 10 18 32 13 2 4 7 13 23 -24 18

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