Bundesliga match preview and statistics: Schalke 04 fight Hertha BSC

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: VELTINS-Arena (62271 seats)

The Bundesliga season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Schalke 04 and Hertha BSC promises to be an interesting one.

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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Schalke 04 form and stats

Schalke 04's first Bundesliga home game here at VELTINS-Arena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats from 17 matches.

The Schalke 04 fans got no joy from their last match, a Bundesliga game also here at VELTINS-Arena: A 0-3 defeat against Bayern München. Before that, Schalke 04 played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Borussia M'gladbach.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Schalke 04 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Schalke 04 has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

One match played away so far in the Bundesliga for Hertha BSC and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from 17 games.

The manager A. Čović was unhappy after their last game, a Bundesliga match played at their home ground VELTINS-Arena. Hertha BSC suffered a 0-3 loss to Wolfsburg. Before that, Hertha BSC travelled to Bayern München and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Hertha BSC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of six matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hertha BSC has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Schalke 04, 2 draws and 3 wins for Hertha BSC. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.

Top Goalscorers

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

Schalke 04 missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

Schalke 04 Hertha BSC
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored 0 2 2
3 3 0 Conceded 0 2 5
50% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 50%
 
3 3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 1
6 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 12 8.5
1 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Schalke 04 Last season Hertha BSC
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
2 1   Played   1 2
0 0   Won   0 0
1 0   Drew   1 1
1 1   Lost   0 1
0 0   Scored   2 2
3 3   Conceded   2 5
50% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
50% 100%   Over 1.5   100% 100%
50% 100%   Over 2.5   100% 100%
0% 0%   Over 3.5   100% 50%
0% 0%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   BTTS   100% 50%
50% 0%   Clean Sheets   0% 0%
100% 100%   Failed To Score   0% 50%
 
3 3   Corners For (avg)   0 1
6 4   Corners Against (avg)   12 8.5
1 0   Yellow Cards (avg)   3 2
0 0   Red Cards   0 0

Schalke 04
All Champions League DFB Pokal Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-08-19 CF Schalke 04 2 - 0 Alanyaspor
02-08-19 CF Schalke 04 3 - 1 Villarreal
10-08-19 DFB Drochtersen / Assel 0 - 5 Schalke 04
17-08-19 BU Borussia M'gladbach 0 - 0 Schalke 04
24-08-19 BU Schalke 04 0 - 3 Bayern München
31-08-19 BU Schalke 04 13:30 Hertha BSC
15-09-19 BU Paderborn 16:00 Schalke 04
20-09-19 BU Schalke 04 18:30 Mainz 05
28-09-19 BU RB Leipzig 13:30 Schalke 04
05-10-19 BU Schalke 04 - Köln
Hertha BSC
All DFB Pokal Bundesliga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
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 0 - 3 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
05-10-19 BU Hertha BSC - Fortuna Dusseldorf

  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 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 6
2 Freiburg 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 6
3 RB Leipzig 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 6
4 Wolfsburg 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
5 Bayer Leverkusen 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
6 Bayern München 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
7 Borussia M'gladbach 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
8 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3
9 Hoffenheim 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
11 Hertha BSC 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
12 Schalke 04 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 1
13 Augsburg 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
14 Union Berlin 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
15 Paderborn 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 0
16 Werder Bremen 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 0
17 Köln 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
18 Mainz 05 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 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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