Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hertha BSC & FC Union Berlin face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hertha BSC and FC Union Berlin.
Hertha BSC form and stats
Hertha BSC was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the DFB Pokal.Hertha BSC have collected 14 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 4-2-3.
Hertha manager Korkut and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga. Mittelstädt was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Mittelstädt hit one key pass and won 11 of 15 duels.
Ahead of that match, Hertha BSC lost 1-3 at home to FC Köln.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hertha have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost three.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Hertha BSC, as the Bundesliga home game vs Bayern München is only four days away.
Hertha BSC are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Hertha have conceded 12 goals.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The visitors are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
Impressive finishing from Voglsammer and Prömel secured the home win 2-1 against TSG Hoffenheim in their previous game. Midfield player Oczipka was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Oczipka served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the Bundesliga away draw versus Bayer Leverkusen that ended 2-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with FC Union Berlin playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two FC Union Berlin wins, two draws and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the FC Union Berlin manager Fischer as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
FC Union Berlin have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. As for defending, FC Union Berlin rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Hertha BSC victories, three draws and three FC Union Berlin wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Awoniyi 9 goals |   S. Jovetić 5 goals |  M. Richter 5 goals |
Hertha BSC missing players
FC Union Berlin missing players
| Hertha BSC | FC Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 49 | 20 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 32% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 13.4 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 43 | 46 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | TSG Hoffenheim | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | FC Union Berlin | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 8 | FC Köln | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | FSV Mainz 05 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -10 | 23 |
| 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 22 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -17 | 22 |
| 14 | Wolfsburg | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 21 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 17 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 34 | -36 | 6 |
