Hertha Berlin vs Hoffenheim – Bundesliga – Preview

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Sreya

Hertha Berlin vs Hoffenheim – Hertha Berlin hosts Hoffenheim at the Olympiastadion Berlin on 31st March, Friday in a crucial Bundesliga fixture.

While Bayern Munich have all but locked up the Bundesliga title with sixty two points after twenty-five games, the race is on for qualification for the European competitions next season.

While RasenBallsport Leipzig (forty nine points) and Borussia Dortmund (forty five points) are expected to directly qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season, the fourth-placed Hoffenheim (forty five points) will get to play in the qualifiers for Europe’s premiere competition if they managed to sustain this form.

Hertha Berlin are fifth in the league standings with forty points and are currently in contention for Europa League qualification alongside the sixth-placed FC Koln who are on thirty seven points.

Team News

Julian Schieber, Arne Maier, Fabian Lustenberger, Ondrej Duda and Mitchell Weiser are sidelined through injuries while Salomon Kalou, Jordan Torunarigha, John Anthony Brooks, Sebastian Langkamp and Sinan Kurt are listed as doubts.

The visitors will be without Lukas Rupp and Mark Uth as they are still recovering from their injuries while Pavel Kaderabek and Kerem Demirbay have resumed training.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Hertha Berlin vs Hoffenheim H2H Stats, Hoffenheim have won four of their last five matches against Hertha Berlin. A competitive game between these two clubs have never finished goalless.

While Hertha Berlin have won ten of their previous twelve home games in the league, Hoffenheim are undefeated in twenty three of their last twenty five Bundesliga matches. Hoffenheim defeated Bayer Leverkusen in a 1-0 win in their last game to stretch their unbeaten run to five games but Hertha Berlin were defeated in a high-scoring 4-2 game against FC Koln before the international break.

It should be a closely contested affair with a 2-2 draw being the most likely outcome.