Game week four of the German top flight Bundesliga will see Hertha Berlin will host Borussia Dortmund at Olympiastadion Berlin this weekend. Match day schedules for August 27 at 16:30 EAT.
The hosts currently occupy the relegation playoffs spot (17th) with just one point after the three opening fixtures. Coming into this game, Hertha Berlin won only one of their last six matches across all the competitions (LWDLDL).
Hertha Berlin will look to make amends following 1-0 Bundesliga losing effort to Borussia Mönchengladbach in their previous fixture. In that match, Hertha Berlin managed 36% possession and 17 shots with four of them on target. Borussia Mönchengladbach got 11 shots with six of them on target and a goal by Alassane Pléa (34′).
Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund sits right outside the playoffs (7th) with six points, after recording two wins and one loss in their opening three fixtures. Coming into this game, Borussia won five of their last six matches across all competitions (WWWWWL).
Dortmund will want better results following 2-3 Bundesliga defeat to Werder Bremen in their pprevious game. In that match, Borussia Dortmund managed 49% possession, six shots with four of them on target and goals by Julian Brandt (45′) and Raphaël Guerreiro (77′). Werder Bremen got 14 shots with seven of them on target and goals by Lee Buchanan (89′), Niklas Schmidt (93′) and Oliver Burke (95′).
Hertha Berlin vs. Borussia Dortmund head to head
Borussia Dortmund holds the upper hand in the head to head history of this game having won 27 times from the 50 meetings since 1997, 12 matches ended in draws while Hertha Berlin won 11 times.
- Dortmund 2-1 Hertha 14/05/22
- Hertha 3-2 Dortmund 18/12/21
- Dortmund 2-0 Hertha 13/03/21
- Hertha 2-5 Dortmund 21/11/20
- Dortmund 1-0 Hertha 06/06/20
Home
- M´gladbach 1-0 Hertha
- Hertha 1-1 Frankfurt
- Union Berlin 3-1 Hertha
- Braunschweig 6-5 Hertha
- West Bromwich 2-1 Hertha
Away
- Dortmund 2-3 Bremen
- Freiburg 1-3 Dortmund
- Dortmund 1-0 Leverkusen
- Dortmund 1-1 Antalyaspor
- 1860 Munich 0-3 Dortmund
Hertha Berlin team news
Boss Sandro Schwarz will be without the services of Jessic Ngankam, Kelian Nsona and Dong-jun Lee theouggh injuries while Filip Uremovic is out on suspension.
Borussia Dortmund team news
The visitors have not confirmed any injury or suspension concerns ahead of this game.
Prediction and odds
With two win in the opening three matches while the hosts are winless in the three opening matches, we are backing an away win.
- Borussia Dortmund Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
