Hertha Berlin vs RB Leipzig Match Analysis and Prediction

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Hertha Berlin will be looking to end their slump when they welcome RB Leipzig to Olympiastadion Berlin for their Bundesliga Matchday 23 on Sunday night with kickoff at 21:30.

Hertha Berlin have made a minimal campaign in the Bundesliga this season with the side managing to claim just six victories throughout the campaign so far and they sit in 14^th on 23 points, just on points and two places above the relegation zone.

They head into the match in poor form having gone winless in their last six matches across all competitions, picking up two draws while suffering four defeats in the run and are coming off a 2-1 defeat to the rock-bottom side Greuther Furth.

Therefore, Hertha will be looking to end their slump as they aim at climbing away from the danger zone, but in there way stands Leipzig, who they haven’t beaten in their last eight meetings, picking up just one draw while suffering six defeats.

The Red Bulls have had up and downs throughout the campaign, but they did well in their midweek Europa league tie on Wednesday night, as they came from behind twice to salvage a 2-2 draw against La Liga outfits Real Sociedad.

Back in the Bundesliga Leipzig seem to have found their stride once again and have been on upward trajectory following their four victories from their last five league games and are coming off a confidence-boosting 3-1 win against FC Koln in their previous league outing, which was a perfect response to their 3-2 defeat to Bayern Munich.

Domenico Tedesco’s side currently sit fourth in the standings on 34 points from 22 matches, level on points with four teams behind them and are three points above the 10^th-placed Frankfurt, meaning that a defeat of Sunday could potentially leave them as low as 10^th.

Therefore, the Red Bulls will be looking to continue the newly found momentum as they aim at keeping their Champions League place.

Hertha vs Leipzig head to head

Both sides have met in 13 encounters since 2010 with Leipzig claiming 10 victories while Hertha have claimed two victories and there have been one draw.

Leipzig 6-0 Hertha 25/09/21
Hertha 0-3 Leipzig 21/02/21
Leipzig 2-1 Hertha 24/10/20
Leipzig 2-2 Hertha 27/05/20
Hertha 2-4 Leipzig 09/11/19

Home

Furth 2-1 Hertha
Hertha 1-1 Bochum
Hertha 1-4 Bayern
Hertha 2-3 Union Berlin
Wolfsburg 0-0 Hertha

Away

Leipzig 2-2 Sociedad
Leipzig 3-1 FC Koln
Bayern 3-2 Leipzig
Leipzig 2-0 Wolfsburg
Leipzig 2-0 Rostock

Hertha team news

Hertha will be without Dedryck Boyata, Rune Jarstein, Kelian Nsona, Oliver Christensen, Marton Dardai and Nils Korber due to injuries while Suat Serdar and Niklas Stark will miss due to testing positive for coronavirus.