Match day 11 of the Bundesliga will see Hertha Berlin go head to head with Schalke 04 this weekend at Olympiastadion Berlin. Kickoffs on October 23 at 16:30 EAT.
Despite sitting above the relegation places on difference prior to the weekend’s action, Hertha is undoubtedly a more solid defensive unit. Hertha Berlin haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in each and every one of their last six matches
The hosts prepares for trhis fixture off the back off 3-2 Bundesliga losing efforts to RB Leipzig in their last outing. In that game, Hertha Berlin had 40% possession, 15 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Dodi Lukébakio (62′) and Stevan Jovetić (64′). RB Leipzig got 15 shots with five of them on target and goals by Emil Forsberg (25′), Abdou Diallo (30′) and Willi Orbán (45′).
Schalke 04 meanwhile, made the decision to sack manager Frank Kramer after suffering successive defeats in the past weeks. Andre Breitenreiter’s side remained in the automatic relegation places, before being thrashed 5-1 away to the same opponents in the second round of the DFB-Pokal on Tuesday evening.
Schalke will want to make amends following 5-1 defeat at the hands of Hoffenheim in their last outing. Schalke managed 38% possession, 11 shots with four of them on target and a goal scored by Dominick Drexler (69′). Hoffenheim got 26 shots with 11 of them on target and goals by Mu’nas Dabbur (5′, 43’), Angeliño (16′), Ozan Kabak (51′) and Pavel Kadeřábek (63′).
Hertha Berlin vs. Schalke head-to-head
Schalke 04 has the upper hand in the head to head history of this match having won 24 times from the 45 times since 1997; Hertha Berlin won 12 times while nine matches ended all square.
- Schalke1-2 Hertha 12/05/21
- Hertha 3-0 Schalke 02/01/21
- Schalke 3-2 Hertha 04/02/20
- Hertha 0-0 Schalke 31/01/20
- Schalke 3-0 Hertha 31/08/19
Home
- Leipzig 3-2 Hertha
- Hertha 2-2 Freiburg
- Hertha 1-1 Hoffenheim
- Mainz 1-1 Hertha
- Hertha 2-2 Leverkusen
Away
- Hoffenheim 5-1 Schalke
- Schalke 0-3 Hoffenheim
- Leverkusen 4-0 Schalke
- Schalke 2-3 Augsburg
- Dortmund 1-0 Schalke
Hertha Berlin team news
Boss Sandro Schwarz Kelian Nsona, Filip Uremovic and Jessic Ngankam will be missing for Hertha Berlin.
Schalke team news
As for the visitors, Sepp van den Berg, Marcin Kaminski, Rodrigo Zalazar, Leo Greiml and Ibrahima Cissé
Prediction and odds
- Hertha Berlin Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
