Werder Bremen vs Hertha Berlin Preview

In-form Werder Bremen host 5^th placed Hertha Berlin who have also returned to form recently.

Werder Bremen are currently on their best run this season.

They have won five of their last 6 league games and the only game they failed to win ended in a draw.

They have won 6 of their last 8 games, scoring at least 2 goals in each of those victories.

Interestingly, they have scored in every one of their last 8 games.

They are currently on a 4 game winning streak at home, and they have scored 2 or more goals in each of those home games.

If they can repeat their goal scoring form, Hertha will be in trouble.

Hertha are currently 5^th in the league table after returning to form with 2 wins from their last 4 games.

Prior to that, they lost 3 games on the bounce.

Hertha are very disappointing when they play away from home – they have lost all of their last 9 away matches in all competitions.

They will be looking to erase such an unwanted record with a win in this game.

Bremen: Wiedwald – Veljkovic, Sane, Moisander – Gebre Selassie, M. Eggestein, Junuzovic, Bauer – Bartels, Gnabry – Kruse

Coach: Alexander Nouri

Absentees: Hajrovic, Fritz, Caldirola (all knee), Garcia (neck)

Hertha: Jarstein – Pekarik, Langkamp, Torunarigha, Mittelstädt – Skjelbred, Allan – Esswein, Darida, Kalou – Ibisevic

Coach: Pal Dardai

Absentees: Brooks (hip), Plattenhardt (thigh), Weiser (thigh), Darida (suspended), Lustenberger (groin) Schieber (ankle), Duda (thigh), Stark (foot), Stocker (thigh), Kurt (ankle)

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Last time they met: Hertha BSC 0-1 Werder Bremen

Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

German Bundesliga Table

German Bundesliga Results