Hertha Berlin vs Borussia Dortmund Preview

Hertha started their year with a disappointing 1-0 loss at Stuttgart and they will be hoping that their home crowd can cheer them on to victory here.

They actually showed a reoccurrence of a side that can struggle in the final third in that game and their fans will hope they have worked on that in the training ground ahead of this game.

Hertha won 2-1 the last time BVB were in town.

Borussia Dortmund started the year with a goalless draw against Wolfsburg.

That wasn’t the best way to start however keeping a clean sheet is good for a side that was guilty of conceding even more than they scored at times during the first half of the season.

BVB remain one of the most lethal sides in Europe attack-wise and they should be able to take advantage of Hertha defensive struggles here.

BVB will go second in the league table with a win in this game as they are currently just 2 points ahead of RB Leipzig who are in 4^th position.

Borussia Dortmund defeated Hertha 2-0 earlier in the season at Signal-Iduna-Park.

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

Hertha Berlin

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	RB Leipzig		2-3		Hertha Berlin	17 Dec, 2017	German Bundesliga
W	Hertha Berlin		3-1		Hannover 96	13 Dec, 2017	German Bundesliga
D	FC Augsburg		1-1		Hertha Berlin	10 Dec, 2017	German Bundesliga
D	Hertha Berlin		1-1		Östersunds FK	7 Dec, 2017	UEFA Europa League
L	Hertha Berlin		1-2		Eintracht Frankfurt	3 Dec, 2017	German Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Borussia Dortmund		3-2		Zulte-Waregem	8 Jan, 2018	Friendly
W	Fortuna Düsseldorf		0-2		Borussia Dortmund	6 Jan, 2018	Friendly
L	Bayern Munich		2-1		Borussia Dortmund	20 Dec, 2017	German DFB Pokal
W	Borussia Dortmund		2-1		TSG Hoffenheim	16 Dec, 2017	German Bundesliga
W	Mainz		0-2		Borussia Dortmund	12 Dec, 2017	German Bundesliga

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Borussia Dortmund		2-0		Hertha Berlin	26 Aug, 2017	German Bundesliga
Hertha Berlin		2-1		Borussia Dortmund	11 Mar, 2017	German Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund		1-1		Hertha Berlin	8 Feb, 2017	German DFB Pokal
Borussia Dortmund		1-1		Hertha Berlin	14 Oct, 2016	German Bundesliga
Hertha Berlin		0-3		Borussia Dortmund	20 Apr, 2016	German DFB Pokal

Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

German Bundesliga Table

German Bundesliga Results