Match Report
The table gap was wide: 37 points between RB Leipzig (3rd, 66 pts) and Hertha BSC (18th, 29 pts). On the form table Hertha BSC stood 7th over the last five rounds, despite being 18th overall. Against a league average of 1.59 goals per team per game, Hertha BSC ran at 1.24 scored and 2.03 conceded, RB Leipzig at 1.88 and 1.21.
RB Leipzig entered with three losses in a row.
13 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Hertha BSC 1, draws 1, RB Leipzig 11, at 4.77 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 38% of the wins in this fixture. History points to goals: 92% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 62%.
The venue was Olympiastadion Berlin in Berlin, with room for 74,745 spectators. RB Leipzig led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.