Borussia Dortmund vs Hertha BSC – 19/02/2023
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The penultimate match of the weekend in the German Bundesliga comes on the 19th of February as Borussia Dortmund meet Hertha BSC.
The game will be played at Signal-Iduna-Park and the hosts begin the weekend in 3rd place on 40 points while the visitors are in 16th place on 17 points.
Borussia Dortmund come into the game having recorded a good 1-0 win over Chelsea at home in the Champions League on Wednesday night. It was an entertaining match, with both teams creating chances but Borussia Dortmund were the only team to convert a chance to give themselves a narrow lead ahead of the second leg in London.
Borussia Dortmund have won each of their last 7 fixtures in all competitions. There have been 5 wins in the Bundesliga, with the victories coming against Augsburg and Freiburg at home plus Mainz, Bayer Leverkusen, and Werder Bremen away.
Borussia Dortmund have also recorded wins over Bochum away in the DFB Pokal and Chelsea at home in the Champions League.
Home form in the Bundesliga shows Borussia Dortmund are undefeated in their last 7 matches and have won 6 of those games. Borussia Dortmund have scored 3 or more goals in each of their last 4 home league fixtures.
Trends show in all of their 11 most recent home games in all competitions, there have been no losses for Borussia Dortmund.
Hertha BSC travel to Signal-Iduna-Park on the back of a good 4-1 home victory over Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga last weekend.
Having fallen a goal behind in the 17th minute, Hertha BSC did well to stage a comeback and having equalised in the 30th minute, they went on to score 3 goals in the second half to take maximum points.
That was the first win for Hertha BSC in 5 matches, with all 4 previous games ending in defeat. In terms of the Bundesliga, Hertha BSC have lost 7 of their last 9 fixtures.
The defeats have come at home against Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg, and Union Berlin plus away to Werder Bremen, Stuttgart, Bochum, and Eintracht Frankfurt.
The away record of Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga is poor and they have lost each of their last 5 matches on the road in the league. Trends show Hertha BSC have achieved just 3 wins in their 23 most recent away games in all competitions.
Looking ahead to the team news and Borussia Dortmund continue without the injured quartet of Julien Duranville, Youssoufa Moukoko, Abdoulaye Kamara, and Mateu Morey.
Hertha BSC make the trip to Dortmund without several injured players, including Wilfried Kanga, Peter Pekarik, Agustín Rogel, Stevan Jovetic, Chidera Ejuke, and Kelian Nsona.
This should be a comfortable home victory for Borussia Dortmund. Hertha BSC do not travel well and we expect to see Borussia Dortmund score a few goal and keep a clean sheet on their way to maximum points.
