Competition: German Bundesliga 2016-17
Date: Saturday, 11th March, 14:30 GMT
Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin.
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Hertha Berlin vs Borussia Dortmund Preview and Prediction
Borussia Dortmund comes after a massive midweek success over Portuguese champion Benfica, when on Wednesday night “The Black and Yellows” have shown their real face. After an inefficient first leg in Lisbon, Dortmund and striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in particular were lethal at German turf and have extended their UEFA Champions League journey. Thomas Tuchel’s men are already looking forward to the quarter-finals draw and they will be keen to proceed with current form. Dortmund now have four consecutive victories with 16 goals scored in that period. Quite an impressive run. However, Thomas Tuchel is expected to make some rotations in the squad and he may promote players who have not featured on Wednesday or who were used as substitutions.
In the meantime Tuchel still has an injured German quartet with names of Sven Bender, Sebastian Rode, Marco Reus and Mario Götze all in.
Hertha BSC is entirely focused over the Bundesliga since the Berliners have been eliminated early in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers and like we have already highlighted knocked out from German Cup as well.
All circumstances leave only Bundesliga commitments in Hertha’s schedule and Pál Dárdai’s men are surely dreaming for one of the top four positions, which will allow them celebrating club’s 125th anniversary as one of the German UEFA Champions League representatives. For that reason Hertha must improve its away form but in that moment they are heading to a home match and Berliners obviously know how to handle.
Hungarian coach of Hertha has an injured quartet as well, involving names of Fabian Lustenberger, Alexander Baumjohann, Sinan Kurt and Julian Schieber. Good news are related with name of Mitchell Weiser who returns from injury and can be a right flank option in any time of the game.
Hertha BSC vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Prediction
Hertha will try to take out an advantage from Dortmund’s midweek appearance and fact their schedule is more loaded. Furthermore, Hertha looks very solid at home and that is another plus of the Berliners here.
On other hand we have Borussia Dortmund that enjoys its football and shows really spectacular attacking display.
Our match prediction recommends betting on “Both teams to score – Yes“. We expect another game facing Hertha BSC vs Borussia Dortmund in the 2016-17 football season, where both sides look capable of scoring at least one goal.
Venue: “Olympiastadion”, Berlin.
Referee: Robert Hartmann.
Possible Lineups of Hertha BSC and Borussia Dortmund
Hertha BSC: Rune Jarstein – Marvin Plattenhardt, John Brooks, Sebastian Langkamp, Peter Pekarík – Niklas Stark, Per Ciljan Skjelbred – Salomon Kalou, Vladimír Darida, Genki Haraguchi – Vedad Ibisevic. (4-2-3-1)
Borussia Dortmund: Roman Bürki – Felix Passlack, Sokratis, Matthias Ginter, Marcel Schmelzer – Julian Weigl – Ousmane Dembele, Raphaël Guerreiro, Shinji Kagawa, André Schürrle – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. (4-1-4-1)
Hertha BSC vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Prediction both team to score
