The Stats say that Hertha can hand it to Hamburg in a scuffle of the strugglers.
It has not been a glorious season for either side. They are both in a very difficult position and with only one point separating them, this game will go a long way to deciding their fate.
1) Despite being at the wrong end of the table, the Berlin outfit have not lost in three games, including an impressive 2-2 draw with high-flyers Schalke. They are 11/5 to take all three points.
2) Salomon Kalou has scored five times in 14 starts for Hertha. The Ivory Coast international is 6/1 to find the net first.
3) Hertha Berlin have managed 1.20 goals per game on average. Hamburg have one of the lowest totals in the league with an average of 0.64 goals per game.
4) Pál Dárdai’s side have improved defensively and kept three clean sheets in their last six games. Hertha are rated at 18/5 to win to nil.
5) In just over a third of their games, Hertha have netted two or more times. Die Alte Dame are rated at 14/1 to win 2-0.
6) In their last five games, Hamburg have conceded 14 times, including an 8-0 hammering at the hands of Bayern Munich.
7) Josef Zinnbauer’s men are defensively solid in the first 45 minutes. They have conceded only 13 goals in the first half of games. However, they capitulate in the second half, having conceded 23 goals, 17 of which have come in the last 30 minutes. For the first half to be a draw and Hertha to go on and win the tie it’s 13/2.
8) Hamburg have only managed an average of 1.00 point per game.
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