Hertha Berlin – Schalke SOCCER PICKS
Hertha BSC and Schalke 04 meet at Olympiastadion Berlin, in a match for the 19th round of the Bundesliga. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 02-09-2018, the Hertha BSC won out by (0-2). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 4 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 10-14-2017, in a match for the Bundesliga which ended with the victory of Schalke 04 by (0-2). The goals of the match were scored by L. Goretzka (54 ‘) and G. Burgstaller (78’) for Schalke 04. In this match the home advantage may be decisive, since Schalke 04 presents considerable differences in their home and away results. as a visitor.
Hertha BSC:
After 7 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, the home team is currently in the 7 th position, with 27 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Nürnberg by (1-3), after in the previous match they have lost (3-1) an away match against Bayer Leverkusen. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 30 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 37 goals scored and 24 conceded. For the league, Hertha BSC won 15 points out of 24 possible points, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the last 8 home matches. The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so they have not displayed great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 18 matches in this competition, they have only won 1 of the 8 matches they suffered in the first goal.
Hertha Berlin finished a series of 3 rounds without winning in the Bundesliga and is now looking for another positive result to try to return to the qualifying zone for the Europa League next season. The team still needs to improve, both offensively and defensively, as they scored 29 goals, being only the seventh best attack of the competition, and suffered 28, having the eighth worst defense, so much that they suffered at least 2 goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for the national championship. In its stadium, Hertha Berlin has encountered difficulties, winning only 1 of its last 5 matches, usually adopting a more offensive stance, but it ends up leaving many spaces behind, so much that it suffered 3 goals in 2 of the last 4 matches in this condition . For the clash with Schalke 04, coach Dárdai must maintain the same line-up as last game, in which he thrashed Nuremberg away from home in a great collective performance.
Schalke 04:
The away team is currently in the 12 th position of the league, with 21 points won, after 6 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Stuttgart, by (1-3). In the last match, they won in a home match against Wolfsburg, by (2-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses at their stadium. For the league, Schalke 04 won 9 points out of 27 possible points, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in the last 9 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (5 out of 9 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 18 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 5 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (46′-60 ‘).
Schalke 04 is doing a campaign well below expectations in the German league, but comes in good sequence of 2 consecutive wins and wants to maintain the good phase to get away from the relegation zone and reach the top half of the leaderboard . The team’s main problem is the low efficiency of their attack, which scored only 22 goals and is the sixth worst in the competition, although it has improved in this particular, as scored in the last 7 games by the Bundesliga. As a visitor, Schalke 04 comes from 3 games of invincibility and in these 3 games there were goals from both teams, being a team that likes to act in counterattack in this type of situation and usually plays better when it has spaces to go out in speed.
