Hertha Berlin vs Fortuna Dusseldorf
Germany – 1. Bundesliga
Date: Friday, 4 October 2019
Kick-off at 19:30 UK / 20:30 CET
Venue: Olympiastadion (Berlin).
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Hertha
Predicted line-up (4-2-3-1): Jarstein; Klunter, Stark, Boyata, Mittelstadt; Skjelbred, Grujic; Wolf, Darida, Dilrosun; Ibisevic
Not available: Maier (Injured), Albrecht (Injury)
Doubtful: Pekarik (Injured)
FORTUNA DUSSELDORF
Predicted line-up (4-4-2): Steffen; Zimmermann, Ayhan, Hoffmann, Giesselmann; Thommy, Baker, Bodzek, Tekpetey; Hennings, Karaman
Not available: Rensing (Injured), Stoger (Hurt), Barkok (Hurt), Kownacki (Hurt), Wolves (Hurt), Zimmer (Hurt), Wiesner (Injured)
Doubtful: Morales (Injured), Fink (Hurt), Suttner (Injury)
Hertha Berlin vs Fortuna Dusseldorf Match
Hertha Berlin host Fortuna Dusseldorf for their Matchday 7 clash on the back of two-match winning streak, in which they finally ended their four-game winless streak and beat Paderborn (2-1) and Cologne (0-4) over the past two weeks. They finally started to build towards the top of the table and build consistency will be an important task.
Die Alte Dame has opened the campaign with a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich but struggled to capitalize won important points, saw losses Wolfsburg (0-3), Schalke (3-0) and Mainz (2-1) who saw them in relegation. However, it seems they have put that unwanted streak to bed and now it would be very confident.
Fortuna Dusseldorf have seen spells contrasting shapes and sit three points behind rivals when they travel to Olympiastadion, desperate to bounce back from losses rather narrow and just as disappointing for Borussia Mönchengladbach (2-1) and Freiburg (1-2) at behind them.
Interestingly, Friedhelm Funkel's men the lead on both occasions but conceded little late to drop all six points along the way. They will now need more to cause an upset and bounced into the path of victory will certainly not be an easy task in Berlin, where visitors have a solid record - with four wins and five draws in 14 clashes.
We do not see them build tally, though, and we will now be back in Hertha Berlin for a recent build a pick-me-up, as we are going to win House at 22/25 with Unibet and hope to see their line of attack in shape, led by Javairo Dilrosun and Vedad Ibisevic again.
We hope objectives and Die Alte Dame could be forced to outgun rivals to retain their winning streak. With that in mind, we are also going for a high score contest with Over 2.5 Goals FT at 4/6 and looking for another thriller in the making.
Hertha Berlin vs Fortuna Dusseldorf Predictions
Ante Covic men have finally got into the groove, and has recorded back to back wins in their last two clashes. The host took the scorecard Koln 4-0 defeat on the road, before they got the better of Paderborn with a 2-1 final score read.
It is also worth mentioning that Hertha Berlin had to admit defeat just once at home, it is also against Wolfsburg are now the only team other than Bayern Munich to remain unbeaten in the cluster.
On the other hand, Fortuna Dusseldorf has managed to secure a very few wins so far in the campaign each and do not have a sense of accomplishment in their last five games of the Bundesliga in running. In addition, visitors have been on the losing end in four of those clashes, the last of which was a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Freiburg in the house.
Noting the victory they just go came way back in their first match, Hertha Berlin have every reason to confidently keep their winning streak intact when they clash with the visitors on Friday.
Nevertheless, Dusseldorf is unlikely to go down without a fight. Regardless of the result, guests have found the back of the net in each of their last three Bundesliga event. Given that all of their previous head to head clash here also have seen both teams got their names on the scoresheet, relying on neither side to make it out of the ninety minutes with a clean sheet in the bag.
