RB Leipzig vs Hertha BSC Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
ln professional football, RB Leipzig and Hertha BSC have only faced off in the Bundesliga (since 2016). Leipzig have won six of these eight meetings (D1 L1).
They won 4-2 in Berlin last season before the sides drew 2-2 at the Red Bull Arena. Leipzig have scored at least twice in all of their eight games against Hertha BSC (3.5 on average).
Against teams they have faced at least eight times in the Bundesliga, only Bayern and Gladbach against RW Oberhausen (4.4/4.3) and Frankfurt against RW Essen (3.6) average more goals per game against a single opponent.
Julian Nagelsmann has won none of his three meetings with Bruno Labbadia. He drew 2-2 against Hertha as Leipzig coach in May 2020 and drew 2—2 away and lost 4-1 at home with Hoffenheim against Wolfsburg in 2018/1 9.
After a run of seven home games without a clean sheet, Leipzig finally managed to keep an opponent out in their last match at home vs. Schalke (40). RB last registered back-to-back shutouts on home turf in April 2019 (3 back then).
Only Union have scored as many headed goals as Leipzig this season (4). RB have netted 11 so far in 2020, which is more than any other team in the division.
Hertha have only kept one clean sheet on the road under Bruno Labbadia and that came in his first game in charge at Hoffenheim (3-0). Since then, the Berliners have let in 12 goals in six matches away from home.
Hertha have only failed to score once in seven away games since Labbadia took charge (10 loss in Dortmund), netting 14 times in total. Aside from Time Werner, Yussuf Poulsen is the only other Leipzig to score 3 Bundesliga hat-trick.
The Dane bagged three goals in a 5-0 home win over Hertha in March 2019. Matheus Cunha moved to Hertha from Leipzig last winter and has impressed so far. Since his arrival, he is Hertha's top goalscorer with seven goals.
Hertha's new signing Alexander Schwolow has failed to provide the desired stability in goal so far, keeping outjust 52% of shots on his goal, the second-lowest percentage in the league and way below his average save percentage across his career (67%).
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