Arminia Bielefeld v Hertha: Bundesliga Action on Match-day 32

Saturday Bundesliga action from the Schüco Arena, as Arminia take on Hertha.

It’s a clash of seventeenth vs fifteenth, as Arminia host Hertha at the Schüco Arena.

Struggling Arminia Bielefeld, welcome fancied their opponents this Saturday

It was three points secured for Arminia in their last fixture, beating FC Köln 3-1 at the Rhein Energie Stadion.

Also, the relegation zone is not where Arminia want to be at the end of the season, but that is where they are heading, unless they can get out of their losing habit. The Blues have lost seven of their last eight fixtures in the Bundesliga. Now they have 5 matches won, 15 games lost and 12 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in seventeenth place, with a total of 26 points having won five games, drawn 12 fixtures, and lost 15 meetings.

When Arminia host Hertha, they will do so on the back of two wins, eight draws, and five losses on their own ground.

A win in this fixture would take Arminia Bielefeld’s points to 29 in the League.

Going into Saturday’s game, Marco Kostmann without three of his players, due to illness or injury.

It’s 32 points so far for Hertha this season, going into this meeting

Hertha will take a huge positive from their recent 2-0 win against Stuttgart at the Olympiastadion.

Also, Hertha have now lost 10 of their last 16 games, a worrying statistic that has to be addressed by Manager Felix Magath. They currently stand fifteenth in the League, with 32 points for a total of 9 wins, 17 losses and 6 draws having won nine meetings, drawn six games, and lost 17 fixtures.

Hertha have had a disappointing run of performances on the road, having won three matches, drawn two matches, and lost 10 meetings of their 15 League matches away from home this season.

Victory for Hertha would take their points tally to 35 so far this season.

Injury and illness have depleted Felix Magath’s Hertha and they will likely be missing three key personnel for Saturday’s match.

Arminia Bielefeld v Hertha – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels when these two rivals meet, the tendency has been for Hertha to take all the points with 11 victories and 10 draws. Also, the two sides have played out draws in three of their last five fixtures encounters. In their most recent meeting of this fixture was December 2021, when Arminia Bielefeld walked away as 2-0 winners.

Performance Report

For Arminia, Masaya Okugawa is a top performing player who has scoredtwo goals in 31 League matches this campaign, while Ishak Belfodil is one of the top performing players after having scoredthree goals in 31 League games this season for Hertha.

Other standout players for Arminia are Masaya Okugawa and Joakim Nilsson with two goals both and for Hertha are Davie Selke and Lucas Tousart with two goals and two goals respectively.