Hertha 2 – Arminia 0: The Blues unable to avoid away defeat

BSC eased past Arminia Bielefeld in a 2-0 victory on Saturday at the Olympiastadion. With both teams drawing in their previous fixtures, they were keen to pick up points. Hertha arrived with the intention of increasing their league score after a 2-2 draw against Stuttgart. Arminia had managed to pick up a single point in their encounter with FC Köln. As it stands, Hertha and Arminia currently occupy 14th and 17th spots in the league, with 18 points and 10 points respectively after 15 matches.

After a goalless first half, Whatever was said in the dressing room at half time, seemed to have a positive effect on Hertha who started the second half well, thanks to Stevan Jovetic giving The Old Lady the lead, at 53 minutes. However they weren’t finished yet and Davie Selke made it 2-0 just before the final whistle to make it 2-0.

For Hertha, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Krzysztof Piatek, Lucas Tousart and Davie Selke, came on for Suat Serdar, Marco Richter, Ishak Belfodil, Stevan Jovetic and Vladimir Darida. Arminia replaced Bryan Lasme and Florian Kruger with Fabian Klos and Fabian Kunze.

There were bookings for Vladimir Darida from Hertha. For Arminia, Cedric Brunner saw yellow.

Hertha will next travel to Mainz, while Arminia will face Bochum at home.