Hertha Berlin v FC Koln Prediction Betting Tips & Match Prediction
Hertha Berlin v FC Koln Prediction
Both of these sides have done better in the last few matches than their place in the table suggests. Hertha Berlin have picked up 14 points from their last eight matches while FC Koln were one of the in-form sides in the league before last weekend’s defeat. Still, five victories in their last seven matches is an impressive feat.
Hertha Berlin v FC Koln Recent Matchups
Hertha Berlin has generally come out on top in the history of this fixture. They’ve won the last three matches between the two clubs including that commanding 4-0 victory at FC Koln’s RheinEnergieStadion earlier in the season. FC Koln haven’t won at the Olympiastadion in the Bundesliga since way back in 2009.
Hertha Berlin v FC Koln Stats & Analysis
Hertha Berlin may have taken 14 points from their last eight matches but their home form has been truly troubling during this season. They’ve won just one eight home games in the Bundesliga, a 1-0 victory over Freiburg back in mid-December. That win over Freiburg was the only time they’ve beaten a side that doesn’t currently sit in the bottom three of the Bundesliga table at home.
Their big issue has been scoring goals. Hertha have scored just one goal in their last four Bundesliga home games and they didn’t even win it. It’s a different story for them away from home with seven goals and three wins in their last four away matches in the Bundesliga. That’s why the addition of Krzysztof Piatek was so vital for the club and now it is on the former AC Milan forward to repay the debt.
It’s a good fixture for Hertha Berlin considering FC Koln’s disastrous away record. Only Fortuna Dusseldorf have taken fewer points on the road than FC Koln in the Bundesliga this season in what has been a stop-start campaign for them. Go back a few months and they looked dead and buried in the Bundesliga. The appointment of Markus Gisdol turned that around and the run of five wins in seven matches they enjoyed between December and February has certainly helped. Now, it’s on Gisdol and Koln to get things right on the road.
Hertha Berlin v FC Koln Bets
It’s a first home match for Hertha Berlin’s interim manager Alexander Nouri and the bookies are backing him to get the win. The home side are 7/5 to secure all three points in this match with FC Koln out at 11/5. You’ll get a draw at 13/5 but there’s a feeling that the home side will be going all out to secure this match.
It’s fair to say that we haven’t seen the most exciting football played at the Olympiastadion in the last few months. We’ve seen an average of 1.8 goals in the last five Bundesliga matches played there. That’s nine goals in five and eight of those came in just two matches. You’ll get odds of 4/9 if you fancy there to be 2.5 goals or under in this match or a tempting 16/5 for there to be under 1.5 goals.
But that will depend on whether or not Hertha Berlin can replicate their away form at the Olympiastadion. They’ve won their last three on the road and two of those were before they brought in Krzysztof Piatek from AC Milan. The Polish forward is yet to score in the Bundesliga but you’ll get odds of 6/4 for him to score at any time in this match and 9/3 to score first. The latter is certainly tempting considering FC Koln have conceded an average of over 2.8 goals per game in their last eight away matches.
