Week 18 brings us a match on Jan 23rd where Hertha BSC and Werder Bremen will play a match in Berlin in a clash of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. 14th placed Hertha BSC is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Hoffenheim. Sebastian Rudy struck first for Hoffenheim in the 33rd minute on a feed from Christoph Baumgartner, then Andrej Kramarić added another in the 68th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hertha BSC couldn’t manage to score, and Hoffenheim took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Werder Bremen, recorded a 0-1 loss against Borussia M’gladbach. Nico Elvedi struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 66th minute on a feed from László Bénes, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Werder Bremen couldn’t muster any offence and Borussia M’gladbach ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Hertha BSC took the match by a score of 4 to 1. Peter Pekarík scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 42nd minute, then Dodi Lukebakio added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time.
Werder Bremen’s most prolific scorer has been Theodor Gebre Selassie. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Dodi Lukebakio and Krzysztof Piątek are the top scorers for Hertha BSC in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Hertha BSC will be without Jhon Córdoba, Vladimír Darida, Marvin Plattenhardt, Javairô Dilrosun, Dedryk Boyata, Matheus Cunha, Mathew Leckie, Eduard Löwen, Santiago Ascacibar, Jessic Ngankam and Marton Dardai, while Werder Bremen will be without Davie Selke, Milot Rashica, Niclas Füllkrug, Ludwig Augustinsson, Christian Groß, Nick Woltemade and Patrick Erras.