In this 21st week match, on Friday Feb 4th, Hertha BSC will host Bochum at Olympiastadion Berlin in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Hertha BSC recorded a 1-4 loss against Bayern München. Corentin Tolisso scored the first goal for Bayern München in the 25th minute, then Thomas Müller added another in the 45th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while bochum is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Köln. Gerrit Holtmann scored the first goal for Bochum in the 25th minute, but Timo Hübers got the equalizer for Köln in the 36th minute . Bochum is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 12th, Bochum hosted Hertha BSC in their last match together. Hertha BSC won by a score of 3 to 1. Suat Serdar struck first for Hertha BSC in the 37th minute on a feed from Vladimír Darida, then Suat Serdar added another in the 43rd minute.
Bochum’s most prolific scorer has been Pantovic. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Marco Richter has been the most prolific scorer on Hertha BSC in the last five matches with two goals
Hertha BSC will be without Oliver Christensen, Peter Pekarík, Rune Jarstein and Werthmuller, while Thomas Reis’s squad will be without Zoller.