On Sunday Feb 20th, Hertha BSC will host RB Leipzig at Olympiastadion Berlin in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Hertha BSC recorded a 1-2 loss against Greuther Fürth. Hrgota struck first for Greuther Fürth in the 1st minute, then Branimir Hrgota added another in the 71st minute on a penalty kick. Hertha BSC looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while 4th placed RB Leipzig is fresh off their 3-1 win against Köln. Christopher Nkunku struck first for RB Leipzig in the 25th minute, then Daniel Olmo added another in the 54th minute on a feed from Amadou Haidara. RB Leipzig is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, RB Leipzig was victorious by a score of 6 to 0. Christopher Nkunku scored the first goal for RB Leipzig in the 16th minute, then Yussuf Poulsen added another in the 23rd minute on a feed from Christopher Nkunku At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hertha BSC couldn’t manage to score, and RB Leipzig took the shutout win.
Christopher Nkunku has been the most prolific scorer on RB Leipzig in the last five matches with 3 goals. Hertha BSC is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Suat Serdar and Sami Khedira each only have 1 goal in their last five
Oliver Christensen, Dedryk Boyata, Rune Jarstein, Marton Dardai, Marc-Oliver Kempf, Nils-Jonathan Körber and Ruwen Werthmuller are unavailable to play for Tayfun Korkut’s team, while RB Leipzig will be without Marcel Halstenberg.