Hertha Berlin vs B. Monchengladbach prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-02-11 14:30.
As the Bundesliga’s only club without a point since the World Cup (L4), Hertha Berlin might be cursing FIFA’s showpiece event, although there are plenty of other reasons for their position in the bottom two. A lack of firepower is one of them as only Schalke have scored fewer league goals this term than their 20, whilst all four defeats this calendar year saw them behind at half-time.
New signing Florian Niederlechner claimed “we were still asleep in the first half” against Eintracht Frankfurt last time out (L 3-0), but he believes if the squad sticks together they can escape relegation. He won’t be the only one desperate for a decent start here against Borussia Mönchengladbach then, a side against whom The Old Lady haven’t lost at home since 2017 (W2, D2) including a 1-0 win here last season courtesy of a first-half goal.
That H2H record may weigh heavily on the visiting side as they look to move on from a disappointing 0-0 draw with bottom side Schalke. Gladbach sporting director Roland Virkus called their second-half performance “incomprehensible” before claiming that in the end they were “happy to have even got a point”!
That draw was arguably as unexpected as Gladbach’s 4-1 win at Hoffenheim one game prior as that ended a sequence of ten league away games without a victory (D6, L4), making the Foals one of the league’s poorest travelling sides this term (W1, D4, L4). Yet as they seek to consolidate their position inside the top ten, they might take encouragement from scoring in five of their last six Bundesliga road games (W1, D1, L4).
Players to watch: Hertha’s Marco Richter scored the 40th-minute winner in this fixture last term but all three of his Bundesliga strikes this season came after the 50th minute. Lars Stindl, who netted for Gladbach in a 2-2 draw here back in April 2021, might also threaten late on having scored his last three Bundesliga goals after the 80th minute.
Hot stat: Only Leipzig have won more Bundesliga second halves than Gladbach this term (2H: W10, D5, L4).