In this week 10 match, on Sat Oct 15th, Hertha BSC will travel to Leipzig to battle RB Leipzig in a clash of the Bundesliga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. RB Leipzig sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Celtic. Timo Werner scored the first goal for RB Leipzig in the 75th minute, then Emil Forsberg added another in the 84th minute on a feed from Timo Werner In the end, Celtic couldn’t muster any offence and RB Leipzig ran away with the shutout win. RB Leipzig is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while hertha BSC sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Freiburg. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh struck first for Freiburg in the 22nd minute, then Dodi Lukebakio tied it up for Hertha BSC in the 34th minute . Hertha BSC looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season RB Leipzig won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Hertha BSC’s most prolific scorer has been Dodi Lukebakio. The midfielder has netted three goals over the last five matches. Christopher Nkunku has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for RB Leipzig
Marcel Halstenberg, Konrad Laimer, Yussuf Poulsen, Lukas Klostermann, Daniel Olmo and Péter Gulácsi are unavailable to play for Marco Rose’s team, while Rune Jarstein, Kelian Nsona Wa Saka and Lee Dong-Jun are unavailable to play for Hertha BSC.