FC Kaiserslautern vs Hertha Berlin Prediction

Form: two different shapes

Across Hertha Berlin's last 20 matches in all competitions, they've won 12, drawn 4 and lost 4, scoring 58 and conceding 26 along the way. That run mixes friendlies, cup games and league fixtures, and includes some big score lines in both directions, like a 9-0 friendly win and a few home league defeats.

FC Kaiserslautern: 20 completed matches; Hertha Berlin: 20 completed matches.

FC Kaiserslautern

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

22

Difference

+2

Hertha Berlin

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

60

Conceded

27

Difference

+33

Kaiserslautern's equivalent 20-match sample reads 11 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, with 26 scored and 21 conceded. It's a tighter, less eventful set of results than Hertha's, with several clean league wins but also a cluster of defeats mixed in.

Hertha's sample has more extreme scorelines either way, while Kaiserslautern's form has been steadier but far less explosive.

Comparative Team Statistics: FC Kaiserslautern vs Hertha Berlin

Head-to-head: Hertha have had the edge lately

Going back to 2011, these sides have met over a dozen times. Hertha have won each of the last three, including a 6-1 DFB Pokal win and two 0-1 away league wins at Kaiserslautern. Further back the series has swung both ways, with Kaiserslautern winning in December 2023 and a couple of draws in the early 2010s.

The recent meetings favour Hertha, though some of that run is now a season or two old.

Standings: Hertha top, Kaiserslautern mid-table

In the table slice we have, Hertha sit first with 18 points from six games, having won every one of them and scored 17 while conceding just 7. Kaiserslautern are fifth with 11 points from the same number of matches, three wins, two draws and one defeat, scoring 6 and conceding 4. This is an early-season picture, taken a month before kickoff, so things could well move before these two meet.

On this snapshot Hertha look the stronger side, but six games is a small sample this far out from the fixture.

Players to watch

Hertha's scoring threat isn't resting on one man. J. Brekalo has 4 goals and 3 assists in his six appearances, while J. Þorsteinsson and O. Adewumi have each added 3 goals. On Kaiserslautern's side, S. Şahin stands out with 3 assists in the data we have. There's also a note of a red card for Hertha's D. Zeefuik across his four matches, though that alone doesn't confirm he'll be out for this one.

FC Kaiserslautern:

Best assist providers:

S. Şahin - 3

Penalty cards:

M. Gyamfi x 3

I. Kanate x 2

Hertha Berlin:

Best scorers:

J. Brekalo - 4

J. Þorsteinsson - 3

O. Adewumi - 3

Best assist providers:

J. Brekalo - 3

M. Winkler - 2

S. Gouram - 2

Penalty cards:

P. Seguin x 1 x 3

D. Zeefuik x 1 x 1

J. Þorsteinsson x 3

Hertha's goals look spread across a few contributors rather than depending on a single player.