One of this week's most exciting fixtures in the Bundesliga will take place this Saturday, when Hertha Berlin hosts Bayer Leverkusen at Olympic Stadium. The Blue and Whites are just two points ahead of The Aspirins, and considering the amount of goals scored by each team, it should be a good one for fans to watch around the world.
Neither team was able to win last week. Hertha lost against league-leading Bayern Munich, while Bayer Leverkusen rescued one point against Schalke 04 thanks to an own goal by Sascha Riether. With that in mind, both teams will be looking to get back on track, helping their chances of climbing up the table.
Hertha BSC
The Old Lady will try to hurt Bayer with the help of their home crowd. The hosts have only lost one game out of their last six at Olympic Stadium, and Pal Dardai's men will want to repeat their latest performance at their home field, when they won against Hoffenheim 1-0. In order to do that, Dardai will have to create a good plan, since his team will suffer the absences of Peter Pekarik, Niklas Stark and Thomas Kraft due to injury, while Sebastian Langkamp serves a one match ban.
The team's Twitter feed wants their fans psyched for this game.
"Its Friday already, and tomorrow's game day! How do we want to see you? Like this!
Heute ist schon Freitag. Morgen heißt es wieder: Heimspiel! Und wie wollen wir euch sehen? So! #BSCB04 #hahohe pic.twitter.com/SCFA9RVWtN
— Hertha BSC (@HerthaBSC) December 4, 2015
Bayer Leverkusen
Die Werkself's last performance away from their stadium ended up with a 3-1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt, and Roger Schmidt's side will try to repeat that. Even though midfielders Lars Bender and Hakan Calhanoglu are expected to miss the game, the visitors will have Admir Mehmedi and Karim Bellarabi working their magic to help striker Javier Hernández get more goals. "El Chicharito" will be especially motivated for this game, after being named Bundesliga's Player of the Month.
PLAYER OF THE MONTH! @bayer04_en's @CH14_ named November's best pic.twitter.com/bP9zYf4aAy
— Bundesliga (@Bundesliga_EN) December 4, 2015
Head to head
Bayer Leverkusen has the upper hand when facing Hertha recently. The Aspirins have managed to keep themselves unbeaten against the Blue-and-White side in their six previous matches. In fact, two of Bayer's three latest visits ended with them winning all three points. Last season, Leverkusen won both games, including a 1-0 victory at Olympic Stadium back in February,
Which channels are broadcasting Hertha BSC vs Bayer Leverkusen on TV or Online?
- Fans in the U.S. will be able to watch this game via Fox Sports 2 USA, Fox Sports GO, Fox Deportes, Fox Soccer 2GO USA and GOLTV USA at 09:30 EST.
- Fans in Germany will have the option to watch the game via Sky Bundesliga 4/HD, Sky Bundesliga 1/HD, TeleClub Sport Live, Sport1.FM and Sky Go Deutschland at 15:30 CET.
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