1899 Hoffenheim - Hertha BSC Berlin

After the bad last season 1899 Hoffenheim is on a good way already. Although the team looks very young this season but nevertheless Coach Gisdol and his team working very well at the moment and they showed in some matches that they are more as able to compete with all the teams so far. Of course some of the young players need some time to get the experience they need to play against big guys successfully. But overall they made it very good and they are more as capable so far. Coach Gisdol is always searching for the right system and tactic and he had some good ideas in the past where they could hurt Leverkusen and Bayern Munich despite losing both. The team saw that the system or tactic he gave was not so bad and they were successful in many periods of the match and this give them a lot of trust to their Coach. But still a lot of work to do and they know it very well. Offense working very well and they are third best team in league with 25 goals scored. With players like Firmino, Volland and Modeste they have excellent offensive weapons in their rows and they are very quick and all are excellent players what give them some advantage in some actions. Much worse is the defense, where a lot of young and inexperienced players gave its debut this season. With Süle, Thesker and Toljan Coach Gisdol counts sometimes on these players. The success was not always good and therefore he changes a lot in defensive line what helps not much maybe. Maybe this is the key of allowing 25 goals against them already in the first 11 Rounds. Süle overcome Vestergaard and played the last matches in central back always from beginning on. He is very proud that he gets the chance and he gave some back as he scored the equalizer in last home match against Bayern Munich but he made also the mistake with a bad assist which lead into the winning goal for Bayern Munich. Despite these mistakes Gisdol counts on the young players and he form them and allow mistakes what help the player to learn and maybe go step by step forward. It is a long process but they want to walk on like this way.

Berlin is back in Bundesliga and they started very well, they made a great job so far and stands on 7th place with 15 Points after 11 Rounds. This is very good and if they did not lose the last home match it could be one or two places better already. No one knows why they lost the last match at home to Schalke because they were the far better team and had a lot of good opportunities to score but they missed all. Schalke scored after corner where the defensive line from Hertha looked not very good. But they tried to get it done better and they invest a lot but were not able or had the luck not on their side in this match. Despite this lose the team looks very balanced and Coach Luhukay makes a great job. He motivates his team a lot and all what he does is very good. He is a hard working Coach and he tries to find out the best way to win matches with a good and balanced play. A lot of good and experienced players stand in the squad form Hertha and a lot of these players played already Bundesliga what help a lot. After the disappointing match against Schalke they want the lost Points back and in this case all their focus is on the next match in Hoffenheim where they have a good record. This they want continue and get back on track.

Of course Hoffenheim scored a lot on home soil at least almost in all twice but they conceded a lot too. Therefore they were not able to win more as one match (only against Gladbach 2-1). The offensive is always good for some goals but the defensive allow also with mistakes some goals. Moreover it is not the same match like Leverkusen or Bayern Munich where they get a lot of space because both tried to make the match and Hoffenheim can go for their good counter attacks with fast players described above. I believe Luhukay knows what to do and he counts more on a defensive minded tactic here what is hard to play for Hoffenheim and on the other side with players like Ben Hatira, Allagui, Skelbred, Schulz and Ramos he has good and fast players in his row for some counter attacks. They showed this already in some matches and I think they can do it again here.

Recommend Bet: Hertha BSC Berlin AHC +0,25 @ 2,03 (3 Units)