Hertha BSC vs Wolfsburg

Hertha BSC and Wolfsburg will face-off against each other at the Olympiastadion, with the home side looking to break a two-game winless streak in their Bundesliga H2Hs (D1, L1).

Hertha’s hopes of securing European football have suffered an immediate blow as they sustained an underwhelming 3-1 away loss to Cologne on Matchday 1. But a return to the Olympiastadion, where they are unbeaten in six Bundesliga matches (W3, D3), could offer them a clean slate. Hertha kept four clean sheets during that six-game sequence, which has not been the case in any of their last three top-flight H2Hs as hosts (D1, L2). After completing the 2020/21 Bundesliga season with back-to-back goalless draws on home soil, ‘Die Alte Dame’ could play out three consecutive scoreless home stalemates in Germany’s top-flight for the first time in the club’s history. A paltry scoring return of just six goals from their last ten Bundesliga meetings with Wolfsburg at home suggests this could be a low-scoring affair.

On the other hand, Wolfsburg claimed a narrow 1-0 home win over newly-promoted Bochum on the opening weekend. After winning his first Bundesliga game in charge without conceding, new manager Mark van Bommel will be aiming to lead his side to their 11th straight away league H2H without letting in 2+ goals (W4, D2, L2). Van Bommel could become only the second-ever Wolfsburg manager to register clean sheets in his first two Bundesliga games in charge. Despite their solid defensive record at the Olympiastadion, a run of six consecutive league trips without a blank sheet could be concerning. Alongside Bayern Munich, ‘Die Wolfe’ boast the joint-best away Bundesliga record in 2021, having picked up 20 points from 11 top-flight road trips since the turn of the year (W6, D2, L3).