BERLIN. FC Union Berlin prevailed over Hertha BSC. Hertha BSC was truly superior in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the Olympiastadion Berlin stadium in Berlin on Wednesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Deniz Aytekin with the collaboration of Christian Dietz and Markus Sinn. The 4th official was Michael Bacher. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.8 degrees Celsius or 38.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 20 Total 11
- 3 On Target 5
- 17 Off Target 2
- 9 Shots blocked 4
- 141 Attack 0
- 66 Dangerous attack 36
- 101 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 18
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 0
Ball possession
Hertha BSC had a strong ball possession 67% while FC Union Berlin was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Hertha BSC had a more offensive attitude with 66 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, FC Union Berlin managed to find the solution to win this match.
Hertha BSC shot 20 times, 3 on target, 17 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Union Berlin shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Hertha BSC received 1 yellow card (S. Serdar). On the other side, FC Union Berlin received 1 yellow card (L. Oztunali).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Hertha BSC stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the table. On the opposite side, FC Union Berlin has points (0th).
Next matches
Hertha BSC – Formation
Hertha BSC
58'
15'
90'
Hertha BSC started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Tayfun Korkut decided to play with the following team: Alexander Schwolow , Lukas Klünter , Niklas Stark , Dedryck Boyata , Maximilian Mittelstädt , Vladimír Darida , Marco Richter , Lucas Tousart , Santiago Ascacibar , Suat Serdar and Ishak Belfodil .
The home team had on the bench: Kevin-Prince Boateng , Davie Selke , Linus Gechter , Oliver Christensen, Márton Dárdai, Myziane Maolida , Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, Peter Pekarík and Marvin Plattenhardt.
Substitutions
Hertha BSC made 5 changes: L. Klunter for P. Pekarik (46′), M. Richter for M. Maolida (46′), N. Stark for L. Gechter (58′), S. Ascacibar for K. Boateng (75′) and V. Darida for D. Selke (87′).
Best player: Suat Serdar
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hertha BSC was Suat Serdar.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 21. He performed 1 cross.
FC Union Berlin – Formation
FC Union Berlin
FC Union Berlin started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
Urs Fischer played with: Andreas Luthe , Timo Baumgartl , Robin Knoche , Dominique Heintz , Rani Khedira , Julian Ryerson , Levin Öztunali , Grischa Prömel , Bastian Oczipka , Andreas Voglsammer and Max Kruse .
They had on the bench: Frederik Rønnow, Kevin Behrens , Niko Giesselmann, Keita Endo, Genki Haraguchi , Paul Jäckel, Kevin Möhwald, Christopher Trimmel and Sheraldo Becker .
Substitutions
FC Union Berlin made 5 changes: L. Oztunali for G. Haraguchi (64′), A. Voglsammer for K. Behrens (64′), M. Kruse for S. Becker (71′), J. Ryerson for C. Trimmel (71′) and D. Heintz for P. Jaeckel (89′).
Best player: Robin Knoche
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Union Berlin was Robin Knoche.
His rating is with 1 goal, 37 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the DFB Pokal.
- RB Leipzig – Hansa Rostock – 2-0
- Hertha BSC – FC Union Berlin – 2-3
- Hannover 96 – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 3-0
- TSG Hoffenheim – SC Freiburg – 1-4
