On Friday, starting at 19:30, the Hertha – Mainz match will be played in the 23rd round of the Bundesliga. We anticipate a balanced match, but it should be very open.

The hosts managed a very important 2-0 victory last round on Bayer Leverkusen. Although the occasions were overtaken by their opponents, Hertha was more effective. Four sutures on the gate have managed to score twice. The same happened in the match against Leipzig, which they defeated by 3-2. Overall Hertha is not a team that excels in the show but I’m a very efficient team that does not lose easily and does not make much mistakes. In the last four championship matches they managed to “escape” without defeat although they played with Dortmund, Bremen and Hoffenheim near Leverkusen. Host problems are the number of absences, namely 7 in number for this game. On the Olympiastadion they are still very solid, because neither Dortmund has won here. Their game of possession will not be affected by Friday’s absence because the middle of the pitch is intact and this will matter a lot, and that will count because in addition to possession and air duels we can not say that Hertha has a lot of advantages. Although they are a team with a high average of the very good players, they have cashed in their own field in each of 7 matches, 3 times in fixed phases.

On the other hand, Mainz lost each of the last four games in all competitions. Still, the team still remains a good game, which comes out of the attack, does not barricade in their own half, regardless of the outcome, although maybe that’s why it lost some matches. An interesting fact is, however, that Mainz has been forced into the last two games with Hertha, but both of them are on their own at the limit of 1-0. This score is not too common for this band, which has a thousand goals per match this season. For the match on Friday, those in Mainz have no major absenteeism and as they are still on the last place leading to the Bundesliga 2 they will certainly attack very seriously. Since Hertha is not a team that produces many occasions, we should see the guests taking the initiative. If the Hoffenheim match was 24-6 for Hoffe, Mainz scored by the only two sutures at the goal, it seems very likely to see at least two goals for the guests, of course if they keep their effectiveness.

PREDICTION: Hertha Berlin to win @ 2.04