2. Bundesliga preview: Dynamo Dresden v Hertha BSC | OneFootball

Dynamo Dresden host unbeaten leaders Hertha BSC on Saturday night, seeking to halt a stuttering start. Dresden are 17th with four points from five games, Hertha are the division’s only side yet to drop a point.

This is the final league match before the international break. According to BuLi News, Dresden will lean on home form and Hertha seek to extend a flawless start.

Their only win was 1-0 at home to Darmstadt, followed by defeats to Heidenheim and Bochum and a 2-2 draw at Eintracht Braunschweig. They are unbeaten at home but have conceded 12.

Hertha have five wins from five, scoring 15 and conceding six. Josip Brekalo already has six goal contributions, opening the scoring at Osnabrück before Kevin Sessa and Farid Alfa-Ruprecht completed the 3-1 win.

Thomas Stamm has stressed compact defending against a cohesive, intense Hertha. Leitl expects aggressive pressing from Dresden and plans to stick to his side’s high-intensity approach.

Hertha won 2-0 in Berlin and 1-0 in Dresden last season. Dresden’s last victory was in March 2013, sealed by a Pierre-Michel Lasogga own goal.

Team news, Dresden are without Lars Bünning and Kenneth Schmidt. For Hertha, Paul Seguin and Boris Mamuzah Lum return from suspension, there are no injury absentees, and Oluwaseun Adewumi will start.

Dynamo Dresden (4-3-3): Schreiber, Sterner, Keller, Müller, Rossipal, Wagner, Covic, Hauptmann, Okpala, Vermeij, Bobzien. Hertha BSC (4-2-3-1): Gersbeck, Eitschberger, Gechter, Kolbe, Pedersen, Seguin, Sessa, Thorsteinsson, Adewumi, Brekalo, Grønning.

Source: BuLi News

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