Back in everyday league life
Union chases series, Hertha is looking for liberation
13.09.2025 – 9:45 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Berlin’s football clubs come from the international break on Saturday. Union Berlin wants to expand its home strength while Hertha BSC is aiming for the first win of the season.
The 1. FC Union wants to prove its home strength, Hertha BSC finally celebrates the first win of the season: Berlin’s football top clubs go into the first league games after the international break.
Union welcomes TSG Hoffenheim at 3:30 p.m. in the stadium on the old forester’s shop. After the home win against Stuttgart and the defeat in Dortmund, coach Steffen Baumgart expects a strong offensive performance of his team. The Köpenickers won the last three Bundesliga duels against the Kraichgauer.
András Schäfer is not available to the team. The Hungarian midfielder returned sick from the international trip. Derrick Köhn could run on the left outer track for the first time from the start.
Hertha BSC competes with the second division leader Hannover 96 (8.30 p.m.). The “old lady” is still waiting for the first win after four match days and, with two points, occupies 17th place in the table – far from your own expectations.
Coach Stefan Leitl is still confident. “We can’t make ourselves smaller than we are,” he said before the duel with the four times victorious Lower Saxony. The Hertha must compensate for the failure of three central defenders.