Six wins from six and a goal difference of plus 10 tell their own story at the top of 2. Bundesliga, and Hertha Berlin arrive in this one 11 places and 12 points clear of Greuther Furth before a ball is kicked. Formatic's form band has Hertha Berlin rated excellent against Greuther Furth's patchy tag, and the wider gap matches what the table already shows: 18 points next to 6, with Hertha Berlin scoring 2.83 and conceding just 1.17 per game compared to Greuther Furth's 1.50 scored and 1.83 conceded.

Hertha Berlin's last 10 read W7 D3 L0 with 25 scored and 13 conceded, and they have found the net in all 10, including competitive wins of 3-1 at VfL Osnabrück, 2-1 at Dynamo Dresden and a thumping 5-3 away to Eintracht Braunschweig. Only once in that run did they keep a clean sheet, so the goals have mostly come alongside a few conceded at the other end, but the shot numbers back up the output: 21.1 shots and 6.7 on target per game in their 7-match season sample, with 50.7 percent possession and a 0 percent rate of failing to score. A 1-1 draw away to FC Saarbrücken in the DFB Pokal and a pair of pre-season friendly draws are the only blemishes, and neither dents a competitive record that stands at a perfect six from six in the league itself.

Greuther Furth's numbers tell a rockier tale. Their last 10 show W3 D3 L4 with 16 scored and 21 conceded, and they have failed to keep a single clean sheet in that span while still finding the net in 8 of the 10. Competitive form has brought a 1-1 draw at home to 1. FC Magdeburg, a 1-1 draw away to VfL Bochum, and defeats including a 2-4 loss at home to 1. FC Nürnberg and a 0-1 reverse against 1. FC Heidenheim. Their season sample shows 15.1 shots and 5.6 on target per game, lower across the board than Hertha Berlin's figures, and they have failed to score in 20 percent of those matches. A 4-3 away win over Energie Cottbus shows they can still carry a goal threat, but conceding at the rate they have, with no shutout anywhere in their last 10, points to defensive problems that Hertha Berlin's attack is built to exploit.

History leans the same way: Hertha Berlin have won 5 of the last 8 meetings against Greuther Furth's 2, with 1 draw, and the head to head has been short on caution, averaging 3.38 goals per meeting with over 2.5 goals in 7 of those 8 and both teams scoring in 6 of 8. The most recent meeting, a 2-1 Hertha Berlin win on 10 May 2026, fits that pattern, as does the 3-3 draw the sides played out in December 2025. With an unbeaten league leader carrying excellent form into a fixture against a side whose form is patchy and whose defence has leaked goals all season, this looks a clear favourite's match, and the head to head suggests goals at both ends rather than a backs-to-the-wall shutout from the home side.