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Hertha Berlin

After playing below-average last season in which they finished in the bottom part of the table, Hertha Berlin are now hoping they can make a push for the top eight places in the Bundesliga. Hertha Berlin reinforced their team from last season by bringing Marko Grujic on loan from Liverpool, Genki Haraguchi from Fortuna Dusseldorf and defender Lukas Klunter from Koln. These players can be very helpful in the defense and midfield and Hertha Berlin does look a little bit stronger than last season. The attack is pretty good with Vedad Ibisevic, Salomon Kalou and latest addition Leonardo Bittencourt. Hertha Berlin opened the new season well by beating Eintracht Braunschweig with 1-2 in the DFB Pokal. They played good in that game, created half a dozen decent chances and had majority of the possession. Nurnberg are a new side in the Bundesliga, so Hertha Berlin will likely take the same approach as in the last game against Eintracht Braunschweig.



Nurnberg

After playing four consecutive seasons in 2.Bundesliga, Nurnberg are finally back in the German top flight football. Last season they finished second behind Fortuna Dusseldorf and deservedly got promoted. Nurnberg played attacking football in 2.Bundesliga, but they will likely be more careful in the opening few rounds of the Bundesliga. Captain Hanno Behrens and Swedish striker Mikael Ishak were the best players for Nurnberg last season. Experienced Behrens was Nurnberg`s top scorer with 14 goals scored last season. Ishak showed a pretty good performance against the fifth division side Linx in the DFB Cup competition last weekend, scoring twice in the 1-2 victory.



THE BETTING VERDICT

Interesting fact is that only five games out of 32 played between these two teams had ended in draws. Hertha Berlin looks stronger on paper, but sometimes newcomers can surprise especially at the start of new season. Anyhow, considering overall quality and team strength, Hertha Berlin should be able to edge Nurnberg in this game.