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Hertha came away empty-handed from their first home game of the season, losing 3-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt on Matchday 2.
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Two substitutes have already found the back of the net in Hertha’s three matches so far this season – Jhon Cordoba against Bremen and Jessic Ngankam against Bayern Munich. The only other team to have scored two goals via players coming off the bench are VfB, with Sasa Kalajdzic notching against Freiburg and Mateo Klimowicz against Mainz.
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Head coach Bruno Labbadia is one of four former VfB people on the current Hertha coaching staff. Eddy Sözer and Olaf Janssen are assistant coaches, while Günter Kern is a fitness coach.
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Matheus Cunha has been directly involved in more goals (three) than any other Hertha player this season. The 21-year-old Brazilian has scored two and assisted another.
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Hertha have won the last four Bundesliga clashes between the two clubs in Berlin. VfB’s most recent away win dates all the way back to 13 September 2013.
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The Berlin club have scored no fewer than eight goals in their three matches so far this season – only Bayern have netted more (13). However, Hertha have let in eight at the other end – only 1. FSV Mainz 05 (11) and FC Schalke 04 (15) have shipped more goals thus far.