Schalke will finished in the mid tables of the German Bundesliga after two games and this game will bear no iportance to them, which might actually upset Wolfsburg and Munich. Hertha have played brilliantly all season long and their revitalised form in recent games have helped them regain the chance of claiming an unpredcedented title in 09. With two games to go, they still trail the top two by a point and any slip up will prove fatal.

Matches in germany tend to swing to the home teams and Hertha's home record is 13-2-2 and taking into the fact that Schalke have losttheir last three games on a spin, this match could be a tough order for them. I expect Hertha to put up one oftheir best performance of the season and more importantly start off in a best posible fashion. Head to head matches between the two at Hamburg's ground suggests that it will be a home win given that the home lose trend keeps alternating and the previous winner is Schalke last year.

Hertha -0.5/1 @ 2.14 with bet365