Holstein Kiel vs Hertha BSC Prediction & Preview - 2. Bundesliga
Nineteen goals in six matches, and a win in every one of them. That is the run Hertha BSC take to Kiel on Friday, against a Holstein Kiel side who have not kept a clean sheet in their own last six. The 2. Bundesliga fixture kicks off at 17:30 BST on Friday, 16 October 2026, and you can make your call on Holstein Kiel vs Hertha BSC before the whistle.
What time is kick-off for Holstein Kiel vs Hertha BSC?
Holstein Kiel vs Hertha BSC kicks off at 17:30 BST on Friday, 16 October 2026, in the 2. Bundesliga, with Holstein Kiel at home in Kiel.
- Fixture: Holstein Kiel v Hertha BSC
- Competition: 2. Bundesliga
- Date: Friday, 16 October 2026
- Kick-off: 17:30 BST
- Home side: Holstein Kiel
Can Holstein Kiel stop Hertha BSC scoring?
On recent evidence, no. Hertha BSC have scored two or more in 6 of their last 6, winning all six for 18 points, and Holstein Kiel have kept no clean sheets across their own last six matches in that time.
Kiel's six reads won 1, drew 2, lost 3 - five points, six scored, eight conceded. They lost 0-1 away to Eintracht Braunschweig on 9 October, seven days before this one. Before that came a 1-1 draw at home with VfL Osnabrück, a 0-1 defeat away to 1. FC Heidenheim and a 2-2 at home with 1. FC Nürnberg. They have failed to score in three of the six. At home, one win in three.
The number does come with a crack in it, though. Hertha have conceded ten goals in those six wins and kept no clean sheets either, and both sides have scored in all six. Nobody has shut them down, but nobody has been shut out by them. Stefan Leitl's side beat SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2-1 at home on 11 October, five days before this match, after winning 2-1 at SG Dynamo Dresden, 3-1 at VfL Osnabrück, 2-1 at home to 1. FC Magdeburg and 5-3 at Eintracht Braunschweig. Away from home, four wins from four.
And the last time these two met, on 25 April 2026, 174 days before this fixture, Holstein Kiel won 1-0 in Berlin. Hertha were the home side that day and lost.
Team news
Holstein Kiel are without Lasse Rosenboom, Frederyk Roslyng, Hamza Muqaj and Taisei Abe, with Steven Skrzybski and Kasper Davidsen both uncertain, while David Zec is available again after suspension, according to a 2. Bundesliga preview on Yahoo Sports, which also carries Tim Walter's line that Hertha "are unbeaten, but they are not unbeatable". Hertha BSC are missing Márton Dárdai with a groin problem and Boris Mamuzah Lum, as reported by t-online Berlin, with Gustaf Nilsson a doubt because of a thigh issue; Leitl has said his players will not be taking Kiel lightly.
Holstein Kiel vs Hertha BSC prediction
Hertha BSC to win 2-1 at Holstein Kiel in the 2. Bundesliga on Friday, 16 October 2026. Six wins from six and two goals or more in every one of them is too much weight on one side of this, and Kiel have managed a single win in their last six. But Hertha have conceded in all six of those matches, and Kiel beat them in the reverse fixture in April, so a home goal looks likelier than a quiet evening.
Our prediction: Holstein Kiel 1-2 Hertha BSC
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