Hertha Berlin forward Vedad Ibisevic also plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. (Photo : Getty Images)
Third-running squad Hertha Berlin SC (13-7-6, 45 points) is set to clash with newly-promoted team FC Ingolstadt 04 (8-9-9, 33 points) at the Olympic Stadium this Saturday, March 19th for a 2015-2016 Bundesliga season matchup.
Hertha Berlin is coming off a 2-0 blanking of fellow contending club FC Schalke 04 last Friday also at their home stadium in Germany's capital city, as reported by Goal.
Die Alte Dame's Bosnian forward Vedad Ibisevic scored the first goal of Pál Dárdai's side three minutes before the stroke of the halftime break. Then German midfielder Niklas Stark doubled the lead at the 65th minute to seal the game as the visitors were unable to answer back in the entire match.
With the win, the Blue-Whites held firm their grasp at the third place of the league table while Die Knappen remained at the fifth spot four points away. Borussia Monchengladbach is currently at the fourth position, one point above Schalke and three points behind the capital city team.
The win was also a bounce back game for Hertha, who was upset in their previous match by lowly team Hamburg, 0-2, snapping their three-game unbeaten run.
Meanwhile, last season's 2. Bundesliga winners settled for a 3-3 draw with middling club VfB Stuttgart last Saturday at the Audi Sportpark, as per SkySports.
The two teams both scored early to make it a 1-1 game in the first ten minutes of the match as Ingolstadt's German striker Moritz Hartmann netted the opening goal right at the fourth minute while Stuttgart's Serbian forward Filip Kostic equalized it five minutes later.
The rest of the first half went scoreless as goals were again unleashed at the 56th minute when Die Schanzer's Australia striker Mathew Leckie struck a header from very close range off an assist by teammate midfielder Max Christiansen to make it 2-1.
Ingolstadt's third striker Dario Lezcano made it 3-1 at the 61st, but two goals from the visitors at the 79th and 84th leveled the game again, courtesy of Lukas Rupp and Daniel Didavi.
The predicted result is a 2-0 win for Hertha Berlin.
Hertha Berlin starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Jarstein; Weiser, Stark, Brooks, Plattenhardt; Skjelbred, Cigerci; Haraguchi, Darida, Kalou; Ibisevic
Ingolstadt starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Ozcan; da Costa, Matip, Hubner, Bauer; Christiansen, Roger, Cohen; Hartmann, Lezcano, Leckie
