Overview
- Luca Schuler decided the match with a 20th‑minute finish against his former club.
- Hertha goalkeeper Tjark Ernst recorded his seventh shutout of the season and was credited with nine saves.
- A stoppage‑time strike by Franjo Prtajin was disallowed for offside, denying Kaiserslautern a late equalizer.
- Kaiserslautern’s Mahir Emreli left in the 77th minute with a thigh issue in his first appearance since August, with the situation described as developing.
- The result lifted Hertha to eighth place, level on points with Kaiserslautern and three off third‑placed Elversberg, as 48,855 watched the first home defeat under Torsten Lieberknecht since April.