Overview
- Kickoff is set for 20:30 at a sold-out Olympiastadion, with more than 70,000 expected.
- Stefan Leitl says Fabian Reese and Marton Dardai are improving after illness but not confirmed, with Dardai training Thursday and Reese slated to rejoin the squad Friday.
- John Brooks, Leon Jensen, Diego Demme and Niklas Kolbe are ruled out through injury or illness, and Toni Leistner is suspended.
- Dawid Kownacki returns to the matchday squad after missing the Portugal camp with flu and is viewed as a bench option.
- The fixture begins a demanding run against promotion rivals and a DFB-Pokal quarter-final, with Hertha seeking to close a six-point gap to automatic promotion and restore defensive consistency after conceding six in their last three league games.