Teams | April 22, 2017 at 08:37 PM

Ibisevic secures another home win

Ibisevic secures another home win

Hertha BSC defeated VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 on Saturday afternoon to strengthen their grip on a Europa League place.
Berlin- The twelfth home win of the Bundesliga season for Pal Dardai’s men was sealed by Vedad Ibisevic’s second half header.
Vladimir Darida returned following last week’s 1-0 defeat in Mainz in place of Maxi Mittelstädt while Alex Esswein came in for Genki Haraguchi. 
Wolfsburg trainer Andried Jonker made one change from the side who beat Ingolstadt 3-0 last week, by bringing in Younes Malli for Didavi.

Vladimir Darida returned following last week’s 1-0 defeat in Mainz in place of Maxi Mittelstädt while Alex Esswein came in for Genki Haraguchi.

Wolfsburg trainer Andried Jonker made one change from the side who beat Ingolstadt 3-0 last week, by bringing in Younes Malli for Didavi.

The away side started much better with Malli and Gomez both denied by Jarstein one-on-one, with the big Dane pulling off two tremendous reaction saves to keep Hertha level. The home side got better as the half went on and started to look dangerous inside the Wolfsburg penalty area. The second 45 was the reverse of the first as Hertha looked to dominate from the outset and took the lead on the hour as Ibisevic headed in Esswein’s right-wing cross. Salomon Kalou had the chance to double the lead soon after but was denied by Casteels in the Wolfsburg goal. At the other end, Hertha had a little bit of luck as Mario Gomez saw his close range shot canon off the bar. Maxi Mittelstädt and Allan Souza both had chances to double the lead late on but were denied. The points stay in the capital.
The win sees Hertha stay fifth in the table on 46 points ahead of next week’s trip to Bremen at 15:30 next Saturday afternoon.
1’: Barely 20 seconds have been played a Jarstein is forced into action, denying Malli one-on-one. 
6’: Jarstein comes to the rescue again as Gomez finds himself clean through, only for the big Dane to stand firm once again. 
36‘: Wolfsburg get another sight of goal, but Arnold can only slice his effort from 12 yards high and wide. 

1’: Barely 20 seconds have been played a Jarstein is forced into action, denying Malli one-on-one.

6’: Jarstein comes to the rescue again as Gomez finds himself clean through, only for the big Dane to stand firm once again. 

36‘: Wolfsburg get another sight of goal, but Arnold can only slice his effort from 12 yards high and wide. 

52’: Esswein gets a good cross in but Ibisevic’s shot is blocked.
59‘: Minute: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES, GOAL FOR HERTHA, GOAL FOR IBISEVIC!! Esswein’s cross from the right is perfect for the captain who heads home after seeing his first header saved by Casteels. 

52’: Esswein gets a good cross in but Ibisevic’s shot is blocked.

59‘: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES, GOAL FOR HERTHA, GOAL FOR IBISEVIC!! Esswein’s cross from the right is perfect for the captain who heads home after seeing his first header saved by Casteels. 

64‘: Another great chance, Darida with the cross but Kalou’s shot is well saved. 

66‘: Let off! Gomez is free three yards out but crashes the ball off the bar88‘: The chance to seal it, Darida feeds Mittelstädt with a great ball, but he can’t be the keeper from a tight angle.

89‘: Casteels comes 35 yards out of his goal and the ball falls to Allan who almost scores for distance, but it’s just wide. 

by Hertha BSC