Hertha BSC Berlin vs Augsburg preview - Hertha coach laughs off Hitz threat

Hertha Berlin coach Pal Dardai says he has no special plan devised to deal with Augsburg's latest goalscoring threat Marwin Hitz when the Bavarians pay the Olympiastadion a visit this weekend.

Hitz last weekend became only the third goalkeeper in Bundesliga history to score a goal in open play, earning his side a last-gasp draw against Bayer Leverkusen.

"We're not going to give Hitz any special attention," joked Dardai, who instead plans to keep Hitz very busy in the Augsburg goal.

They have not managed to do that with much success in recent attempts, though, and that is just the way the Augsburg goalkeeper would like it again this Saturday.

"They have always been really tight affairs with Hertha - not particularly entertaining encounters," he said on herthabsc.de.

"But if we were to keep a clean sheet again, then that would mean we've got at least a point for sure.

"Hertha have their backs to the wall a bit because they're in the relegation zone.

"They are under pressure and that makes it dangerous for us. I think it's going to be a tight game in which we're going to need to be patient."

Hitz is under no such pressure having regained his number one jersey from Alexander Manninger last weekend, but not because he scored the equaliser.

The Austrian will not make the trip to the capital due to illness so Ioannis Gelios will be Hitz's back-up.

Rahman Baba is back in training, though, and Markus Feulner returns from suspension, giving coach Markus Weinzierl more options as his side look to break into the top three with a win in Berlin.