Jos Luhukay became the fourth coach to be sacked in the Bundesliga this season after he was dismissed by Hertha Berlin, the club confirmed on Thursday.

The 51-year-old was shown the door after Hertha's 1-0 defeat at home to Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday left them second from bottom of the German league.

It was their third straight defeat and Hertha are bidding to avoid their third relegation from Germany's top flight since 2010.

Berlin are away to Mainz on Saturday with former player Pal Dardai and ex-assistant coach Rainer Widmayer tipped to take charge as caretaker coaches.

Luhukay is the fourth German league coach to be dismissed this campaign after Bremen dismissed Robin Dutt in October, Mirko Slomka from Hamburg in September and Jens Keller at Schalke in October.