The league table tells us that 15 points split the pair of contenders in this 2. Bundesliga fixture. Hamburger SV have both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Hamburger SV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hamburger SV form and stats
25 points is a decent return from 12 2. Bundesliga games here at Imtech Arena for Hamburger SV. The data says 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. After failing to beat Magdeburg here at Imtech Arena, Hamburger has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
In their previous game, the manager Walter led his Hamburger SV to a defeat away at Karlsruher SC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Imtech Arena. Until that beating this team had gone seven consecutive league meetings without a loss. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Attacking player Glatzel outshone all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.44 out of 10. Glatzel scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Nurnberg.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Hamburger SV matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat (from 8 games).
An interesting fact: 9 of the most recent 12 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.
Hamburger have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Holstein Kiel playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Jahn Regensburg with 1-2 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Skrzybski got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Skrzybski scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sandhausen.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Holstein Kiel when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 2 and winning 1 game.
Betting fact: Both sides have scored in 16 of this club's latest 17 league matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Holstein's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. Holstein Kiel struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest past match involving both these contenders is the Holstein Kiel - Hamburger 2-3 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Hamburger SV wins - draws - Holstein Kiel wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Glatzel 16 goals |   S. Skrzybski 11 goals |  L. Reis 7 goals |
Hamburger SV missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
| Hamburger SV | Holstein Kiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 46 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 41 |
| 30 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 42% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 42% | 29% |
| 54% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 33% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 5 | 5.7 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.4 | 16.4 | 21.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 14.6 | 16.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 36% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 34% |
| 13.8 | 11 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.7 | 16.2 | 14.6 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
- Hamburger SV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 49 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 48 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 47 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 38 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 31 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -11 | 28 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 28 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Hansa Rostock | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -13 | 25 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 24 |
| 16 | Jahn Regensburg | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -16 | 23 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 21 |
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