A home victory is expected from this game if the league table is a way to look into the future. The Hamburger SV fans are confident that the difference between 6th and Holstein Kiel's 15th spot in the table will show on the ground.
- Hamburger SV have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in 2. Bundesliga
It's no vacation for neither Hamburger nor Holstein Kiel as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hamburger SV form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Hamburger SV have managed 1 win, 4 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Hamburger have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Hamburger manager T. Walter and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Nürnberg (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) (placed 4th) in the DFB Pokal. Jonas David was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.24 out of 10. The defender David scored one goal and won 5 of 10 duels.
Before that match, a 2. Bundesliga win away at Paderborn.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Hamburger SV's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won one match, drawn one and lost two.
Hamburger SV have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Volksparkstadion with 8 goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
Playing away, Holstein Kiel have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Holstein are travelling again after losing away to TSG Hoffenheim in their previous match (1-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against TSG Hoffenheim was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Phil Neumann was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.25. The defender Neumann scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Darmstadt 98 in the 2. Bundesliga.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Holstein Kiel when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing zero and winning one game.
Holstein have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Holstein's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hamburger two wins, five draws and Holstein Kiel three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Glatzel 6 goals |  M. Heyer 5 goals |   J. Mees 3 goals |
Hamburger SV missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
| Hamburger SV | Holstein Kiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 45% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 45% |
| 7.5 | 10 | 15 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 4.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.3 | 19 | 25 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12.6 | 14.6 |
| 5 | 6.8 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 41% | 26% |
- All of Hamburger SV's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Holstein Kiel's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hamburger SV have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Hamburger SV have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hamburger SV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hamburger SV have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Hamburger SV have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hamburger SV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Hamburger SV have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Holstein Kiel have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel 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 | St. Pauli | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 25 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Nürnberg | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Heidenheim | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Holstein Kiel | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 9 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 5 |
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