We are looking at a significant difference in quality between these sides based on the matches played so far, with Hamburger SV in front of Sandhausen by 15 points.
- Hamburger SV have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hamburger SV form and stats
Hamburger SV have played 8 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Walter led his Hamburger SV to a defeat away at Greuther Furth. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Volksparkstadion. Vušković was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Vušković hit two key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Jahn Regensburg in a game that was won 3-1.The Hamburger SV fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Sandhausen form and stats
Sandhausen have only collected 5 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
Home advantage was not enough for Sandhausen in their previous game as they lost hosting Heidenheim, 3-4. A bizarre game with heaps of goals last time out for Sandhausen, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fixture, will this match be as refreshing? Esswein, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.63. Esswein scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hansa Rostock at their stadium, the result 1-0.The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sandhausen's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips. Sandhausen has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - two - two (Hamburger SV wins - draws - Sandhausen wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Glatzel 9 goals |   D. Kinsombi 6 goals |  R. Königsdörffer 5 goals |
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| Hamburger SV | Sandhausen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 62% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 5.2 | 6.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2 | 3.7 |
| 6 | 5.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.6 | 17 | 24 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.8 | 10.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 27% | 25% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 32% |
| 13.9 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 16.1 | 13.6 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
- Hamburger SV have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sandhausen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sandhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Greuther Furth | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Karlsruher SC | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Magdeburg | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -10 | 17 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 17 | Nurnberg | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 16 |
| 18 | Arminia Bielefeld | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
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