Sandhausen will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Hamburger SV.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sandhausen form and stats
4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Sandhausen so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Sandhausen bring valid hopes of a third.
Sandhausen drew their last game, 1-1 away at Dynamo Dresden (placed 18th). Before that, Sandhausen had a home game versus Stuttgart which ended with a victory 2-1.
Sandhausen's goalie Martin Fraisl played a big part in securing one point against Dynamo Dresden with a stunning 6 saves.
A decent goal production from Sandhausen in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Hamburger SV form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Hamburger SV playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
The manager D. Hecking was unhappy after their last game, a 2. Bundesliga match played at their home ground Volksparkstadion. Hamburger SV suffered a 0-1 loss to Heidenheim (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Osnabrück's place.
Hamburger SV has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Hamburger SV have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Sandhausen 0 wins, 0 draws and Hamburger SV 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Kittel 9 goals |   K. Behrens 7 goals |  A. Bouhaddouz 6 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
Hamburger SV missing players
| Sandhausen | Hamburger SV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 17 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | 16 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 50% |
| 19% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 12% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 12% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 5.9 | 6 | 8.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6 | 6.8 |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 8.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 278 | 137 | 62 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 122 | 263 |
| 77 | 41 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 41 | 97 |
| 23% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | 34% |
- All of Hamburger SV's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hamburger SV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sandhausen has the most matches under the total-line (12)
- Sandhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Greuther Fürth | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Osnabrück | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Sandhausen | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | Bochum | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Nürnberg | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -10 | 15 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 13 |
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