Soccer match preview: Hamburger SV confident before travelling to Sandhausen

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald (12100 seats)

A short look at the 2. Bundesliga standings point to an upper hand to Hamburger SV when they go to Sandhausen. Nevertheless; let's play the match before points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Sandhausen have the most conceded goals (62) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have the most scored goals (69) in 2. Bundesliga

Sandhausen have had a bad season and will be relegated from 2. Bundesliga. Hamburger SV are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sandhausen form and stats

Sandhausen's results here at BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald in the 2. Bundesliga have been very modest with 4 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Sandhausen to get some points in this home game.

No payout for Sandhausen in their previous match, an away game at Heidenheim that ended in defeat 0-1.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Hansa Rostock (1-2).

Lots of goals and action? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this team has contained three goals or more.

Sandhausen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 16 games. When Sandhausen hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Jahn Regensburg, Eintracht Braunschweig, DSC Arminia Bielefeld, Nürnberg and Hansa Rostock), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Hamburger SV form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Hamburger SV, who have the most scored goals (69) in 2. Bundesliga, have produced an overall stat of 8-3-5 so far.

Muheim and Bénes scored in Hamburger's previous match, the home game against SpVgg Greuther Fürth that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Walter when Bénes scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Defender Muheim was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Muheim scored one goal and won 4 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jahn Regensburg at their stadium, the result 5-1.

Observe that 9 of this club's 11 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Hamburger SV has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 31 goals from 16 games. Hamburger struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have met earlier this season: Hamburger SV - Sandhausen 4-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Sandhausen two wins, two draws and Hamburger SV five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hamburger SVR. Glatzel
R. Glatzel
19 goals
Hamburger SVL. Reis
L. Reis
9 goals
Hamburger SVR. Königsdörffer
R. Königsdörffer
8 goals

Sandhausen missing players

Hamburger SV missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sandhausen Hamburger SV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
7 4 1 Won W 5 8 19
7 4 1 Drew D 0 3 6
19 8 3 Lost L 0 5 8
35 18 6 Scored S 13 31 69
62 32 15 Conceded C 1 25 45
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 85%
64% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 56% 61%
30% 38% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 44% 42%
15% 19% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 38% 33%
61% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 56% 61%
12% 19% 20% Clean Sheets C S 80% 25% 27%
30% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 15%
 
4.2 5.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 5.2
5.9 5.1 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.3 5
2.7 2.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
10 11.4 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.8 15
3.2 3.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 5.1 5.4
33% 33% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 38% 39%
 
14.5 12.8 14.6 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 15.8 13.3
5.1 4.9 5.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.9 4.8
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Hamburger SV have the most scored goals (69) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sandhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sandhausen have the most conceded goals (32) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Sandhausen have the most conceded goals (62) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Sandhausen have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Sandhausen have the the worst goal difference (-27) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Sandhausen have won significantly more corners at 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 Darmstadt 98 33 20 7 6 50 29 17 11 5 1 27 13 16 9 2 5 23 16 21 67
2 Heidenheim 33 18 10 5 64 34 17 12 4 1 41 16 16 6 6 4 23 18 30 64
3 Hamburger SV 33 19 6 8 69 45 17 11 3 3 38 20 16 8 3 5 31 25 24 63
4 St. Pauli 33 16 9 8 54 38 16 9 6 1 23 10 17 7 3 7 31 28 16 57
5 Paderborn 33 16 7 10 68 43 16 12 0 4 46 19 17 4 7 6 22 24 25 55
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 33 16 7 10 57 43 17 11 4 2 38 19 16 5 3 8 19 24 14 55
7 Karlsruher SC 33 13 6 14 55 52 17 9 3 5 32 25 16 4 3 9 23 27 3 45
8 Kaiserslautern 33 11 12 10 47 45 16 6 6 4 26 23 17 5 6 6 21 22 2 45
9 Hannover 96 33 12 8 13 49 50 16 8 3 5 26 21 17 4 5 8 23 29 -1 44
10 Holstein Kiel 33 11 10 12 53 60 17 6 4 7 29 29 16 5 6 5 24 31 -7 43
11 Magdeburg 33 11 7 15 44 55 16 5 4 7 19 22 17 6 3 8 25 33 -11 40
12 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 33 9 11 13 43 50 16 7 7 2 24 19 17 2 4 11 19 31 -7 38
13 Hansa Rostock 33 11 5 17 30 47 16 5 1 10 16 24 17 6 4 7 14 23 -17 38
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 33 9 9 15 41 57 17 7 3 7 23 22 16 2 6 8 18 35 -16 36
15 Nürnberg 33 9 9 15 31 49 17 7 4 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 32 -18 36
16 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 33 9 7 17 50 58 17 5 4 8 28 29 16 4 3 9 22 29 -8 34
17 Jahn Regensburg 33 8 7 18 32 55 16 4 7 5 15 25 17 4 0 13 17 30 -23 31
18 Sandhausen 33 7 7 19 35 62 16 4 4 8 18 32 17 3 3 11 17 30 -27 28

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Table
  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 33 20 7 6 50 29 17 11 5 1 27 13 16 9 2 5 23 16 21 67
2 Heidenheim 33 18 10 5 64 34 17 12 4 1 41 16 16 6 6 4 23 18 30 64
3 Hamburger SV 33 19 6 8 69 45 17 11 3 3 38 20 16 8 3 5 31 25 24 63
4 St. Pauli 33 16 9 8 54 38 16 9 6 1 23 10 17 7 3 7 31 28 16 57
5 Paderborn 33 16 7 10 68 43 16 12 0 4 46 19 17 4 7 6 22 24 25 55
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 33 16 7 10 57 43 17 11 4 2 38 19 16 5 3 8 19 24 14 55
7 Karlsruher SC 33 13 6 14 55 52 17 9 3 5 32 25 16 4 3 9 23 27 3 45
8 Kaiserslautern 33 11 12 10 47 45 16 6 6 4 26 23 17 5 6 6 21 22 2 45
9 Hannover 96 33 12 8 13 49 50 16 8 3 5 26 21 17 4 5 8 23 29 -1 44
10 Holstein Kiel 33 11 10 12 53 60 17 6 4 7 29 29 16 5 6 5 24 31 -7 43
11 Magdeburg 33 11 7 15 44 55 16 5 4 7 19 22 17 6 3 8 25 33 -11 40
12 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 33 9 11 13 43 50 16 7 7 2 24 19 17 2 4 11 19 31 -7 38
13 Hansa Rostock 33 11 5 17 30 47 16 5 1 10 16 24 17 6 4 7 14 23 -17 38
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 33 9 9 15 41 57 17 7 3 7 23 22 16 2 6 8 18 35 -16 36
15 Nürnberg 33 9 9 15 31 49 17 7 4 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 32 -18 36
16 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 33 9 7 17 50 58 17 5 4 8 28 29 16 4 3 9 22 29 -8 34
17 Jahn Regensburg 33 8 7 18 32 55 16 4 7 5 15 25 17 4 0 13 17 30 -23 31
18 Sandhausen 33 7 7 19 35 62 16 4 4 8 18 32 17 3 3 11 17 30 -27 28

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