Hamburger SV wants to celebrate the next win towards promotion with a win over Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday. But the opponent also needs the points.
Hamburg – Promotion race against relegation battle! The Hamburger SV receives this Sunday (1.30 p.m.) Arminia Bielefeld to the duel between the two former first division clubs. The starting position could not be more different. While HSV is fighting for promotion, Arminia is only concerned with staying up. TAG24 has summarized all important information about the game for you at a glance.
HSV around Ludovit Reis (22, right) wants to continue its winning streak against Arminia Bielefeld and Robin Hack (24, left). © Swen Pförtner/dpa
The expected lineups
HSV: Heuer Fernandes – Heyer, David, Schonlau, Muheim – Meffert, Reis, Benes – Jatta, Glatzel, Dompé
Arminia: Fraisl – Ramos, Andrade, Oczipka – Klünter, Lepinjica, Bello – Vasiliadis, Okugawa, Hack – Serra
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The balance
HSV and Arminia have met 41 times so far. In 22 matches, the North Germans had the upper hand, while the East Westphalians won eight times.
In the second Bundesliga, the record also speaks for the Rothosen (2S-2U-1N). At home in the Volksparkstadion, HSV won 3-0 and drew without a goal.
The last duel
The Hamburg team won the first leg 2-0 (1-0) at the Bielefelder Alm. Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer (21) gave his team the lead after 28 minutes, László Bénes (25) made the preliminary decision with his goal a good quarter of an hour before the end.
HSV fully on target after the winter break, Arminia only successful away from home
Arminia coach Daniel Scherning (39, l) and HSV coach Tim Walter (47) meet for the first time on Sunday. © Photomontage: Friso Gentsch/dpa
The Formkurve
HSV got off to a good start after the winter break and have taken seven points from the previous three games. After two victories over Eintracht Braunschweig (4:2) and Hansa Rostock (2:0), a completely crazy 3:3 at 1. FC Heidenheim followed, in which the Rothosen were already 0:3 behind at the break.
Arminia wanted to leave the table cellar as soon as possible. But after the restart there was only a threesome in the 3-1 away win at Jahn Regensburg. There were also two home defeats against Rostock (0:1) and SV Sandhausen (1:2).
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That’s what the coaches say
HSV-Coach Tim Walter (47) about the Arminia: “Arminia Bielefeld has a lot of individual quality – be it with Ogukawa, Serra or Hack. These are players who have a lot of potential and quality. You always have to have respect for them because each of them can use situations for themselves and the team.”
Bielefeld coach Daniel Scherning (39) on HSV: “We’ve been dealing intensively with the opponent since Monday and know that a totally offensive and brutally dangerous team is coming our way. We have to see which areas we want to get under control defensively and how we can prevent the attacks. At the same time we have to But we can also see what opportunities arise from this for us. HSV is a team that has a lot of phases in possession of the ball. We then have to be as good as possible in our transition moments.”
Hamburger SV has to watch out for Arminia striker Robin Hack
Arminia striker Robin Hack has already scored eight times this season. © Friso Gentsch/dpa
These players are absent
HSV: Elijah Krahn (partial ligament tear), Mario Vuskovic (doping ban), Ogechika Heil (rehab training), Xavier Amaechi (external ligament tear)
Arminia: Burak Ince (unaccounted for), Benjamin Kanuric (unaccounted for), Silvan Sidler (unaccounted for)
Player to watch
Hamburg should pay particular attention to Robin Hack (24). The offensive player from Bielefeld has already scored eight times this season and added four more goals.
No wonder that the winger is on the list of numerous first division clubs from Germany and abroad.
So many spectators are expected
HSV is expecting more than 55,000 spectators for the game on Sunday, including around 4,300 fans from Bielefeld.
