Hamburger SV - Hannover 96

North derby with a lot of explosiveness. At Hamburg they got some bad news in the past and this is that their key player Van der Vaart is out for some weeks, also midfield player Arslan will miss due to suspension. Therefore some changes must be made by Coach Marwijk. First one should be that Djourou returns in central back while Sobiech is out of the team after making a lot of errors in the past. Second defender Tah made a much better job and starts again. Rincon maybe is the first option for Arslan in defensive midfield but Jiranek has some hopes too. In offensive he plays with Beister, Calhanoglu, Ilicevic and Lasogga but the offensive should not be the problem, more the defensive is the weak point for Hamburg this season.

On the other side H96 is very weak away from home since years. They started terrible and could not get a single Points so far. They are 0-0-5 on the road but they played better in recent two matches. They were very close against Bremen were they come from behind and took the lead before the break but they lost in the end 2-3. Despite some missing players Coach Slomka has a lot of options for this match today. With Sane returning from suspension who can play in central back, Stindl of Hoffmann in central midfield or Prib and Bittencourt in offensive. It is only up to him what system and guys he wants to field. Nevertheless he needs a result here.

- Hamburg did not lose a single home match in the last 8 to Hannover (3-5-0).
- Additional in the last 4 they kept a clean sheet against H96.
- HSV lost both recent matches and H96 is winless since 6 matches (0-2-4).
- Hamburg won only one of their last 7 home matches (1-2-4).
- Hannover is still without a Point on the road (0-0-5), all 14 Points they got at home in their Arena.
- 96 is the only team who is without a Point on the road from all BL-Teams.
- Pierre-Michel Lasogga scored in 8 BL-games 8 goals for Hamburg.
- He needs only 68 minutes for a goal (average).

If we consider both have a lot of problems, Hamburg to win matches at home and Hannover to get Points away this can be normally a draw. Also some key players from Hamburg are out what give H96 some advantage here too but I am not so sure about as the result are all not in my favor. I leave this match alone but if you are brave enough you can take some of H96 +0,5 !!!