Hamburger SV - Bayer Leverkusen

The BL Dino had an awful last season and they had a lot of luck in relegation battle against Fürth. This was important to play again in highest league BL but they started again weak, changed the Coach and hope that they can turn things around and mistakes they made in the past they do not make again or in the future now. New strong man Beiersdorfer is working very hard and he gave Zinnbauer a new contract, he should be the man who brings HSV out of the danger zone. The players are there but he must form a team and they must work together. In the upcoming matches they must show that they can fight and bring their best available performance on the pitch to collect as much Points as they can.

The team from Leverkusen played great to beginning of the season but they have lost all their good play and also the style what Coach Schmitt likes. They are searching for the form at the moment and it was mega luck not to knock out of the Cup against a 4th league team from Magdeburg. If Bellarabi, Calhanoglu or Son do not have their best day it is hard for Leverkusen to be successful. They have a lot of work to do and must improve to the last games huge. In central midfield they have a lot of problems anyway because with Rolfes, Reinartz and Castro are almost all out. This can be that Bender must build up with Papadopoulos the double six. Also Jedvaj is suspended.

Statistic

- Hamburg won the last match 2-1 to Leverkusen but before 9 games winless against (0-4-5).
- HSV has the weakest offensive line with only 3 goals scored so far. (BL-Rekord)
- Calhanoglu plays the first time against his former club and it is not an easy and friendly welcome.
- Hakan was one of the important players for HSV last season to avoid relegation.
- Hamburg has only 6 Points collected, the weakest number they ever had.
- Since Leverkusen won 2-0 in Dortmund with fantastic football, they are winless on the road.
- But Bayer is unbeaten since 5 games in BL.
- The only defeat was in Wolfsburg 1-4 where Leverkusen was not on their best level.

The next match between two different teams, ok both played Cup under the week but Leverkusen has much more matches in their legs in the past weeks. Also they changed not much and give important players a rest. With the missing players in central midfield they have a problem too. HSV not the most inspire team but worth a shot.

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