Samstag, 16. März 2019

Hamburger SV - SV Darmstadt 98

Fifth home league win in a row for Hamburg

TEAM NEWS
Hamburg's Jairo Samperio, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Josha Vagnoman, Hwang Hee chan, Aaron Hunt and Stephan Ambrosius are out.

Rouven Sattelmaier, Max Grun, Christoph Moritz, Felix Platte and Selim Gunduz remain on the sidelines at Darmstadt.

Hamburg
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Jairo Samperio, Stephan Ambrosius (all knee); Josha Vagnoman (unspecified), Hwang Hee chan (tendon), Aaron Hunt (thigh)

Darmstadt
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Rouven Sattelmaier, Selim Gunduz (both knee); Max Grun (elbow), Christoph Moritz (shoulder), Felix Platte (ligaments)

MATCH PREVIEW
MAIN PREDICTION: HOME WIN

Hamburg secured a stunning 4-0 win in their city derby away at St. Pauli last time out. The club have been in good form since mid-February, winning three, drawing one and losing only one of their last five league fixtures. They still have plenty of work to do to ensure promotion though, with the side currently in second, one point behind leaders Cologne and only three above third-placed Union Berlin.

New coach Dimitrios Grammozis picked up is first Darmstadt win last weekend, guiding the club to an excellent 3-2 success over fifth-placed Holstein Kiel at the Bollenfalltor. That was the Lilies’ third victory in league action on home soil in 2019, along with one home league defeat. On the road, it has been a different story though, with the mid-table side winning only once all season whilst drawing three and losing eight of their other 11 away league matches.

Considering that Darmstadt are the only club with just one league win on the road, Hamburg should easily come out on top in this one. Three points here would take the hosts one step closer to promotion – back the home win here.

SECOND PREDICTION: HILO - LOW
Hamburg have won four of their last five home league victories 1-0 and Darmstadt’s last two away league matches have featured two or below total goals, too. I believe we will witness a low-scoring league game between these two sides.

HEAD TO HEAD
Hamburg have won two and lost two of the last four league meetings with Darmstadt. The reverse league fixture was won by Hamburg with a 2-1 scoreline back in October.

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