Hamburger SV vs Mainz 05 - prediction, team news, lineups

Fighting for their first Bundesliga points of the season, Hamburger SV volition invited Mainz 05 to Volksparkstadion connected Sunday.

HSV volition beryllium hoping to bounce backmost from their decision past clip out, portion Die Nullfunfer are keen to debar a repetition of their ineffectual opening-day performance.

Match preview

Merlin Polzin's Hamburger enjoyed a commendable 2025-26 campaign, surviving comfortably successful the German apical formation aft securing promotion from the 2nd division.

However, it volition instrumentality different play of battling for HSV to debar a dreaded sophomore play driblet backmost down into the 2.Bundesliga.

Polzin's broadside kicked disconnected this word with a 2-0 decision against Borussia Dortmund past Saturday, failing to respond to BVB's first-half goals, adjacent erstwhile their opponents were reduced to 10 men successful the 2nd period.

In fairness to Hamburger, they would not person been expecting to instrumentality points against the Black and Yellow - particularly not astatine Signal Iduna Park - but they cognize that different nonaccomplishment connected Sunday could harm morale.

Desperate to get disconnected the people this weekend, HSV volition beryllium buoyed by the enactment of the Volksparkstadion assemblage successful what volition beryllium their archetypal location crippled of a agelong campaign.

Meanwhile, Urs Fischer's Mainz person their sights acceptable connected much than specified endurance this term, but successful bid to execute their European dream, they volition request to bash amended than successful their opener.

Die Nullfunfer marked the commencement of the caller play with a frustrating 0-0 gully with SC Paderborn past clip out, dropping 2 points arsenic they were incapable to interruption the promoted nine down.

Fischer's broadside had 21 shots that day, and having missed 2 large chances to score, they volition beryllium hoping to nutrient a much potent attacking show this weekend.

On a much affirmative note, Mainz prevented Paderborn from producing adjacent a azygous changeable connected target, and if they tin replicate that antiaircraft showing connected Sunday, past the Carnival Club person each accidental of emerging arsenic victors.

Additionally, the visitors are unbeaten crossed their past 7 distant games successful home competitions, signaling 5 wins and 2 draws, and fans volition beryllium expecting a effect to Die Nullfunfer's disappointing opener.

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Team News

Hamburger volition beryllium without centre-back Warmed Omari connected Sunday arsenic helium recovers from a enarthrosis injury, truthful expect to spot Nicolas Capaldo, Sebastiaan Bornauw and Jordan Torunarigha astatine the bosom of defence, flanked by wing-backs Zakaria El Ouahdi and David Moller Wolfe, portion Miro Muheim deals with a groin issue.

Elsewhere, near winger Alexander Rossing continues to beryllium sidelined owed to the syndesmosis (ankle) wounded helium suffered successful May, though Martin Adeline and Albert Gronbaek should beryllium connected manus to enactment striker Patson Daka up top.

As for Mainz, they are without midfielders Eric Martel and Paul Nebel portion they enactment their mode backmost from respective genu and groin injuries, so Kaishu Sano volition commencement successful the centre of the park, with Lee Jae-sung and Nadiem Amiri successful much attacking roles.

Dominik Kohr is besides retired of enactment with a ft injury, and Fabio Gruber is apt to beryllium joined by chap centre-backs Danny da Costa and 18-year-old Kacper Potulski connected Sunday.

At the other extremity of the pitch, striker Benedict Hollerbach completed 90 minutes for Mainz II connected August 30, and is closing successful connected a instrumentality to the first-team squad, though manager Fischer has stressed that fans request to beryllium much 'patient' regarding Silas, who is recovering from a breached ankle.

In the meantime, the visitors could commencement a concern of Sheraldo Becker and Phillip Tietz up front, portion wing-backs Anthony Caci and Phillipp Mwene supply width.

Hamburger SV imaginable starting lineup:

Heuer; Capaldo, Bornauw, Torunarigha; El Ouahdi, Lokonga, Remberg, Moller Wolfe; Adeline, Gronbaek; Daka

Mainz 05 imaginable starting lineup:

Zentner; Da Costa, Gruber, Potulski; Caci, Sano, Mwene; Lee, Amiri; Becker, Tietz 

We say: Hamburger SV 1-2 Mainz 05

Hamburger were comfortably beaten by Dortmund successful their opener, but they volition beryllium much competitory this weekend, and could find themselves connected the scoresheet.

That being said, Mainz are looking to respond to their disappointing gully past clip out, and considering their awesome distant form, it would not beryllium a astonishment to spot the visitors triumph by a constrictive margin.

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