Hoffenheim vs Hamburger SV - prediction, team news, lineups

Hosts Hoffenheim volition look to apprehension their mediocre commencement to the Bundesliga play by beating strugglers Hamburger SV connected Saturday astatine SNP Arena.

Sitting 14th with conscionable 3 points, the location broadside could extremity matchweek 5 successful the bottommost 3 if they suffer against 16th-placed Hamburger, who besides person 3 points.

Match preview

Hoffenheim person endured a hard commencement to the campaign, with their latest decision a 3-1 nonaccomplishment against newly-promoted Paderborn connected September 20.

Boss Christian Ilzer volition instrumentality comfortableness from the information his broadside are lone 4 points from fourth-placed Augsburg, though his squad person mislaid 4 of their past 5 Bundesliga games.

In those fixtures, the hosts conceded astatine slightest 3 goals connected 4 occasions, and the lone cleanable expanse they kept successful immoderate of their six contests this play came successful the DFB-Pokal against Erzgebirge Aue connected August 22.

Hoffenheim merit immoderate recognition for their displays successful the last 3rd fixed they person netted astatine slightest doubly successful 4 of their six matches successful 2026-27, but they person lone scored 1 extremity successful their past 2 games.

Die Kraichgauer bushed Stuttgart 2-1 astatine location connected September 12, but they suffered a 3-2 decision against Borussia Dortmund connected September 5 successful their lone different clash astatine SNP Arena this term.

Hamburger SV travel into matchweek 5 having beaten FC Koln 2-1 connected September 19, a crippled successful which they created galore chances successful beforehand of goal, though they were fortunate to lone concede once.

Scoring has been a superior occupation for HSV considering their 2 strikes earlier the planetary interruption were their archetypal goals successful the Bundesliga this season.

At the different extremity of the pitch, Merlin Polzin's broadside person already conceded 13 times successful the apical flight, arsenic galore arsenic they had conceded successful their last six league outings of 2025-26.

Hamburger volition anticipation to debar a 3rd consecutive decision against their hosts, with Hoffenheim having beaten them 4-1 successful the corresponding brushwood past term.

The visitors person suffered losses successful some of their top-flight clashes connected the road, losing by an cumulative people of 7-0.

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Team News

Hoffenheim bash not person immoderate confirmed absentees, though determination are concerns astir defenders Albian Hajdari and Bernardo.

Should some players miss out, the astir apt backmost 4 that Ilzer volition tract are Vladimir Coufal, Ozan Kabak, Koki Machida and Mats Rots.

In the guardant line, determination is nary crushed to uncertainty the inclusion of attackers Tim Lemperle and Adam Hlozek, with the second presently tied arsenic the team's apical scorer successful the Bundesliga this play (two).

Hamburger SV are dealing with important wounded problems, with striker Patson Daka ruled retired due to the fact that of a hamstring issue, portion attacker Albert Gronbaek is acceptable for a fewer weeks connected the sidelines due to the fact that of a thigh occupation picked up portion distant with Denmark.

Yussuf Poulsen volition astir surely diagnostic arsenic a centre-forward, and helium whitethorn beryllium supported by Fabio Vieira and Otto Stange.

Hoffenheim imaginable starting lineup:

Baumann; Coufal, Kabak, Machida, Rots; Conte, Avdullahu, Burger, Daghim; Lemperle, Hlozek

Hamburger SV imaginable starting lineup:

Fernandes; Bornauw, Torunarigha, Capaldo; El Ouahdi, Lokonga, Remberg, Wolfe; Vieira, Stange; Poulsen

We say: Hoffenheim 3-1 Hamburger SV

Saturday's crippled is improbable to beryllium dull considering neither squad person shown immoderate prime successful defence this season.

While Hoffenheim's woes astatine the backmost could pb to opportunities for the visitors, Hamburger SV person struggled successful the last third, and they whitethorn find it hard to travel backmost from a deficit.

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