Werder Bremen vs Hamburger SV - prediction, team news, lineups

Fighting for Bundesliga survival, relegation-threatened Werder Bremen volition invited Hamburger SV to Weserstadion connected Saturday.

Die Werderaner are looking to debar a 3rd consecutive decision this weekend, portion HSV are hoping to bounce backmost from a nonaccomplishment of their ain past time out.

Match preview

Werder person endured a turbulent and troubled run truthful far, and they look acceptable for a tense finale arsenic they caput into the last 5 matches of the top-flight calendar wrong striking region of their relegation rivals.

Die Werderaner manager Daniel Thioune took the reins from Horst Steffen backmost successful February, and portion helium ended the club's dire 13-game winless tally with a 2-0 triumph implicit Heidenheim by the adjacent of his archetypal period successful charge, the Green-Whites person continued their lacklustre form.

Last Sunday, the 51-year-old brag saw his broadside travel up their 2-1 nonaccomplishment against RB Leipzig with a 3-1 downing against FC Koln, marking the team's 3rd decision successful 4 games.

The lone solace Werder tin gully from that agelong is the information that they were capable to get the amended of 17th-placed Wolfsburg successful a 1-0 triumph connected March 21, a triumph that earned Bremen conscionable their 2nd cleanable expanse of 2026.

Such strife means that Thioune's men travel into the clash 15th successful the table, wherever their tally of 28 points has them a specified 3 supra 16th-placed St Pauli, who inhabit the division's relegation playoff spot.

With that successful mind, Die Werderaner volition beryllium hopeless to enactment points connected the committee successful bid to clasp backmost the looming menace of demotion, though they volition request to contradict their mediocre location grounds to bash so, considering that the hosts person lone won erstwhile astatine Weserstadion since their 2-1 triumph against Die Wolfe backmost connected November 7.

Meanwhile, Merlin Polzin's Hamburger are besides looking to unafraid their top-flight presumption aft a commendable archetypal backmost successful the Bundesliga.

HSV presently beryllium 12th successful the league, and their 31-point full has them six wide of the relegation portion with 5 games to play.

However, portion Polzin's broadside are successful a defensible presumption astatine the moment, their 4-0 thrashing by Stuttgart past Sunday extended their winless streak to 4 matches, a agelong that includes 2 defeats and 2 draws, going backmost to a narrow 2-1 triumph against Wolfsburg connected March 7.

In total, Hamburger person dropped 10 points crossed their 5 astir caller outings. Repeating that tally could enactment HSV astatine superior hazard of dropping down into the 2.Bundesliga, particularly considering that each of Koln, Borussia Monchengladbach and Werder are successful amended form.

Keen to debar being drawn into the chaos of an aggravated relegation battle, the visitors volition spot Saturday's showdown arsenic a must-win, and aft seeing their squad suffer conscionable 2 of their past six connected the roadworthy - some of which were against clubs successful the apical 3 - fans making the travel volition beryllium cautiously optimistic.

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Team News

Werder were already lighter successful defence than perfect without goalkeeper Karl Hein (hand), and centre-backs Maximilian Wober (thigh) and Julian Malatini (ankle), but their wounded woes were compounded by a suspension for chap centre-half Marco Friedl, who was sent disconnected against Koln.

In their absence, Amos Pieper and Karim Coulibaly could commencement astatine the bosom of Thioune's backline, flanked by Olivier Deman and Yukinari Sugawara portion close wing-back Mitchell Weiser remains sidelined with a genu injury.

Midfielders Wesley Adeh is besides retired with an ankle injury, and fixed that Jens Stage is simply a uncertainty owed to a muscular issue, Senne Lynen and Leonardo Bittencourt to level Romano Schmid down striker Justin Njinmah, who should proceed up apical with Victor Okoh Boniface (knee) and Keke Topp (knee) injured.

As for Hamburger, their wounded woes are mostly concentrated successful the frontline, where striker Yussuf Poulsen (hamstring) and left winger Alexander Rossing-Lelesiit (ankle) are some sidelined, portion chap wide man Jean-Luc Dompe (foot) is simply a doubt.

Looking to capable the gaps this weekend, Polzin whitethorn opt for a onslaught concern of Ransford Konigsdorffer and Rayan Philippe erstwhile again, supported by Fabio Vieira. The Arsenal loanee is apt to beryllium backed up by a midfield duo of Albert Gronbaek and Nicolai Remberg, with Albert Sambi Lokonga recovering from a thigh injury.

Elsewhere, 18-year-old goalkeeper Fernando Dickes is unavailable aft suffering a enarthrosis injury, portion chap shot-stopper Sander Tangvik is simply a uncertainty owed to illness, though Daniel Heuer Fernandes should beryllium connected manus to commencement betwixt the sticks.

Given that centre-back Luka Vuskovic is simply a uncertainty with a bruised genu and right wing-back option Bakery Jatta has a hamstring injury, Warmed Omari, Jordan Torunarigha and Daniel Elfadli look acceptable to signifier the visitors' antiaircraft trio, with William Mikelbrencis and Fabio Balde astatine wing-back.

Werder Bremen imaginable starting lineup:

Backhaus; Sugawara, Pieper, Coulibaly, Deman; Bittencourt, Lynen; Grull, Schmid, Agu; Njinmah

Hamburger SV imaginable starting lineup:

Fernandes; Omari, Torunarigha, Elfadli; Mikelbrencis, Gronbaek, Remberg, Balde; Vieira; Konigsdorffer, Philippe

We say: Werder Bremen 1-1 Hamburger SV

Werder volition beryllium hopeless to support up of St Pauli this weekend, but portion they could cod a point, they are improbable to triumph considering that the hosts person mislaid 3 of their past 4 games.

Hamburger are besides successful mediocre form, and without a triumph of their ain for 4 matches, it would beryllium a astonishment to spot them locomotion distant victorious connected Saturday.

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