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Hamburger SV vs TSG Hoffenheim

Bundesliga, Germany

Date: Sat, December 05, 2009

Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena

Last weekend Hamburger wasted the minimum lead against Mainz, thus extending their winless run to six games. Hoffenheim failed for the second time in a row in front of their fans, as after losing to Wolfsburg they also lost to Dortmund.The last time they won was two months ago and since then they drew four and lost two games. Hamburger’s agony continued against Mainz where the decimated squad were left without one of the best individuals, young Eljero Ellia who got injured and had to leave the pitch. One of the main reasons for such poor results in the last two months is certainly the great number of injuries, while coach Labbadia has no adequate replacements. Bruno Labbadia again won’t be able to count on the regular attacking tandem Petric-Guerrero, so he will start the match with Berg alone up front. Besides the standard attacking tandem, the team will also be without experienced Ze Roberto, who is team’s best scorer. Also, the absence of Alex Silva and Bastian Reinhardt, who will be out for a while, is evident. In last seven games,  only in the match against Leverkusen did Hamburger manage to keep a clean sheet, while they conceded even 16 goals in the rest of the games. Considering all Hamburger’s problems, we think that might pay off.This season, Hamburger failed to score only in the games against Leverkusen and Bochum. That is why we suggest that you think about Even though, Hoffenheim did well in the last game, they suffered another defeat in front of their fans. Salihovic’s mistake helped Dortmund open the score early on, while Ba leveled the score minutes after the break. Nevertheless the new member, Simunic blamed a penalty over Subotic, which cost his team three point. That was not all, as Maicousel earned the red card in the finish of the game, after trying to take the ball from keeper Weidenfeller. Hoffenheim play much better outside of their stadium this season, as they won five of seven away games. Attacking formation with three strikers is a great recipe and Rangnick has no intention of changing it. That guarantees a lot of goals and Only once in five away wins did Hoffenheim fail to keep a clean sheet. Having in mind that last season they suffered a minimum defeat on this ground, we think that sounds interesting.Hamburger are falling behind Leverkusen, with who they shared the top position, after failing to win in the last six rounds. Hoffenheim are much better as visitors this season and having in mind that hamburger are decimated, we are pretty sure that Hoffenheim will avoid defeat here.   Highlights and results will be available soon.. stay tuned.

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