SV Sandhausen vs Hamburg Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

SV Sandhausen

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SV Sandhausen will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-0 Bundesliga 2 loss in their previous game against Heidenheim.

In that game, SV Sandhausen managed 40% possession and 3 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. Heidenheim got 21 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Jan-Niklas Beste (68') scored for Heidenheim.

Three or more goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where SV Sandhausen have been involved. Opposing sides scored 9 of them in this period while SV Sandhausen managed a tally of 8.

Coming into this clash, SV Sandhausen haven't won against Hamburg in their previous 3 matches in the league.

Hamburg

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Hamburg come into this encounter following on from a 2-1 Bundesliga 2 win with the defeat of Greuther Furth in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Hamburg managed 45% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Hamburg, goals were scored by Miro Muheim (27') and László Bénes (69'). Greuther Fürth had 15 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Lukas Petkov (84') was the scorer for Greuther Furth.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Hamburg, at least three goals have been hit. The average goals scored per game in that time is 4.5, with the average number of goals for Hamburg coming out as 2.5. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Heading into this contest, Hamburg have not registered a win against SV Sandhausen in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 28/06/2020 shows us that SV Sandhausen have won 2 of them and Hamburg 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 24 overall at an average of 4 goals per meeting.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 17 on 12/11/2022 when it ended Hamburg 4-2 SV Sandhausen.

In that game, Hamburg managed 63% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Robert Glatzel (27', 80') and Ludovit Reis (56').

SV Sandhausen had 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Cebio Soukou (49'), Christian Kinsombi (68') and Aleksandr Zhirov (74' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Frank Willenborg.

🗞️ Team News: SV Sandhausen

Regarding absentees, there’s just the lone fitness concern for the SV Sandhausen boss Gerhard Kleppinger to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Dennis Diekmeier (Unknown Injury) will miss out. Suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Ahmed Kutucu, Alexander Esswein and Erik Zenga.

We think that Sandhausen will probably employ a 4-3-2-1 formation for this game, handing starts to Patrick Drewes, Bashkim Ajdini, Dario Dumic, Immanuel Höhn, Chima Okoroji, Janik Bachmann, A. Ömer El-Zein, Arne Sicker, Christian Kinsombi, Josef Ganda and Franck Evina.

📋 Team News: Hamburg

Hamburg manager Tim Walter has to choose a team with limited availability. András Németh (Ankle Fracture), Omar Megeed (Torn Ligament) and Noah Katterbach (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be making appearances. The suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Ludovit Reis and Bakery Jatta.

There’s a good chance that Hamburg appear most likely to make use of a 4-1-2-3 formation using D. Heuer Fernandes, Moritz Heyer, Jonas David, Sebastian Schonlau, Miro Muheim, Jonas Meffert, Sonny Kittel, Lászlo Bénes, R. Königsdörffer, Robert Glatzel and Jean-Luc Dompe.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that SV Sandhausen should get enough chances to score against this Hamburg lineup, but a single goal might not be enough.

We’re therefore tipping a 1-2 winning score for Hamburg after 90 minutes. Hopefully this is a good one.

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Victor Martins, 00:14 24/05/2023