17.
6:50 p.m
The record champions are now radiating the expected dominance and are pushing Hamburg onto the defensive. But of course the rooms also become more dense. There isn’t much space to play.
15.
6:49 p.m
This year Fernandes parries against Karl! Shortly afterwards, Harry Kane lifts the ball to Lennart Karl on the left side of the penalty area. He is completely free there and only has Daniel Heuer Fernandes in front of him. The goalkeeper cleverly shortens the angle and stops the left-footed shot with his left arm.
14.
6:47 p.m
The scene from Michael Olise, who appears in the box on the right and can shoot quite unchallenged, looks much more promising. This ball hits the goal. Daniel Heuer Fernandes parries well.
13.
6:46 p.m
Serge Gnabry shoots from the second row and scores the guests’ first shot on goal of the game. However, the right shot is clearly set too high.
11.
6:45 p.m
Harry Kane cleverly puts the ball past Nicolás Capaldo, who then hits him on the bottom of his right foot. The star striker doesn’t get a free kick for this.
10.
18:42
Michael Olise weaves through on the right, shakes off William Mikelbrencis, then tries to get past Daniel Elfadli and falls. But that’s not enough for a penalty.
8.
18:41
The hosts keep trying to press hard and just win the ball. Miro Muheim shoots from the second row and shoots well past Manuel Neuer’s box to the left.
6.
6:39 p.m
The home team continues to work courageously, gets into the box on the right and earns the first corner of this game. This sails in from the right. Luka Vušković has stolen away to the left of the goal area and comes to the header, putting it past the goal to the right. At the second post, Kane also clears with his heel.
4.
6:37 p.m
After a short treatment by Daniel Heuer Fernandes and after tempers have calmed down on the pitch, the game continues.
3.
6:36 p.m
Daniel Heuer Fernandes receives the ball improperly in his own penalty area and lets the ball jump high. Harry Kane senses his chance. The Englishman goes to the ball with his leg stretched out. The striker easily hits the goalkeeper. That gives HSV a free kick.
2.
6:33 p.m
The home team tackles the matter courageously and immediately pushes it far ahead. But the master doesn’t let this bother him and routinely hits the ball.
1.
6:31 p.m
Referee Harm Osmers has just released the ball and the guests kick off.
1.
6:30 p.m
Game start
18:21
By the way, the first half of the third matchday in mid-September went to the record champions 5-0. That meant the ninth competitive win in a row against HSV – and there were some solid results: twice 8-0, once 6-0. The last time there was something countable for the Hanseatic League was in September 2014 – a 0-0 draw at home. The last time FC Bayern came up short was at the end of September 2009, when they lost 1-0 in Hamburg. Since then, HSV has only managed three draws in 20 competitive games.
6:14 p.m
Munich recently suffered its first defeat of the season at home against Augsburg (1:2), but responded to it in the premier class with a 2-1 win in Eindhoven. Nationally, despite the recent slip-up, the champions are still the measure of all things – with the most wins this season (16), the most accurate striker (72 goals this season), the strongest defense (16 goals conceded), and as the best home and away team. They haven’t lost abroad yet, they just left something behind at Union Berlin at the beginning of November (2:2). When traveling, 32 goals scored and only seven goals conceded are of course also in a class of their own.
6:05 p.m
As an away team without a win and with three miserable draws to its name, HSV is always happy to be able to play at home. In the Volkspark, the Hanseatic League won all four of the season and a total of 15 points. They only conceded nine goals – the same number as FC Bayern in the Allianz Arena. The last of the two home defeats came against Wolfsburg (0-1) at the end of October. Since then, the Rothosen have been undefeated in five home games, their last win coming in December against Bremen (3:2). However, Hamburg, together with St. Pauli and Heidenheim, have the weakest attack in the league (17 goals this season).
5:56 p.m
When we look at the table, we see that the team that was 14th before this match day is hosting the front runner. The two teams separated by an impressive 32 points. But the champions already have an eight-point lead over their first pursuer, Dortmund. In contrast, the promoted team has a cushion of three points over the relegation place.
5:47 p.m
Compared to the 1-1 draw in the Hamburg derby eight days ago in St. Pauli, Merlin Polzin made three changes. Instead of Jordan Torunarigha (bench), Damion Downs (calf problems) and Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit (syndesmoseriss), William Mikelbrencis, Albert Lokonga and Daniel Elfadli are in HSV’s starting eleven. The guests made six changes three days after the 2-1 win in Eindhoven. Keeper Jonas Urbig, Jonathan Tah, Hiroki Ito, Jamal Musiala, Tom Bischof, Luis Diaz and Nicolas Jackson (all bench) are not in the Munich starting lineup. To do this, Vincent Kompany ordered goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Min-jae Kim, Alphonso Davies, Josip Stanišić, Serge Gnabry, Michael Olise and Harry Kane onto the pitch from the start today.
5:32 p.m
Welcome to the Bundesliga! As part of the 20th matchday, Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich will meet on Saturday evening. Kick-off is scheduled to take place at 6:30 p.m.
