43
21:29
Glatzel gets a header from a cross from the left, which rises vertically and is then cleared by the guests. Another cross sails in, Müller punches it away with one hand.
42
21:27
Does Glatzel’s shot initiate another final offensive in the first half? A cross is defended by VfB, after which the Swabians can shift the game to midfield again.
40
21:25
Meffert leaves the ball a few meters in front of the sixteen for Glatzel, who takes the game device with him and puts it on his left foot. From the run he fires the low shot just past the right of the goal – again a serious chance for the host!
38
21:23
…Guirassy tries it himself, the Guinean shoots a good meter past the left corner of the cross.
37
21:22
Guirassy turns against Schonlau, who lets his right leg stand. Free kick for VfB from a good position, quite central 25 meters in front of the goal…
36
21:21
Bastian Dankert takes on Sonny Kittel, who commits a tactical foul but has not yet been penalized with a yellow card.
34
21:20
Dompé lets Mavropanos out with a step-over, in this duel the Frenchman has had clear advantages so far. But his through pass to the top is a bit very optimistic and Jatta can’t even get close to VfB keeper Müller
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21:18
The game is still intense, but there hasn’t been a lot going on in the VfB penalty area since the home team took the lead early on.
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21:17
Schonlau has good positional play in the penalty area and can thus prevent an attack from Stuttgart.
30
21:16
On the other side there is another half-field free-kick, but Kittel kicks it a little too far to the outside. From there, Montero puts the ball in the center, where someone in a dark jersey clears it.
29
21:15
Anton comes to the ball and heads it just past the left of the goal. In the hustle and bustle next to him there was an offensive foul that is whistled.
28
21:13
Heyer defends an advance by Führich on the left wing, but can only clear the ball into his own goal. Führich brings the ball in, Javi Montero rises highest and heads the ball backwards for the next corner kick.
25
21:10
Yellow card for Konstantinos Mavropanos (VfB Stuttgart)
Mavropanos works on Sonny Kittel’s jersey and brings him down with it, the Greek sees the first yellow card of the game for the tactical foul. The due free kick brings nothing.
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21:10
The HSV keeper is once again in focus. He is approached by Enzo Millot and tries to make a turn but slips. Only at the last moment Heuer Fernandes can wipe the ball away from the opponent with his foot.
23
21:09
Mavropanos runs into the defensive chain and sticks deep through to Enzo Millot. Heuer Fernandes is awake and comes out in time, burying the Bal in front of Millot.
22
21:07
Everything is going well for HSV here so far, but they still have two goals to catch up just to go into extra time.
20
21:06
Mavropanos clears Bakery Jatta’s cross into goal.
17
21:03
VAR decision: The goal by S. Guirassy (VfB Stuttgart) is disallowed, score 1-0
The Kölner Keller reports and takes back the equalizer – huge cheers in the Volkspark! Guirassy is slightly offside on the initial pass from the defensive just behind the center line. So the rest of the attack is void. Guirassy had put the ball through the sixteen to Endo, who returned it. Guirassy shoved the ball low into the right corner with his left heel, but the jubilation was short-lived.
15
21:00
Ito knocks the ball away from Jatta, who hits the Japanese with his outstretched foot after the ball has been passed. Jatta gets away with a verbal warning.
13.
20:58
The Swabians manage to calm things down for a few seconds. It only lasts for a short time, then Tim Walter’s troupe starts up again. Hamburg’s first defensive line is far ahead.
11.
20:57
VfB captain Wataru Endo has to be treated after a pressing blow with Javi Montero, but can continue playing after a short check – important for Stuttgart.
9.
20:56
Of course, the whole of Hamburg now believes in the sensation. On the field, this is expressed in the will to fight and an intensive gameplay, in the ranks in a great atmosphere.
7.
20:53
Lead rich almost with the immediate answer! On the other side almost a direct counter-attack: Führich is sent long to the left with a high ball, wants to place the ball in the short corner from a tight angle and short distance, but aims at the side netting.
6.
20:51
Tooor for Hamburger SV, 1-0 by Sonny Kittel
What a shot – HSV, like VfB, takes the lead early in the first leg! Dompé dances on the left sideline Mavropanos and tunnels him. Then he pulls in and puts the ball across to Sonny Kittel. He takes heart from the right half and chases the ball with great shooting technique and half high powerfully against the left inner post, from which the leather bounces into the net.
4.
20:51
There is the first stationary ball, half-left and a little more than 20 meters from the goal, Dompé takes care of it. He circles the ball over the wall, his fluttering shot is uncomfortable for Florian Müller. The goalkeeper gets his hands up in time and steers the ball over the crossbar.
3.
20:48
VfB keeper Florian Müller jumps away a bit, Kittel sprints aggressively. Müller can still knock the ball away in time, but that was pretty close.
1.
20:47
Bakery Jatta slips in the penalty area, the fans want to see a foul. The demands are clearly exaggerated, but there is a lot of power coming from the ranks right from the start.
1.
20:45
Here we go! HSV starts in the white home jerseys, Stuttgart wears the dark jerseys.
20:44
The HSV fans turn the curve into a blue, white and black choreography. However, the sides are changed, so Hamburger SV plays towards their own fans in the first half.
20:42
Bastian Dankert is the match referee, leading both teams onto the field. Felix Zwayer watches in the Cologne basement.
20:37
Keeper Fabian Bredlow is missing from Stuttgart, as he was in the first leg with his knee injury. Florian Müller will guard the goal again. True to the motto “Never change a winning team”, Sebastian Hoeneß does not change anything with the ten field players – that has never happened under him before.
20:32
Before we can start in a few minutes, let’s take another look at the starting eleven. Jonas David is missing from Hamburg due to illness, he is replaced by Javi Montero, who has been loaned out for six months. The Spaniard has not been able to convince at HSV so far and has been shown twice the yellow and red card in just four games.
20:27
Stuttgart’s coach Sebastian Hoeneß tried to put the brakes on the euphoria in the run-up to the second leg, he didn’t want to know that the team no longer felt any pressure: “The pressure didn’t go away. We have achieved a good starting position and that is a milestone.”
20:23
The Hamburgers have had to cope with two setbacks in the last few days: first the direct promotion missed in the last minute in the most bitter form, then the weak performance in the first leg. Can HSV recover from this?
20:17
Tim Walter believes in his team’s “comeback qualities”: “The lads have suffered a few setbacks and we kept getting up,” said the HSV coach before the game. He was “1887 percent convinced” of his team.
20:12
Back to the present: VfB won the first leg surprisingly clearly 3-0, and HSV was even well served. The biggest shortcoming was – not for the first time this season – the defensive performance. But that should be the basis for a possible catch-up race today. Hamburg should avoid further VfB goals if possible, on the other hand the task would become bigger and bigger. After all, the away goals rule no longer applies, as it does in the European Cup.
20:05
Since the reintroduction in 2009, however, there has only been one such clear first leg in the Bundesliga relegation as the Swabians 3-0. In the first relegation, 1. FC Nürnberg also won the first leg in Cottbus 3-0 and the second leg at home 2-0. It was also the only home game victory of the respective second division team – until today.
20:01
In the history of German relegation games – both in the Bundesliga and in the second division as well as in the earlier relegation games (1982 to 1991) – no team has ever been able to catch up.
19:57
A look at the statistics should not give HSV fans any hope: In the first twelve years since the reintroduction in 2009, the winning team in the first leg has always won the relegation overall. That has changed in the last two years, but last year it was precisely that HSV (1-0 first leg win against Hertha and 2-0 in the second leg) that was fatal. The year before, the Cologne team turned the tide, but also “only” after a 0-1 defeat in the first leg.
19:44
Good evening and welcome to the relegation second leg between Hamburger SV and VfB Stuttgart! After Stuttgart’s 3-0 win in the first leg, HSV wants to pull off the miracle, and it starts at 8:45 p.m. in Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion.