26
20:55
Yellow card for Jonas Meffert (Hamburger SV)
Meffert prevents a free kick from being taken quickly and sees a very dubious yellow card for it, because strictly speaking the free kick should have been taken a good five meters lower in the Hanover half and not so far forward. The Hanseatic League protested accordingly loudly.
25
20:55
Neither a Leopold corner nor another Teuchert cross arrive at a teammate. The Hamburg defense defends very cleanly, concentrated and consistently, so that even another corner kick can be prevented. Hadžikadunić shoots his opponent, so it continues with a goal kick.
22
20:52
After winning the ball in his own third, a strong diagonal ball lands directly at Tresoldi, who could still make a few meters, but closes it immediately. From 18 meters, however, he does not hit the ball optimally with a right-footed shot. The ball clearly misses to the left.
21
20:51
The subsequent corner of the red then brings nothing more. The HSV defense has everything under control.
20
20:50
Van Der Brempt puts Halstenberg just before his own sixteen, which brings the Lower Saxony a promising free kick. Köhn and Leopold are ready. The latter circles the ball with a lot of spin in the direction of the long corner. The ball is too steep for the teammates, but touches down unpleasantly. Heuer Fernandes has to stretch, but then wipes the leather past the post.
18
20:48
Lower Saxony swarm out to the left, with a high ball from Halstenberg landing directly in Köhn’s run. He immediately looks for Tresoldi on the first post, whose direct acceptance from an acute angle, however, goes past the left.
16
20:46
In direct return, Hamburger SV has the best chance so far. Glatzel gets the ball with his back to the goal, but quickly turns around with the ball on his foot and pulls away. However, Zieler is on his guard and parries the low shot, which was not overly placed.
15
20:45
When the Köhn free-kick from the right wing was due, the Lower Saxony team completed another goal. However, Halstenberg heads very centrally to Heuer Fernandes without pressure, who grabs it safely
13.
20:43
Yellow card for Miro Muheim (Hamburger SV)
Muheim comes too late with his tackle against Kunze and rightly sees the first yellow card of the encounter for the foul.
12.
20:42
On the other hand, there is the first degree of the 96s. Jannik Dehm aims for the long corner from 15 meters and a complicated angle. However, the right-footed shot jumps a good meter to the left of the HSV box.
11.
20:41
Jatta has a lot of space on the right wing and is looking for Königsdörffer with his low cross. However, the attacker is unable to claim the ball under pressure and stumbles the ball into the net trying to extract a corner.
9.
20:39
The ball lands on Königsdörffer and Reis at Dompé, who plays a sharp, flat cross into the box. Shortly before Königsdörffer, the cross is clarified for a corner, which also becomes dangerous after a short execution. In the aerial duel, however, Glatzel and Ramos hinder each other, which means that the first interesting scenes in the penalty area remain piecemeal.
7.
20:36
Most of the action continues to take place in the centre. Furthermore, no team makes any move to take matters into their own hands.
4.
20:34
So far it is still a very cautious sniffing. So far, no team has pressed. Rather, both give the opponent some space and look at what the other side’s plan is.
1.
20:30
The ball rolls in the Saturday night game. The Hanoverians compete in their red jerseys over black shorts. The guests from Hamburg wear white jerseys over dark blue trousers. Let’s go.
20:04
By the way, the overall balance in this second division top game of the week speaks for HSV. The Hanseatic League have won 48 of their 101 previous meetings with Hannover 96 (23 draws, 30 defeats). The Rothosen recently won three times in a row against the Lower Saxony and just secured the full six points against the 96ers in the 2022/23 season. After the 2-1 away win in the Lower Saxony state capital, HSV followed up with a brilliant 6-1 home win.
19:54
Goals should be almost inevitable tonight. In the 2023 calendar year, Hannover 96 only went without conceding in one of 20 games and conceded a total of 42 goals – more than any other team in the 2nd Bundesliga. Meanwhile, Hamburger SV scored 51 goals in the same period – the best in the league. The ten goals from the first three league games of the new season even represent a new club record for the Rothosen.
19:43
At HSV there is also only one change in the starting lineup after the brilliant 3-0 home win over relegated Hertha BSC. Coach Tim Walter prefers Ransford Königsdörffer tonight over László Bénes, who didn’t make it into the squad after suffering from a cold.
19:40
Let’s look directly at the lineups. Compared to the recent 2-1 away win in Rostock, H96 coach Stefan Leitl only makes one change. Enzo Leopold replaces Max Christiansen, who is not in the squad due to back problems.
19:37
Both north German clubs have remained unbeaten in the first three matchdays. Hannover 96 collected five out of a possible nine points, while Hamburger SV even have seven points. If the Rothosen now manage to win away at Lower Saxony, HSV would climb to first place in the table at least overnight. But: Hannover has not celebrated more home wins against any other club in the current millennium than against Hamburg (ten).
19:30
Good evening and welcome from the Heinz von Heiden Arena. Here Hannover 96 welcomes Hamburger SV at 8:30 p.m. today as part of the 4th matchday of the 2nd Bundesliga.