Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
There will be fireworks when St Pauli ahd Hamburger SV go head to head in the local derby on Friday afternoon. St Pauli are leading the chase for automatic promotion, but they need to keep on improving their game if they are to turn the dream into reality. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team, while Scott Banks remains on the sidelines with an ACL problem.
Die Rothosen, on the other hand, quickly bounced back from a 4-2 loss to Holstein Kiel, with the team beating Eintracht Braunschweig 2-1 in front of home fans. The visitors are eager to grab something from the local derby and seeing that St Pauli are tough to beat at home, we are tempted to put our money on draw. Despite failing to find the net in the last league match, Robert Glatzel will continue leading the line for the away team, while winger Bakery Jatta serves a one-game ban due to the accumulation of yellow cards. Both Ludovit Reis and Anssi Suhonen remain in the recovery room.
Highlighted Team (Hamburg):
Hamburg was founded in 1919 out of a fusion of 3 different football clubs from Hamburg. Because of the fusion the Hamburg SV have 4 official club colours which all are in the current home kit of the club. Hamburg SV is playing in the Bundesliga since the national league officialy started. Hamburg SV never played in another league than the Bundesliga. The best results of Hamburg SV were in the eighties where the club won the national league 2 times and the Europa Cup 1 once.
Since 1963 Hamburg is playing their home games in the Volksparstadium. In 1998 Hamburg SV changed to a new venue where the capacity 57 000 is. This is the venue where Hamburg SV is playing right now and is called the Imtech Arena. Because of international legislation the capacity in European games is 51500.
Known former players that played for Hamburg SV are: Van der Vaart, Beckenbauer, Ze Roberto, Guerrero and Felix Magath.