Hamburg welcome northern rivals Hannover 96 to the Imtech Arena on Matchday 20 with the aim of picking up consecutive wins for the first time this season
Hamburg welcome northern rivals Hannover 96 to the Imtech Arena on Matchday 20 with the aim of picking up consecutive wins for the first time this season

Three points vital for northern rivals Hamburg and Hannover

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Hamburg - A Hamburger SV side hunting consecutive wins for the first time this season will be licking their lips at the prospect of welcoming out-of-sorts northern rivals Hannover 96 to the Imtech Arena in Matchday 20's Saturday evening showdown (kick-off 18.30 CET / 17.30 GMT).

bundesliga.com has the pre-match skinny from both camps...

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Possible line-ups:

Hamburger SV:
Drobny - Westermann, Djourou, Rajkovic, Marcos - Jiracek, van der Vaart - Müller, Stieber, Jansen - Olic

Hannover 96: Zieler - Sakai, Marcelo, Schulz, Albornoz - Schmiedebach, Sane - Briand, Stindl, Kiyotake - Joselu
Check out Rafael van der Vaart's penalty after only eight seconds in HSV's win against Paderborn courtesy of the Bundesliga's official YouTube channel: