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WATCH: MAGATH: "I DIDN'T WISH FOR IT LIKE THIS"

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WATCH: BOYATA: "FABULOUS FOR US"

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WATCH: SCHONLAU: "JUST AN AWFUL SITUATION"

90'
+ 7

HERTHA BERLIN TRIUMPH !

The Hertha players fall to the floor in exhaustion and delight! The capital club have reversed a first-leg deficit to triumph 2-1 on aggregate thanks to goals from Boyata and Plattenhardt. What drama and what disappointment for HSV, who miss out on their place in the top flight in dramatic circumstances.
Full-time
End of second half
90'
+ 6

TOUSART OFF

Hertha will play the closing seconds with ten men after Tousart is shown a second yellow card.
90'
+ 1

ADDED TIME

There will be a total of six added minutes to play. The noise at the Volksparkstadion rises a notch as the home fans cheer their team forward.
90'
+ 1

JOVETIC AT THE DEATH

Jovetic lashes an effort at goals which Heuer Fernandes catches.
90'

TIRED TOUCH

Reis gets all the way into the Hertha box but his touch lets him down at the last and Hertha can clear.
90'

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Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
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85'

FIVE TO GO

Hamburg's promotion hopes hang in the balance but the Red Shorts are making a fight of it as we enter the final stage of this game. Will Hertha hold on?
84'

TOUSART BOOKED

Tousart comes down hard on Schonlau's foot. That's an easy decision for the ref to make as the Hertha man goes into the book.
78'

ALMOST VAGNOMAN

The ball suddenly lands at the feet of Josha Vagnoman right on front of goals but the Hamburg substitute's effort from close range is blocked out. A big chance has gone.
78'

JOVETIC THREATENING

Steven Jovetic has had his moments in this game, none more so than that one-on-one the striker came out second best in moments ago.
Shots
2
3
Moritz Heyer Stevan Jovetić
74'

FERNANDES SAVES HSV

Jovetic bursts away and has time to contemplate a one-v-one with Heuer Fernandes. Too much time? Perhaps. The Hamburg goalkeeper makes the save when Jovetic had the tie at his feet.
69'

NO AWAY GOALS RULE

Lest we forget, the away goals rule no longer counts and so were HSV to score, we would be heading for extra time.
68'

MUHEIM TESTER

Muheim tries a curling left-footer from distance but he'll have to do better than that to beat Christensen.
64'

SCENES !

Would. You. Believe. It? Just as Reis did in the first leg, so Plattenhardt has done in the second. The Hertha man placed the ball down for a free kick on the right and his cross slowly started to morph into a goal-bound shot, which beat Heuer Fernandes. Incredible. Hertha lead on aggregate.
Goal probability
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Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
2 %
62'

HSV CHANCE

Jatta thumps a volleyed pass from the right and finds Kittel who is under pressure and can't properly connect. That will go down as a chance nonetheless.
58'

HAMBURG CHANGE

Here comes Josha Vagnoman for the hosts. The 21-year-old highly versatile full back made 12 Bundesliga 2 appearances this season, scoring twice.
56'

STAT SWING

Remember Hertha bossing the possession stats in the first 45? Things have since changed considerably.
Possession (%)
5644
54'

END-TO-END

Back we go up the other end and it's Boateng who lashes one at goals with Heuer Fernandes beating out the shot and conceding a corner, which comes to nothing.
50'

HAMBURG ALIVE

Again Hamburg come, and it's Heyer this time with a low drive that Hertha's 'keeper needs to get down to quickly in order to block. Heyer later goes down in the Berlin box under pressure but the ref is having none of that and play continues.
48'

HSV ON THE ATTACK

Some solid running from Rohr, who releases Reis in space. Hamburg's No.14 unleashes a looping shot that's easily fielded by Christensen.
46'

OFF WE GO AGAIN !

Hertha get the ball rolling in the second half under the lights at the Volksparkstadion.
Kick-off!
45'
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FINELY POSIED

Boyata's early header has Hertha ahead on the night as the teams go in at half time following an intense first-half battle. As it stands, we're level at 1-1 on aggregate.
Half-time
45'
+ 2

CHRSITENSEN CLEARS

Some Hamburg attacking at the end of the half leads to Oliver Christensen flying off his line to fist clear.
44'

JATTA ESCAPES YELLOW

Jatta hoiks Jovetic up in the air and gets a stern talking to from the ref.
42'

STATS DON'T LIE

Hertha have looked far more threatening in this first half and have the goal, and attempts, to prove it.
Goal attempts
1off target
0on target
6off target
3on target
40'

BELFODIL BRILLIANCE

Oooh, Belfodil with an insane piece of skill out on the right as he leaves his man for dead and aims a cutback towards Jovetic, who can't connect precisely due to the pace of the pass. Hamburg escape.
37'

JOVETIC YELLOW

Jovetic has a pretty clumsy kick at Meffert and that's the Hertha man into the ref's notebook. We have two players on bookings thus far, both from the visitors.
35'

VUSKOVIC A-OK

Vuskovic is back to his feet and good to continue. The defender comes back onto the field of play to huge applause.
33'

TOUSART ON THE FLY

Tousart lets fly with a powerful shot from inside the area ....Heuer Fernandes dives and parries that one out. Tousart caught a bit of Vuskovic as he was striking that shot and the Hamburg man needs treatment.
31'

BOATENG BOOKING

Boateng flies into the challenge with two feet off the floor and he goes into the ref's notebook.
30'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes

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Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.
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Suat Serdar
Suat Serdar32.67km/h
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Bakery Jatta
Bakery Jatta32.53km/h
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BOYATA A HEAD ABOVE

Hertha still lead from Dedryck Boyata's first goal of the season. All five of Boyata's previous Bundesliga goals were headers, just like his opener today.
25'

HSV HAVE A GO

Better from the Red Shorts. Ludovit Reis wins a corner down the left. Bakery Jatta fails to properly control the subsequent set piece at the near post and the ball ends up in the side netting.
22'

DEAD-BALL SPECIALISTS

HSV would have been warned about Hertha's threat from set-pieces. Magath's men scored two of their last four Bundesliga goals from corners. The other two came from the penalty spot. A total of seven goals with Magath at the Hertha helm came from set pieces.
20'

HERTHA GO CLOSE

Plattenhardt whips in a free kick that just evades Boyata in front of goal. That so easily could have been a second for the Old Lady.
15'

VISITORS IN CHARGE

The possession stats don't lie and Hertha have been bossing this. Hamburg are slowly starting to feel their way into the second leg, however.
Possession (%)
4555
12'

PLATTENHARDT MENACING

Plattenhardt's centre from the left is tempting and tantalising but Belfodil just can't get to it as Hertha look to forge ahead.
10'

INTENSITY ALL THE WAY

Hertha's Tousart body checks Muheim of HSV and the 59,000 capacity crowd get to their feet and roar their disapproval. The intensity of this encounter is palpable.
6'

ALL HERTHA

Again the Berliners come. Magath's side have HSV stretched here in the opening minutes. The tie is level and it's very much game on in Hamburg. What an opening!
5'

AMAZING START FOR HERTHA

The visitors start like a house on fire and win a corner. Plattenhardt fires in from the left and Boyata rises highest to head in the opening goal.
4'
Dedryck Boyata
Goal probability
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Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
10 %
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KICK OFF !

Here. We. Go. What an atmosphere at the Volksparkstadion! We're in for a big night of drama.
Kick-off!
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MAGATH'S MIXED EMOTIONS

What a night this is set to be for Felix Magath. Every bit a HSV legend having won three Bundesliga titles, a European Cup and a Cup Winners' Cup during his playing days with Der Dino, the 68-year-old is in the Hertha dugout tonight hoping to keep the Berliners in the Bundesliga at the expense of his former team. "There's something in the job I have to do here which suits me. I want to help Hertha and keep the club in the league," Magath said recently.

HAMBURG FOCUSED

The tension is rising, but HSV coach Tim Walter looks focused out there as we edge towards kick-off. Here's what the home tactician had to say in the build-up to this one: "The boys are bursting with energy, courage, conviction and anticipation. It's all about us and our game, because we want to make ourselves, our fans and the whole city happy."
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FIRST-LEG MEMORIES

With both teams due out on the pitch for their respective warm-ups, what better time to take a look back at how the first-leg was won.
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HERTHA'S LUCKY CHARM?

Speaking of Der Prince, could Boateng prove the difference in this play-off second leg for Hertha? With him on the pitch, Hertha won six of their 18 Bundesliga games this season. Without the 35-year-old, the capital club triumphed in a mere three in 16.

TEAM NEWS

Hamburg coach, Tim Walter, goes with the same line-up to that which began the first-leg triumph in the German capital. Hertha's Kevin-Prince Boateng, meanwhile, is in his side's starting XI having remained on the bench in the first leg. Oliver Christensen continues in goal for Felix Magath's team, with Marcel Lotka out with concussion. Stevan Jovetic and Ishak Belfodil will look to supply the Old Lady's goal threat.

HERTHA SUBS

Körber, Bjorkan, Stark, Mittelstädt, Eitschberger, Darida, Richter, Maolida, Wollschläger.

HERTHA STARTING XI

Christensen – Pekarik, Boyata (c), Kempf, Plattenhardt – Tousart, Ascacibar – Serdar, Boateng – Belfodil, Jovetic.

HSV SUBS

Mickel, Gyamerah, Vagnoman, David, Kinsombi, Chakvetadze, Alidou, Kaufmann, Wintzheimer.

HSV STARTING XI

Heuer Fernandes – Heyer, Vuskovic, Schonlau (c), Muheim – Reis, Meffert, Rohr – Jatta, Glatzel, Kittel.

HA HO HE ?

Will we be hearing the famous Hertha chant from the visiting fans following tonight's final whistle? A good omen for Die Alte Dame is that they have won eight of the teams' previous 10 meetings in the Bundesliga.

STATE OF PLAY

Ok, so, let's remind ourselves that it was Ludovit Reis who scored for HSV in the first leg at the Olympiastadion on Thursday. But if you think tonight's hosts are feeling pleased with themselves having edged out Hertha in the capital, here's midfielder Jonas Meffert to set you straight: “You don’t sit in the changing room celebrating at half-time”. Indeed.

WELCOME ALONG !

Willkommen one and all to this evening's Bundesliga relegation/promotion play-off between two giants of German football. This tie is so finely balanced, with hosts Hamburg holding a slender 1-0 lead over Hertha Berlin, that you won't want to miss a moment. So stay right where you are ...