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TSG Hoffenheim TSG Hoffenheim - HSV Hamburg Hamburger SV

Sat, 13.12.202514:30 PM

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Christian Ilzer on facing Hamburg

"This is a very attractive home game to close out the year against a big club. Hamburg are a team with several weapons in their repertoire and can hurt us on many levels. Their derby win against Bremen has naturally boosted their confidence. We need to have a very precise plan to be prepared for that. We have to be aggressive.”

Predicted line-up: TSG Hoffenheim

Predicted line-up: Hamburger SV

Daniel Heuer Fernandes

Albert Sambi Lokonga

Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer

Early Hamburg team news

Robert Glatzel, Warmed Omari and Alexander Rössing-Lelesiit are all out, while Nicolai Remberg is suspended. Jean-Luc Dompé has been struggling with fitness for a while, taking breaks from training as he wrestles with an Achilles problem, but Polzin is hopeful that he'll have a part to play.

Early Hoffenheim team news

Hennes Behrens and Koki Machida are out, though the latter is at least approaching a return to training. Bernardo, meanwhile, is suspended.

Merlin Polzin on facing Hoffenheim

"Hoffenheim have a really young squad, with a lot of potential and quality. They are always able to make the day uncomfortable for the opponent, a lot of the game is played in transition when you’re up against them. That, paired with the quality and experience of a number of individual stars across multiple positions, means we’ve got an intense test up ahead of us."

Crossing crackers

Hoffenheim's Bazoumana Touré has sent in the joint-most crosses in the Bundesliga in 2025/26, alongside Hamburg's Jean-Luc Dompe (43).

Milestone win

Hamburg's 3-2 win against Bremen last Sunday was their 750th Bundesliga victory.

Sharing the joy

Hoffenheim have scored nine goals in their last three home matches - from eight different players.

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Watch: Hoffenheim 2-0 Hamburg - previous meeting

Germany international Serge Gnabry found the back of the net for Hoffenheim when the teams last met in April 2018. It proved a costly defeat as HSV - who had won the reverse fixture 3-0 - went on to suffer relegation from the Bundesliga for the first time since its founding in 1963.

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Watch: Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Hoffenheim - highlights

Hoffenheim's six-match unbeaten run was brought to an end in Dortmund on Matchday 13. Christian Ilzer's side stay fifth, outside the top four on goal difference, but with VfB Stuttgart breathing down their necks in the race for Europe.

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Watch: Hamburg 3-2 Werder Bremen - highlights

HSV took the Nordderby bragging rights to make it back-to-back league wins for the first time this season. The Red Shorts sit 13th in the pre-Matchday 14 standings, four points clear of the relegation play-off position occupied by Heidenheim.

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