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HSV Hamburg Hamburg - B04 Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen

Wed, 04.03.202619:30 PM

Volksparkstadion

Rescheduled date confirmed

The DFL has announced the new date for the Matchday 17 fixture between Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen at the Volksparkstadion. The game was originally set to be played on Tuesday, 13 January but was postponed on the day due to weather-related risks with snow and ice on the stadium’s roof. The match will now be played on Wednesday, 4 March at 8.30pm CET.

Hamburg vs Leverkusen postponed due to stadium safety concerns

Due to weather-related structural risks with the Volksparkstadion roof, the scheduled game between Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen this evening has been postponed. A rescheduled time and date is set to be confirmed soon.

Staying put

Despite picking up just one point from their last three games, Hamburg sit in the same position in the table as they did after picking up their last win, which came in the Nordderby against Werder Bremen on Matchday 13.

Shared memories

Some great players have represented these two clubs over the years. Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Son Heung-Min played together for Leverkusen after impressing for HSV, while Jonathan Tah, Ze Roberto and Hans Jörg-Butt are the other big names to have represented both of these Bundesliga giants.

Bouncing back

With both teams coming into this fixture on the back of losses, we can expect a fierce battle this evening in northern Germany. The hosts have been strong at home this season, winning four and drawing two of their eight games at the Volksparkstadion. Leverkusen haven't been bad on the road either, however, losing just two of seven away games until now.

Predicted line-up: Hamburger SV

Daniel Heuer Fernandes

Albert Sambi Lokonga

Jean-Luc Dompé

Giorgi Gocholeishvili

Predicted line-up: Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Merlin Polzin on facing Leverkusen

"They're a top team with plenty of quality up front. They have the league's best attack behind Bayern. It's another great game for us - our reward for all our hard work last season. These are the games that we were looking forward to."

Kasper Hjulmand on facing Hamburg

"We obviously need to play a lot better tomorrow. We've analysed everything [from the Stuttgart game] and are focusing on Hamburg. It's obviously a big opportunity to bounce back strongly and emphatically. We're very focused and definitely need to play much better."

Head above water

Despite their recent loss to Freiburg, Hamburg remain in 13th with four points separating them from St. Pauli in the relegation play-off place. However, they've shown against Stuttgart, Dortmund and Frankfurt that they're more than capable of taking points from the big guns.

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Watch: Bundesliga action returns to Hamburg for 2026

Leverkusen turning head-to-head tide

While Leverkusen have won only 11 of the 39 Bundesliga meetings between these two sides, six of those victories have come in the teams' last 10 encounters.

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Watch: Hamburg 1-2 Leverkusen - previous meeting

It's approaching eight years since Hamburg last faced Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. The Dinos lost 2-1 at home in the teams' most recent encounter, having also gone down 3-0 at the BayArena earlier in 2017/18.

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Watch: Leverkusen 1-4 Stuttgart - highlights

Alejandro Grimaldo's second-half penalty proved little more than a consolation as Kasper Hjulmand's men conceded four first-half goals against a ruthless Stuttgart.

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Watch: Freiburg 2-1 Hamburg - highlights

Igor Matanović's late winner off the bench earned Freiburg a come-from-behind victory at home to 10-man Hamburg.

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