Hamburg welcomed Gladbach to the Volksparkstadion, looking to extend their four-match unbeaten home run. The hosts had secured 14 of their 16 points this season on home soil, while the visitors were hoping to bounce back from a chastening 5-1 defeat at Hoffenheim in midweek.

Merlin Polzin's side made two changes from their defeat at Freiburg, with Jordan Torunarigha replacing the suspended Daniel Elfadli and Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer coming in for Albert Sambi Lokonga. For Gladbach, Eugen Polanski also made two changes with Luca Netz and Florian Neuhaus replacing Lukas Ullrich and Jens Castrop.

Hamburg dominate without reward

HSV wasted no time in establishing their authority, creating the first meaningful opportunity in the fourth minute. Königsdörffer pounced on a mistake from Kevin Diks and fired a shot that Nicolas parried, before Jean-Luc Dompé struck the side-netting with the follow-up.

The home side continued to apply pressure, with Dompé, Nicolas Capaldo and Bakery Jatta all testing Nicolas in the first 20 minutes. By the half-hour mark, Hamburg had registered 11 shots to Gladbach's none, with every outfield player in the home side having at least one attempt in the opening 45 minutes.

The visitors' first opportunity came in the 27th minute when Haris Tabaković shot wide from a promising position after being found by a Franck Honorat cross.

HSV Hamburg Hamburg - BMG M'gladbach M'gladbach

Hamburg and Gladbach play out stalemate