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HSV Hamburg Hamburg - KOE Cologne Cologne

45'
S. El Mala
F. Vieira
39'

Volksparkstadion(Sold out)

Tobias Welz

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Fábio Vieira

0:16

Watch: Vieira talks us through is brilliant goal

Full-time: Hamburg 1-1 Cologne

The game ends level, a result neither side can have too many complaints about. Both struggled to create clear chances outside of their goals, and will each take a valuable point from the game.

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90'

+ 8

Wide of the mark

The game concludes with Martel heading wide at the far post.

Full-time

90'

+ 8

Yellow card

Sebastian Sebulonsen

90'

+ 7

Late chance

Muheim clumsily gives away a free-kick on the edge of the area.

90'

+ 6

Yellow card

0:25

So close!

Elfadli rises highest but flicks his header just wide of the far corner.

90'

+ 5

Hosts on the up

They're applying some late pressure, and now have a corner.

90'

+ 2

Substitution

90'

+ 1

Substitution

Jakub Kamiński

90'

+ 1

Six more minutes

There's still time for a late winner here.

90'

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

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 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.

1.

Damion Lamar Downs34.54km/h

2.

Rav Wiebe van den Berg33.35km/h

3.

Saïd El Mala33.33km/h

88'

Promising attack fizzles out

Chávez puts Bülter in behind, whose cross to the back post is eventually cleared.

87'

In control

The hosts are enjoying a spell of possession.

84'

Substitution

83'

Boxed in

Cologne have Hamburg sitting deep within their own half, but are finding space hard to come by in the final third as a result.

82'

Ball Recovery Time

Ball Recovery Time

Ball Recovery Time gives the time in seconds in which it takes a team to win back the ball following a loss of possession. It also allows conclusions to be drawn about a team's style of play. Only time when the ball is in play is counted (i.e. no breaks in play such as for goal-kicks, throw-ins etc).

1. FC Köln

1st Half

2nd Half

15.4 s

11.4 s

79'

Substitution

William Mikelbrencis

79'

Substitution

Jordan Torunarigha

0:31

Cards galore!

Both Kamiński and HSV's physio go into the book after a foul on Muheim by the Pole.

78'

Final stretch

Can either of these two teams find a goal from somewhere?

76'

Yellow card

Jakub Kamiński

75'

Substitution

Sebastian Sebulonsen

74'

Substitution

Hard yards

Both sides are finding it difficult to cause the other problems.

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69'

Fresh legs

HSV make a double change in an attempt to breathe some life into their attack.

67'

Substitution

66'

Substitution

Jean-Luc Dompé

Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer

65'

On the ball

Cologne are having more possession, but can they make it count?

Possession (%)

4555

Quiet

There's been a continued lack of goalmouth action in this second 45.

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59'

Good chance

Kamiński's low cross to Ache in the six-yard area is intercepted just in time.

57'

Back on his feet

Muheim returns to the action.

56'

Muheim down

After colliding with van den Berg, the HSV captain requires treatment.

54'

Threatening

xGoals

The xGoals value of a club is calculated from the sum of all goal probabilities (goals and shots on goal) of that team. During a match, it’s easy to see whether the club is performing better than expected (goals > xGoals) - or maybe even higher (xGoals > goals).

The scores are still level, but the visitors are ahead in the xG charts.

xGoals

1

0.1

0.8

1

Goals

54'

Danger averted

HSV clear their lines, but Cologne have the ball once more.

53'

Corner

The Billy Goats have a corner as they look to put the hosts under further pressure.

50'

Same story

The opening exchanges of this second half have been very tense.

46'

Back again!

The action resumes here in Hamburg.

Kick-off!

45'

+ 3

Substitution

Youssoupha Niang

Half-time: Hamburg 1-1 Cologne

The hosts opened the scoring in a tight first half through a moment of magic from Vieira. Cologne, who had looked bright throughout without really threatening, levelled the scores moments before the break when El Mala headed home from close range.

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Half-time

Cologne have their equaliser!

Kamiński swings in a corner and Rav van den Berg gets to it first, flicking it to the back post where El Mala nods home to level the game.

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0:20

Jóhannesson goes close!

45'

Saïd El Mala

GOAL!

1:1

Saïd El Mala

Goal probability

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.

65 %

Distance to Goal

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

4.83 m

43'

Late blow

Although there's been very little to separate the sides, Cologne had arguably been the better side before that goal, which now gives them plenty of work to do.

41'

Yellow card

Nicolai Remberg

Vieira makes the breakthrough!

And what a fantastic finish it is! He gets on the end of a ball down the right-hand channel before lobbing Schwäbe with a sublime first time finish.

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39'

Fábio Vieira

GOAL!

1:0

Fábio Vieira

Goal probability

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.

4 %

Distance to Goal

Distance to Goal

The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.

19.88 m

36'

Yellow card

Kristoffer Lund

Late stages

Will we see a goal before the break?

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32'

Final step

Neither side has managed an effort on target yet.

Goal attempts

1off target

0on target

3off target

0on target

32'

Yellow card

30'

Hamburg clear

The hosts clear the corner, but Cologne now have a throw-in in the attacking third.

30'

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

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.

1.

Ragnar Prince Friedl Ache33.23km/h

2.

William Mikelbrencis33.20km/h

3.

Damion Lamar Downs32.77km/h

29'

Kamiński next to try his luck

He shoots from a similar position to El Mala and also sees his effort blocked, and Cologne have another corner.

0:23

El Mala has a pop

He cuts inside from the left before shooting from a central position. Torunarigha gets his head to the shot, and HSV clear the subsequent corner.

23'

Visitors probing

Cologne have looked the more threatening so far, with Hamburg struggling to maintain possession.

Battling

It's been scrappy so far, with plenty of small fouls being called.

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14'

Another chance

Hamburg win another free-kick on the opposite side. Cologne don't clear it properly and Königsdörffer plays in Vušković, who handles the ball as he bundles past Cologne defenders before seeing the ball cleared.

13'

Even start

It's been a relatively quiet start from both teams.

Passes

67

62

12'

HSV free-kick

After an accidental flick in the face from Özkacar, Vieira wins a free-kick on the right-hand side. Muheim swings it in, but Cologne manage to clear at the second time of asking.

8'

Probing

Cologne are enjoying more of the ball at the moment, as they look to take control of this encounter early on.

4'

Front foot

The visitors have made a determined start here.

1'

Off we go!

This evening's action is underway.

Kick-off!

0:13

The atmosphere is building

More on those teams

Just the one change for Cologne as the suspended Simpson-Pusey is replaced by Özkacar (pictured) in defence. For Hamburg, meanwhile, it is three changes from the side that beat Wolfsburg as Omai replaces Elfadli at the back and Vieira and Downs replace Dompé and Otele.

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Hamburg starting XI

Heuer Fernandes – Omari, Vušković, Torunarigha – Mikelbrencis, Sambi Lokonga, Remberg, Muheim (c) – Vieira, Königsdörffer – Downs

Hamburg subs

Tangvik, Elfadli, Gocholeishvili, Baldé, Dompé, Glatzel, Otele, Philippe, Stange

Cologne starting XI

Schwäbe (c) – Krauß, Van den Berg, Özkacar, Lund – Jóhannesson, Martel – Niang, Kamiński, El Mala – Ache

Cologne subs

Zieler, Heintz, Neumann, Sebulonsen, Chávez, Kainz, Maina, Bülter, Waldschmidt

Hamburg to roll out 'fan-worn' kit scheme

In a first for German football, against Cologne, the HSV players will each be wearing kits previously worn by fans of the Red Shorts. Bringing the fans and the players closer together in an attempt to motivate the team for the remaining fixtures, chosen fans were tasked with writing a personal message of motivation, passion or support for HSV on the inside of the club’s badge.

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Merlin Polzin on facing Cologne

"We’re not spending so much time looking at what Cologne have been doing in the past, rather we’re focusing on ourselves. That’s worked well for us this season. All over the pitch, we’ve come on leaps and bounds since the start of pre-season last summer. We’re thorough in our analysis of each opponent, but this week we’ve been consciously focusing on our own work on and off the ball."

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Lukas Kwasniok on facing Hamburg

"The circumstances have changed somewhat since our first meeting, but we are certainly capable of holding our own there. Their defensive compactness makes them difficult to break down, and they will have the crowd behind them. But a Saturday night game in Hamburg – what more could you want? We're looking forward to it."

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HSV moving in right direction

A win would take Hamburg onto 32 points after 26 games. That's more than the Dinos managed in the entire 2017/18 season, when they were relegated from the Bundesliga for the first and so far only time.

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Six-pointers to come

Cologne have won just 25 percent of matches during the second half of the season. However, four of those eight fixtures were against top-five teams. After the Hamburg game, their next three are all against sides fighting relegation: Gladbach, Bremen and St. Pauli.

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Livin' La Vida Luka

With five goals, Luka Vušković is the highest-scoring central defender in this season's Bundesliga, as well as Hamburg's joint-leading marksman alongside forward Rayan Philippe. At 19, he's also HSV's second-youngest scorer of a Bundesliga penalty, after Manfred Kaltz.

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2:03

Watch: Cologne 4-1 Hamburg - previous meeting

Hamburg had two players sent off as Cologne recorded a comfortable home win earlier in the season.

2:03

Watch: Wolfsburg 1-2 Hamburg - highlights

Runners-up to Cologne in Bundesliga 2 last term, Hamburg took another big step towards top-flight safety with a come-from-behind win at free-falling Wolfsburg. With nine games to go, HSV have a five-point buffer on the bottom three.

2:03

Watch: Cologne 1-2 Dortmund - highlights

Manchester City loanee Jahmai Simpson-Pusey was sent off in the first half as Cologne lost at home to second-placed Borussia Dortmund. Winless in five, the Billy Goats begin the weekend outside the relegation zone on goal difference.

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