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It is the eagerly awaited highlight of the 2nd Bundesliga. Hamburg against Cologne. The current second of the table receives the reigning championship leader. Both relegated from the Bundesliga football among themselves. Both with by far the largest budget of the 2nd league. Both with the big dream to be able to return to the Beletage of German football after the descent, where both belong at least according to their own self-image.
Thus, there are nine German Championships, seven DFB Cup victories and one title won in the European Cup of the national champions and European Cup Winners’ Cup (both HSV). In the UEFA Cup final both teams were already independent of each other. The North Germans in 1982 and the Billy Goats four years later in the 1985/86 season. Lots of tradition, therefore, which clashes in this big game of the twelfth game day of the 2nd Bundesliga on Monday evening to both sides unusual kick-off time in the Hamburg Volksparkstadion. Finally, the two primeval rocks of the Bundesliga are exceeded in terms of membership numbers only by clubs such as Bayern, Schalke and Dortmund.
The loser of this game should experience a small setback at close range at the top of the table. Between HSV and Cologne, the betting odds of the bookmakers are very close together. If you are looking for the best possible bet at HSV against Cologne, you should ideally opt for an option from the classic 3-way system and choose the market “Draw No Bet” with the attractive odds. Hereby can be secured between HSV and Cologne at good odds, the bets on the home team in addition.
HSV:
With regard to the snapshot of the Hamburger SV has only conditionally something to accuse. Currently, the former dinosaur of the Bundesliga managed to return to the upper house of German football. In addition, the German football veteran after the 3-0 away win at SV Wehen-Wiesbaden retired during the week in the third round of the DFB Pokal and thus one of only five non-first division, which is still in the race. Added to that is the very intact defense, which has allowed eleven goals in eleven league games.
Second best league score after the defense of 1. FC Union Berlin. The only drawback: in just 13 of their own goals, it was only in six of eleven league games at the end for the three points, which has relegation coach Christian Titz recently even cost the job. Since the debacle on 23 September, when there was a completely unexpected 5: 5 home defeat against Jahn Regensburg in a downright outrageous appearance, but it runs all in all. Hamburger SV lost six matches in a row and lost only one goal in the 2-1 away win in Darmstadt. Only at home in Volksparkstadion was under new coach Hannes Wolf still the worm inside. Of the six previous league games in front of their own fans, the North Germans won only two wins and also received the only two seasonal defeats from 13 competitive matches also at home. Can these values be corrected against the “Effzeh”?
Cologne:
The first FC Köln, with names like Timo Horn, Marcel Risse and Jonas Hector, and several stars from the Bundesliga went into the second division, marched on the comeback in the upper house of German football. Most recently, however, the troupe of Markus had to realize that the 2nd Bundesliga is anything but a runner-up. Three games in a row, there were no more threes in the league, so that at two out of nine possible points in October, the lead on the pursuers is completely used up. Only on goal difference of +8 (24:16) is the “Effzeh” still in the first place, but has only up to sixth position only three points ahead.
An away defeat in Hamburg would be including the cup-off ‘home against Schalke already the fifth competitive match in series without a win, by which the Cologne could leave the top three places. Exactly this applies outside of mitabsteiger HSV mandatory to prevent, for which the Billy goats, however, bring entirely different preconditions. So it was so far in the offensive fully, of which witness 24 goals from eleven games, while defensively still much air is up. All the more important that the last faltering offensive machinery in the Volksparkstadion against defensive strong red roses stands out, while at the same time finally kept the zero again. This succeeded the Cologne in so far 13 competitive matches in the season 2018/19 only twice.
Hamburger SV vs FC Koln head to head matches
20.01.18 BUN Hamburger SV FC Koln 0 : 2
25.08.17 BUN FC Koln Hamburger SV 1 : 3
01.04.17 BUN Hamburger SV FC Koln 2 : 1
07.02.17 POK Hamburger SV FC Koln 2 : 0
30.10.16 BUN FC Koln Hamburger SV 3 : 0