Hamburger SV began their 2. Bundesliga marketing campaign on a excessive be aware with a 2-1 away win over Rhine giants 1. FC Köln at their RheinEnergieStadion
The Billy Goats are one of many groups anticipated to problem for the two. Bundesliga title or obtain promotion again to the Bundesliga for the 2025/26 soccer season in Germany, because of their statute in German soccer. Hamburger are additionally anticipated to problem and are not any strangers to the highest flight. Nonetheless, they’ve spent fairly a while within the second division that their doable promotion will come as a “nice shock” to followers of the soccer in Germany’s second division.
And so, when each groups met on the opening matchday to play the curtain raiser match for the 2024/25 2. Bundesliga season, no person might place a finger on who would win. Most believed that the Billy Goats would triumph, nonetheless, due to their dwelling benefit.
Die Rothosen’s Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer had different plans.
Steffen Baumgart—who has now been sacked and changed with Merlin Polzin within the interim—lined up his staff in a 3-2-4-1 formation to start with. This defensive formation allowed for his beginning wingers to drop into defence when their hosts have been on the ball. This was the case for the primary jiffy.
Hamburger SV even needed to do some defending as Denis Huseinbašić and Dejan Ljubicic each had possibilities to put the hosts forward. Nonetheless, the guests would go forward within the sixth minute when Ghana nationwide soccer staff winger Königsdörffer reacted to a spilled ball by the Köln goalkeeper Jonas Urbig to poke dwelling his first of the afternoon.
Köln didn’t take this mendacity down. They continued to go on the Hamburger defence, who, in response, remained robust and able to launch a counterattack. This tactic led to possibilities for Jean-Luc Dompé and Königsdörffer, who have been unable to complete. They might ultimately get their second purpose through the identical means which might instantly quiet the rambunctious RheinEnergieStadion crowd.
Hamburger gamers labored it up the left wing earlier than Adam Karabec delivered an ideal cross to Königsdörffer, who first hit the publish with a header earlier than slotting dwelling the rebound. It was a particular second for the younger Ghana worldwide, who nearly didn’t turn out to be an expert thanks to 2 knee accidents in his developmental days.
Hamburger SV gained extra confidence however Köln additionally did their greatest to not disappoint the house crowd as each groups traded blows. The guests appeared content material to cling to their two-goal benefit for many of the second half however the fixed backwards and forwards between them resulted in Köln halving the deficit.
It was substitute Linton Maina whose highly effective header within the 78th minute halved the deficit, resulting in the house followers’ rising their noise. Nonetheless, Hamburg remained sturdy till the ultimate whistle.
Polzin, now in control of the Purple Shorts because the Billy Goats search to feast on them within the reverse fixture, may have analysed this sport to make sure that Gerhard Struber doesn’t get a comeback win to even the head-to-head between each groups this season.
Match tickets
Volksparkstadion, Hamburger SV’s dwelling stadium, is the venue for this reverse fixture. 1. FC Köln are going there with a bonus as a 2. Bundesliga title contender whereas the hosts are nervously making ready to sort out the remainder of the season which is able to decide their 2024/25 playoffs participation destiny.
The tickets are anticipated to be bought out, so followers want to move on over to both golf equipment’ web sites to buy their Hamburger SV vs 1. FC Köln tickets. Each golf equipment will even promote the tickets through associates, different on-line and offline associate platforms, in addition to their different official channels. Early indication is vital to securing one of many 57,000 seats on the Volksparkstadion, the eighth-largest stadium in Germany.
Ticket gross sales and allocation shall be a fan of registered followers of both membership. Which means that non-registered followers, non-local followers of both membership and vacationers visiting Hamburg and trying to expertise a dwell soccer match will discover it tough to get the seats they need.
Ticket resale web sites remedy this concern. Followers within the class described above can go to these platforms and change money for tickets from followers who’ve both Hamburger SV tickets or 1. FC Köln tickets to half methods with.
The matchday 18 fixture shall be performed on 18 January 2025 at 8:30 PM, UK time.
Crew information
The hosts shall be with out Robert Glatzel for the matchday 18 conflict towards Köln because of the person’s ruptured tendon. He’s scheduled for a February 2025 return however he might take longer to get again to common soccer motion. Ludovit Reis, an essential a part of die Rothosen’s midfield, is barely simply getting back from his muscle harm however with the promotion playoffs on the road, their supervisor is probably going to present him a begin within the match as a way to acquire management earlier than possible substituting him to handle his restoration. Centre-back Valon Zumberi may be absent from the squad checklist, though his restoration from a patellar tendon dislocation is happening nicely.
Die Geißböcke however, have three gamers to fret about as they put together to sort out die Rothosen on the Volksparkstadion. The gamers are Jacob Christensen (cruciate ligament tear), Luca Kilian (cruciate ligament harm) and Julian Pauli (concussion). Christensen and Liam’s accidents are delicate sufficient, however Pauli’s is extra life-threatening. Nonetheless, Pauli’s has a shorter restoration time-frame which implies that he may be prepared for the journey to Hamburg. Luca Waldschmidt and Tim Lemperle are on the highway to restoration from their again and muscle accidents respectively, are going to be on the squad checklist, and most probably begin, even when they won’t play the total 90 minutes match.
Line-ups
Here’s what we count on each groups’ beginning XIs to appear like for this match.
Hamburger SV: Raab; Muheim, Schonlau, Elfadli; Meffert; Poręba, Reis, Baldé, Mikelbrencis; Königsdörffer, Selke.
- FC Köln: Schwäbe; Pauli, Hüber, Heintz; Ljubicic, Martel, Huseinbašić, Paqarada; Waldschmidt, Maina; Lemperle.
Prediction
Seeing as how each groups have had completely different 2. Bundesliga campaigns after their assembly on matchday 1, it makes extra sense to present 1. FC Köln the win on matchday 18. Nonetheless, Hamburger SV have a leap on them within the head-to-head which covers the final six seasons. Because of this, we nonetheless count on this to be an open match with a slender margin of victory. Our prediction, nonetheless, is that the house aspect will win this match.
Hamburger SV 2 – 1 1. FC Köln.
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