HSV is playing tonight in the top game of the 2nd Bundesliga at VfB Stuttgart. For the team of coach Dieter Hecking, important points in the fight for promotion – the Hamburg team are currently second in the table with 46 points and thus only just ahead of pursuers Stuttgart (45 points). In a direct duel, HSV is hoping for a cushion on the one hand, but possibly also on the connection to league leaders Arminia Bielefeld with a seven-point advantage. With the MOPO live ticker you won’t miss any crucial scenes of the game.
69 min Dieter Hecking makes the indicated changes: Jairo Samperio and Louis Schaub replace Martin Harnik and Jeremy Dudziak.
68 min Dudziak turns strongly around Kaminski and plays on Jatta – Pohjanpalo sees himself as an allied player and takes the ball away from Jatta. A misunderstanding that takes any pace out of this promising attack.
67 min Jairo Samperio and Louis Schaub are ready for a substitution at HSV.
66 min The HSV now seems to have caught up again and is safer than after the Stuttgart goal.
64 min Jatta picks up speed on the left, his cross flies out.
63 min On the other side, Hunt brings the next corner for HSV. VfB clarifies first, then Dudziak crosses again and finds Letschert. The Dutchman does not put enough pressure behind his header, Kobel parries easily.
61.Min 2: 2 equalization! Gonzalez starts, decelerates briefly and hits the ball high into the net.
60 min Mangala dribbles into the penalty area and is suddenly free in front of Heuer Fernandes, who brings the Stuttgart down with his feet in front.
59 min There are again Penalty, this time for the VfB Stuttgart!
59 min Badstuber just missed out.
58 min Gonzalez dances Vagnoman, Letschert clears to the next corner.
57 min Leibold with a wide flank from the left, Kobel is there.
56 min Stenzel brings the ball from the right. Before it can be dangerous for the HSV goal, referee Dingert whistles.
56 min Next corner for VfB.
56 min Jatta is far too late in a duel against Endo and yet without a yellow card.
54 min Stenzel opens a corner Al Ghaddiou, who heads past the long post.
52 min Mola crosses, Letschert clarifies with his head. But Stuttgart stays tuned and is now noticeably increasing the pressure on HSV.
51 min Fine with a long-range shot that flies far over the goal.
50 min The Stuttgart can clarify.
49 min On the other side, Dudziak takes out a corner kick.
48 min Stenzel brings the ball from the left corner flag with a cut to the goal, in the middle Endo can nod off pretty unreservedly.
47. Min The standard leads to the connecting goal!
46 min Gonzalez is brought down by Vagnoman in the dribbling on the left. There is a free kick.
46 min It continues in the Mercedes-Benz-Arena – initially without changing personnel.
The statistics on the break: the possession ratio is balanced (49:51 per HSV), as is the pass rate (87 percent Stuttgart, 84 percent HSV). Hamburg has run 63 kilometers so far, four more than the VfB professionals.
The 1-0 fell according to a standard: Hunts corner involuntarily extended Gonzalez for Pohjanpalo, who headed from close range to the lead (16.).
So the HSV leads to the break 2-0 in Stuttgart – and deserves it. The Hamburgers didn’t allow anything in front of their own goal and kept appearing promisingly in front of the VfB housing. So far, a lot has gone over the right side and Josha Vagnoman.
Quite controversial: In the duel between Letschert and Stenzel, the Hamburg defender went to work with a push and also pulled his opponent on the jersey. In this scene, referee Dingert could and would have liked to have decided offensive foul.
With the whistle of the break, HSV captain Aaron Hunt made it 2-0 for Hamburg. On a free kick Letschert heads the Stuttgart Stenzel from a short distance to the right arm. Hunt deliberately pushes the ball flat for the second goal into the middle of the VfB box.
Halftime!
45. + 2 min 2: 0 for the HSV! Hunt transforms from the point.
45. +2 min And suddenly there are penalties for HSV!
45 min First Yellow card the lot: Badstuber reaches the pounding Pohjanpalo in the face with the ball at the foot and is cautioned.
44 min Wamangituka’s cross crashes and lands in the goal.
43 min Again Fein crosses from the right, referee Dingert decides on offensive foul in the penalty area.
42 min Fein has space on the right side, but his cross ends up in nothing and only initiates the next VfB attack.
40 min After a free kick in Stuttgart, the HSV counters. Pohjanpalo opens the game with a clever ball to Jatta, who sends Harnik on the journey with a pass that is far too powerful.
39 min Vagnoman wins the next duel against Wamangituka on the left. VfB is now trying more and more on the offensive, but is unable to find any solutions against Hamburg, who now defends more deeply in their own half.
36 min Jatta loses the ball in the midfield against Endo, Fein stops the fast Japanese with a foul.
35 min Dudziak conquered the ball and initiated a HSV attack with a pass to Pohjanpalo. When he gets the ball back, Dudziak trips it.
34 min Kaminski strikes the ball at the end of a header relay, Heuer Fernandes catches the ball.
33 min Gonzalez dribbles against Fein and shoots from a distance. Fine fakes off, there is corner.
31. min Jatta conquers the ball against forester in his own penalty area and takes a throw-in.
30 min Badstuber sets off in the HSV half and pulls out from 30 meters. Heuer Fernandes dives and deflects to the side.
29 min Vagnoman again has a lot of space on the right, but misses his colleagues in his pass in the middle. Missed the chance.
28 min Fine with a nice change of sides to Vagnoman, which flanks directly. Badstuber clarifies.
27.min The ball is hit on the long post, Kaminski heads for Gonzalez. Heuer Fernandes is back again.
26.min Wamangituka shoots from the left corner of the penalty area, Heuer Fernandes directs the ball to the corner.
25 min Mola and Förster play a one-two on the left. The latter crosses, Letschert clears his head.
23 min No danger, the HSV even frees itself playfully. Then Hunt is fouled.
22.min Free kick for the hosts from the left half field, Harnik played hand.
20 min Stuttgart really appears for the first time in the person of Al Ghaddioui in the HSV penalty area, but the Hamburgers can easily clarify. Jatta drives the ball forward and is brought down by Stenzel. Free kick.
19.min The next way through Pohjanpalo! This time he gets the ball 20 meters in front of the VfB box because Badstuber cannot clear far enough. Pohjanpalo misses the goal from the edge of the box.
16.Min and that leads to the goal! Hunt brings the ball from the left into the center and finds Stuttgart’s Gonzalez, who extends the game device with his head and involuntarily hangs up for Pohjanpalo. The Finnish center forward heads from three meters to the HSV leadership.
15 minutes Hunt drives the ball through midfield and wants to bring the ball into the box. The attempt descends dangerously on the gate, Kobel clears to the corner.
13.min Mangala catches van Drongelen’s long ball and initiates a counterattack. Letschert is attentive and can stop VfB’s efforts to attack the center circle.
11.min Wamangituka fouls Vagnoman at the midline. There is a free kick.
10.min Dudziak conquered the ball in front of the Stuttgart sixteen and quickly chipped the ball onto the starting Harnik. The attacker heads with little pressure, Kobel can pick up the ball. First goal approach of the game.
9.min Letschert tries a flying ball into the VfB penalty area, Kobel is there.
8.min Al Ghaddioui stays on the ground after a head-to-head duel with van Drongelen and holds his skull. After a short pause, it continues.
7.min Hunt is attentive in midfield and takes the ball from Al Ghaddioui.
6.min Wamangituka picks up dribbling speed on the left, Fein dives to the side line to tackle and conquers the ball.
5. min Gonzalez prevails on the left Stuttgart offensive side against Vagnoman, his cross intercepts Heuer Fernandes in front of Al Ghaddioui.
4. min First of all, both teams try to gain security through pass relay.
2. min Nice direct game of the HSV on the right side, at the end of which Dudziak crosses. Hunt cannot control the pass.
1. min The HSV lets the ball run through its own chains.
1. min It starts in the country.
– Aaron Hunt wins the seat selection, the HSV will kick off.
– The teams are on the grass. Before the start, a minute’s silence is held in the Mercedes-Benz Arena for the victims of the coronavirus pandemic.
– Referee of the match is Christian Dingert, his assistants are Tobias Christ and Thorsten Schiffner. The fourth official is Robert Kempter, Bibiana Steinhaus looks at the game from Cologne.
– For Dieter Hecking that doesn’t matter too much. “It will be a completely different game for them when we come to Stuttgart. You know we want to play football too. I expect an aggressive Stuttgart team, ”said Hecking:“ These are exactly the games you want as a coach. ”
– Lastly, the Swabians had problems: The Stuttgart team came from the Corona break with two losses.
– “We are starting the game with brutal optimism and a lot of fire,” announced VfB coach Matarazzo, whose contract was surprisingly extended on Wednesday until 2022. “We have the opportunity to make up for the last four game days.”
– Stuttgart coach Pellegrino Matarazzo made three changes in his starting line-up after the 2: 3 defeat in Kiel. Karazor (yellow lock), Didavi (yellow-red lock) and Gomez (bank) are not there, instead the ex-Hamburg Mangala, Wamangituka and Al Ghaddioui play from the beginning. The preparation: Kobel – Stenzel, Kaminski, Badstuber, Mola – Endo, Mangala – Gonzalez, Förster, Wamangituka – Al Ghaddioui
– Compared to 0: 0 against Bielefeld, the Hamburg coach exchanges once: Bakery Jatta replaces Sonny Kittel, who is not even in the squad. The reason: Kittel caught an infection and is sick.
– The lineups are now there. Dieter Hecking sends the following eleven onto the lawn: Heuer Fernandes – Vagnoman, Letschert, van Drongelen, Leibold – Fein, Hunt, Dudziak – Harnik, Pohjanpalo, Jatta
– The first leg won the HSV surprisingly high with 6: 2. Sonny Kittel (2), Bakery Jatta, Gonzalo Castro (own goal), Martin Harnik and Adrian Fein met for the Hamburgers in the Volkspark. However: just three days later VfB returned the favor and threw HSV out of the DFB Cup (1: 2 after extra time).
– “We will also get our options in Stuttgart, only we have to make better use of them this time,” says HSV trainer Dieter Hecking. Adrian Fein believes that it will “count on little things”. It is important to “act in a disciplined and compact manner.”
Fein also sees better opportunity utilization as a must. “We have to be a bit more consistent in the last third. Then I am confident that we can take three points with us. ”
– It will be exciting for both teams today. With 46 points, the HSV is just ahead of Stuttgart in the table (45) – the direct encounter could be the first course in the fight for promotion to the Bundesliga.
– Welcome to the MOPO live ticker for the top game between VfB Stuttgart and HSV. It starts at 8.30 p.m.
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