Hamburger SV welcomes
VfL Wolfsburg in the opening fixture of
20th Bundesliga round. Hamburg´s new forward
Ruud van Nistelrooy will likely be not in the squad. On the other side interims coach
Lorenz-Günther Köstner will give his debut as Wolfsburg coach.
Hamburg started with a 2:0 win over SC Freiburg in the spring season followed by a 0:1 defeat against Borussia Dortmund. It was the third defeat for HSV in the running championship and at the same time their first away defeat. Therewith they are fallen back on table rank 5. Hamburg lost already two games at the HSH Nordbank Arena - 2:3 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach and 0:1 vs VfL Bochum. The last two home games ended with Hamburg wins - 2:1 in the north derby against Werder Bremen and 2:0 vs SC Freiburg.
A disappointing season plays champion VfL Wolfsburg. After 19 rounds the "Wolves" are only on table rank 10. In the UEFA Champions League they retired in the group stage. Wolfsburg could not win any of the last 9 regular games (7x Bundesliga, 2x Champions League), in the league table they are 17 points behind leader Bayer Leverkusen. After the 2:3 home defeat against 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg have sacked manager Armin Veh. Reserve team coach Lorenz-Günther Köstner has been placed in temporary charge and will be manage the team at the away match against Hamburger SV.
Hamburger SV vs VfL Wolfsburg
German Bundesliga: Matchday 20
Friday, 29.01.2010, 8:30 pm CET
Hamburg, HSH-Nordbank-Arena
Head-to-Head:
25 Bundesliga games
8 wins - Hamburger SV
9 wins - VfL Wolfsburg
8 draws
Last 5 direct duels:
23.08.2009 - Wolfsburg vs Hamburger SV 2:4
01.03.2009 - Hamburger SV vs Wolfsburg 1:3
21.09.2008 - Wolfsburg vs Hamburger SV 3:0
22.03.2008 - Wolfsburg vs Hamburger SV 1:1
29.09.2007 - Hamburger SV vs Wolfsburg 2:2
My tip: Hamburger SV wins the home game against VfL Wolfsburg.
The best odd for tip 1 you find at Tipico with 1.90
