Hamburger SV hosts on Sunday
FC Schalke 04, definitely one of the most interesting games of the
27th Bundesliga round. Hamburg stands on table rank 5, their ambition is to qualify for next UEFA Europa League. Schalke 04 faces rank 2 and therewith they still have the chance on the championship.
Three wins, three draws and three losses. That´s Hamburg´s statistic in the Bundesliga spring season. The last round brought a 2:4 defeat at title candidate Bayer 04 Leverkusen. So Hamburger SV has fallen back on rank 5. At the moment they are two points behind Borussia Dortmund (4th) and one point ahead Werder Bremen (6th). Hamburg have won 7 of their 13 home matches (7-4-2). The last home game ended with a 1:0 win over Hertha BSC. On Thursday Hamburg have lost their UEFA Europa League game at RSC Anderlecht with 3:4, but they advanced to the quarterfinal through a 3:1 first leg win.
FC Schalke 04 faces rank 2 and so they still have the chance to win the championship. At the moment the Magath-men are two points behind leader FC Bayern München. FC Schalke have lost just 1 of their last 12 Bundesliga fixtures, in fact on matchday 23 with 1:2 at VfL Wolfsburg. The last three rounds brought a 2:1 derby win against Borussia Dortmund, a 4:1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt and last weekend a 2:1 at home over VfB Stuttgart. At the 2:1 win against Stuttgart forward Kevin Kurányi scored his 14th goal in this Bundesliga season. FC Schalke have won 6 of their 12 away games in this season (6-4-2).
Hamburger SV vs FC Schalke 04
German Bundesliga: Matchday 27
Sunday, 21.03.2010, 15:30 CET
Hamburg, HSH-Nordbank-Arena
Possible line-ups:
Hamburger SV: Rost - Boateng, Rozehnal, Mathijsen, Aogo - Jarolim, Zé Roberto - Trochowski, Jansen - Petric, Elia
FC Schalke 04: Neuer - Rafinha, Höwedes, Bordon, Westermann - Matip - Kluge, Rakitic, Schmitz - Farfan, Kuranyi
Head-to-Head:
83 Bundesliga games
32 wins - Hamburger SV
31 wins - FC Schalke 04
20 draws
Last 5 direct Bundesliga duels:
25.10.2009 Schalke 04 - Hamburger SV 3:3
22.03.2009 Schalke 04 - Hamburger SV 1:2
19.10.2008 Hamburger SV - Schalke 04 1:1
26.04.2008 Hamburger SV - Schalke 04 0:1
10.11.2007 Schalke 04 - Hamburger SV 1:1
My tip: Win FC Schalke 04
The best odd for tip 2 you find at Bet-at-Home with 3.00
