vs Prediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Hamburger SV are seventeenth and bottom with zero points after two rounds: no wins, no draws and two defeats, zero goals scored and seven conceded. At home they have played one game and lost it 0-5; away it is the same story, a 0-2 defeat. Widening the view to their last five outings across all competitions, the most recent was a 0-5 home defeat to Mainz 05, before that another defeat, 0-2 away at Dortmund, further back a 3-0 away win over Verl, further back a 2-1 away win over Toulouse and, at the start of the sequence, a 2-2 home draw against Lille. 1. FC Köln are eleventh with 4 points after three rounds: one win, one draw and one defeat, five goals scored and seven conceded. At home they have won one game and drawn one, for a 4-3 record; away they have lost their only match, 1-4. Their last five outings overall point to a decent run: the most recent a 1-1 home draw against Werder Bremen, before that a 1-4 away defeat at Stuttgart, further back a 3-2 home win over Hoffenheim, further back a 2-1 away win over Würzburger Kickers and, at the start of the sequence, another 2-1 home win over Real Sociedad. The head-to-head record is fairly even: the latest meeting, on 14 March 2026, finished 1-1 at Hamburger SV's ground. Before that, on 2 November 2025, Köln won 4-1 at home (a match played on the opposite ground to this one); further back, on 18 January 2025, Hamburger SV won 1-0 at home. Further back still, on 2 August 2024, Köln lost 1-2 at home (Hamburger SV won away; opposite venue), and the earliest meeting, on 7 January 2023, ended 4-0 to Köln at home (again the opposite venue). The competition average is 3.84 goals per game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.