RB Leipzig vs Hamburger SVPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

RB Leipzig reach the third round on three points: one win and one defeat, four goals scored and three conceded, eighth place. The picture changes sharply depending on the venue. At the Red Bull Arena they beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0 without conceding, while their only away game ended in a 1-3 at Werder Bremen, which is also their most recent outing. Before that came a 6-0 away at Eintracht Trier; further back sit a 1-3 away at Bayern München and a 0-2 away at Leeds. The reading is of a side able to score in bunches but also to leave space open once it steps outside its own ground. Hamburger SV, by contrast, are bottom with no points: two defeats in two rounds, no goals scored and seven conceded. The heaviest of the two came at home, 0-5 against FSV Mainz 05 in the last round, while the away game finished 0-2 at Borussia Dortmund. Before the league started the picture was different: 3-0 away at Verl, 2-1 away at Toulouse and a 2-2 at home with Lille. In the five recorded meetings RB Leipzig have won four and drawn one. The most recent is the 2-1 away win in March 2026, before that a 2-1 at home in October 2025 and, further back, a 4-0 at the Red Bull Arena in October 2022, a 3-1 away at Hamburger SV in April 2019 and a 1-1 in Leipzig in January 2018. The competition average in this opening spell is 3.94 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.