HSV vs. Werder Bremen

Hamburger SV is seeking revanche for 3 defeats in a row in spring 2009. Werder bremen won 3 times recently against the big northern rival Hamburg, in DFB-Pokal, Bundesliga and Uefa-Cup and burried all hopes of Hamburg.

The 91st northern derby will be a must win for both teams as they are ranking 4th and 5th place of Bundesliga table (both with 28 points). Only 3 points for one of the two teams means to stay close to current leader Leverkusen.

Match details:

Hamburger SV vs. Werder Bremen

Sunday, December 19, 2009 - 3:30pm CET

17th match day (last before winter break)

HSH-Nordbank-Arena Hamburg

Possible squads:

Hamburger SV:

Rost - Demel, Boateng, Mathijsen, Aogo - Trochowski, Jarolim, Elia, Jansen - Berg, Petric

Werder Bremen: 

Wiese - Prödl, Mertesacker, Naldo, Pasanen - Frings - Jensen, Borowski - Özil - Rosenberg, Pizarro

Current table:

4 Werder Bremen 16 3 3 2 13 : 8 4 4 0 18 : 6 7 7 2 31 : 14 28
5 Hamburger SV 16 4 2 2 13 : 7 3 5 0 19 : 11 7 7 2 32 : 18 28
 

Head-to-Head in Bundesliga

10.05.2009 Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV 2:0 Werder Bremen
23.11.2008 Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen 2:1 Hamburger SV
07.05.2008 Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen 0:1 Werder Bremen
01.12.2007 Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV 2:1 Werder Bremen
17.02.2007 Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV 0:2 Hamburger SV
23.09.2006 Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen 1:1 Draw
13.05.2006 Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen 1:2 Werder Bremen
18.12.2005 Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV 1:1 Draw
09.04.2005 Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen 1:2 Werder Bremen
30.10.2004 Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV 1:1 Draw
01.05.2004 Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV 6:0 Werder Bremen
29.11.2003 Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen 1:1 Draw
02.02.2003 Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen 1:0 Hamburger SV
18.08.2002 Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV 2:1 Werder Bremen
24.02.2002 Werder Bremen - Hamburger SV 0:1 Hamburger SV
22.09.2001 Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen 0:4 Werder Bremen
 

Prediction:

Hamburg still has many injured players and not that well playing at home in recent month

Werder won most matches against rival HSV in recent month - Pizarro back in squad but not 100 % fit

Both teams played in Euro-League on Thursday and had a long season and players are tired

Prediction is a draw - 3.3 odd @ Tipico sportsbook