Hamburger SV

Win probability

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Key factors

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  Key player out · Hamburger SV

  Captain Nicolai Remberg suffered a knee injury at Hoffenheim on 10 Oct and has been out since, so half weight as a long-known absence.

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  Key player out · Borussia Mönchengladbach

  Captain Tim Kleindienst was reported out with a new muscle fibre tear on 16 Oct, more than 14 days ago, so half weight.

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  Backup goalkeeper · Borussia Mönchengladbach

  First-choice keeper Moritz Nicolas is confirmed out with a muscle strain, announced by Blessin this week, and Daniel Batz starts. Rule 9 at full weight.

  MOE
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  Key attacker out · Borussia Mönchengladbach

  Gladbach captain Kleindienst misses Hamburg with his second muscle fibre tear of the season; out since mid-October, so half weight.

  MOE
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  Cagey contest · Both teams

  Relegation six-pointer: Hamburg are 15th on 9 points, Gladbach 18th on 4 after 8 games, and the league preview calls the game a direction-setting duel.

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  Nicolas Capaldo doubtful

  Defender Capaldo has a strain and is racing to be fit for the home game with Gladbach; Polzin may have to reshuffle again.

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  Moritz Nicolas out

  First-choice keeper misses the trip to Hamburg on 6 Nov with a muscle strain; 35-year-old Daniel Batz deputises again.

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  Nicolas Kuhn out

  Relapsed just after recovering from injury, Blessin confirmed; misses the Hamburg game on 6 Nov.

  MOE

Preview

Hamburg against Gladbach is a relegation six-pointer, and that is the one reason to expect nerves. Hamburg are 15th on 9 points and have lost three in a row, including two 3-1 defeats to Frankfurt. Gladbach are bottom on 4. Both defences leak: they have conceded 19 and 22 in 8 league games, the two worst records in the division. That is why the market leans to goals. Gladbach are without first-choice keeper Moritz Nicolas, who has a strain, so Daniel Batz starts. Batz kept clean sheets in the 2-0 cup win over Karlsruhe and the 0-0 with Paderborn, so this is no crisis, but it is a change at the back. Captain Tim Kleindienst, Nicolas Kühn and Hugo Bolin are out too. Hamburg lack captain Nicolai Remberg, while Yussuf Poulsen and Nicolas Capaldo are touch and go. The last two meetings both ended 0-0, but three of the last five had three goals or more, so we don't read a pattern. We rate over 2.5 goals at 58%. The result is tight: Hamburg 40%, draw 28%, Gladbach 32%.

Head to head

• 2026-01-17Hamburger SV 0–0 Borussia MönchengladbachBundesliga
• 2025-08-24Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 Hamburger SVBundesliga
• 2018-05-12Hamburger SV 2–1 Borussia MonchengladbachBundesliga
• 2017-12-15Borussia Monchengladbach 3–1 Hamburger SVBundesliga
• 2017-03-12Hamburger SV 2–1 Borussia MonchengladbachBundesliga