IIn the fight for the last free place in the Bundesliga, Hamburger SV wanted to defeat the first division 16 in the first game. secure a good starting position for VfB Stuttgart. The second leg will take place in Hamburg on Monday. Both lots are sold out. The live ticker of the first leg:
90th + 3 minutes: final whistle
Hamburger SV goes under in Stuttgart and only has a theoretical chance of returning to the Bundesliga. Stuttgart, which won 58 percent of the tackles, missed out on a higher win. The second leg in Hamburg awaits on Monday.
69 minutes: Suhonen sees red
HSV is now outnumbered. Suhonen sees red less than ten minutes after coming on as a substitute. The Finn had fouled Vagnoman.
67 minutes: Stuttgart saves energy
VfB coach Sebastian Hoeneß seems to want to rest his top performers for the second leg. Führich and Guirassy can save energy and come off the field early. Pfeiffer and Tiago Tomas are there to help.
54 minutes: 3-0 for Stuttgart
Now even Guirassy scores. VfB leads 3-0 against HSV. Like the first, the third goal came from a corner kick. The hamburgers are about to fall apart.
51 minutes: Vagnoman with the 2-0
Even after the restart, HSV conceded a quick goal. Former player Vagnoman completes a remarkable move with the goal to make it 2-0 for Stuttgart. well deserved.
45th + 3 minutes: half-time break
VfB Stuttgart goes into the break 1-0. The result flatters HSV, who can thank their goalkeeper for not being further behind. The Bundesliga side, on the other hand, missed numerous opportunities, including a penalty.
45. + 1 minute: Mavropanos heads past
Shortly before the half-time whistle the next big chance for VfB. In a copy of the opening goal, Mavropanos heads on goal after a corner kick, but this time he just misses.
29 minutes: Heuer Fernandes outstanding again
Again it is Hamburg’s goalkeeper who draws attention to himself. When Führich shoots hard, Heuer Fernandes gets his hands up quickly enough and saves the ball for a corner. His third feat. Which doesn’t change the fact that the VfB leadership is well deserved.
27 minutes: Guirassy also misses the point
VfB Stuttgart are awarded a penalty after a foul on the edge of the penalty area. This time Guirassy misses the chance to make it 2-0 even from the point. The attacker aims to the right, shoots halfway up. Heuer Fernandes saves the ball strongly.
Not his only missed shot: Stuttgart’s Serhou Guirassy missed a penalty
Source: Getty Images/Alexander Hassenstein
24 minutes: Guirassy misses the 2-0
Guirassy runs alone towards the Hamburg goal, but fails due to nerves and goalkeeper Heuer Fernandes.
13 minutes: Intensive start
After a brief shock from being behind early on, Hamburger SV was able to stabilize again. The game is intense and balanced.
1st minute 1:0 for Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart takes the lead early. Mavropanos heads in a corner kick to make it 1-0 for the Bundesliga club after just 46 seconds. It was the ninth ball contact in the game.
Successful early on: Konstantinos Mavropanos scores to make it 1-0 for VfB
Source: Getty Images/Alexander Hassenstein
8:45 p.m .: The game is on
The first leg of the relegation has started. Who will secure the last free spot for the 2023/2024 Bundesliga season?
8:43 p.m .: VfB wins side choice
VfB Stuttgart wins the choice of sides and decides to kick off. Before the start of the game, the teams gather in the middle circle and observe a minute’s silence for the youth soccer player who died after a fight during a game in Frankfurt.
8:35 p.m .: Lineups are there
Bakery Jatta and Ludovit Reis start at HSV, who were suspended in the 1-0 win in Sandhausen. Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer is only on the bench at the start of the game, Laszlo Benes is injured. The recently injured Moritz Heyer and Jonas Meffert got fit in time.
HSV: Heuer Fernandes – Heyer, Schonlau, David, Muheim – Reis, Meffert, Kittel – Jatta, Glatzel, Dompé
8:34 p.m .: Bredlow is out
The lineups are there. VfB Stuttgart has to do without regular goalkeeper Fabian Bredlow. The 28-year-old suffered a torn ligament in his knee while warming up before the final day of the game. Bredlow played in the 1-1 draw against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, which wasn’t enough for the direct relegation he was aiming for. Then his use for the first duel with the second division third was questionable. The former number one Florian Müller plays for him. Compared to last Saturday, VfB coach Sebastian Hoeneß also relies on Enzo Millot in attack, who will replace Silas Katompa Mvumpa in the starting XI.
VfB Stuttgart: F. Müller – Mavropanos, Anton, H. Ito – Vagnoman, Karazor, W. Endo, Sosa – Millot, Führich – Guirassy
8:31 p.m .: Three HSV players previously charged
On the final day of the season, HSV professionals Sonny Kittel and Robert Glatzel received their fourth yellow card this season, and Jonas David also has a previous record. Mean another warning for the failure for the second leg.
8:25 p.m .: Laszlo Benes is missing
With the exception of Laszlo Benes, who was injured in Sandhausen and will miss both games with a torn muscle fibre, HSV coach Tim Walter can fall back on all the players except for those with long-term injuries.
