Hamburg North Summit HSV against Kiel
“We have to win games”
Status: 18.04.2024 | Reading time: 2 minutes
Hamburg coach Steffen Baumgart hopes that the recent draw in Magdeburg will be valuable
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On Saturday, leaders Holstein Kiel will be playing in the sold-out Volksparkstadion. Only victories will help Hamburger SV in the fight for promotion. Two important players return to the starting eleven. The people of Kiel comment on their role as favorites.
Coach Steffen Baumgart avoided the term “all or nothing” game before Hamburger SV’s home game against second division leaders Holstein Kiel. His team had not done their homework beforehand. That’s why “we have to win games,” said the 52-year-old on Thursday.
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In order to maintain the remaining chance of at least reaching the relegation place, a victory over the “Storks” in the sold-out Volksparkstadion on Saturday evening (8.30 p.m./Sky and Sport1) is actually a must for the fourth-place team from the Hanseatic city. However, the Kiel team is not one of Hamburg’s favorite opponents. There has only been one HSV win in eleven second division games so far. Holstein won four times and six matches ended in a draw.
The league leader from the Schleswig-Holstein state capital is also on a roll. The Kiel team has been unbeaten for six games. Most recently, five games were won without conceding a goal, but with 13 goals of their own. The Kielers are doing “very good work,” Baumgart said about their opponents. “They have a clear structure and develop further every year.”
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The people of Hamburg have no worries in terms of personnel. Dennis Hadzikadunic, who missed last weekend’s 2-2 draw at 1. FC Magdeburg due to a cold, will take over his regular place again from Guilherme Ramos, who has been suspended. The 16-time goalscorer Robert Glatzel should also be back in the starting line-up after his thigh problems.
Coach Marcel Rapp does not see his team as favorites, despite the situation in the table
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And the people of Kiel? Even without the table constellation, the game at Hamburger SV is something special for the Holstein players. “Basically all players are really keen on the game,” said Kiel coach Marcel Rapp on Thursday. “When the game plan comes out before the season, 70 percent of the boys look: When are we playing against HSV?”
There are enough cross-connections between the two clubs. Three ex-HSVers play for Holstein: Lewis Holtby, Finn Porath and Fiete Arp. The former Kiel player Jonas Meffert is the Hamburg team’s chief organizer in the defensive midfield.
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Nevertheless, Holstein coach Rapp does not see his team as favorites. “If someone says that Kiel is the favorite in Hamburg, then that is a really big compliment for the whole club for the entire season that we have pulled off so far,” the 45-year-old had already emphasized during the week. But when you take a closer look, that’s not the case, “when you see the stadium, when you see the two teams playing against each other.”
