In this week 5 match, on Fri Aug 19th, Darmstadt 98 and Hamburger SV will play a match in Hamburg in a meeting of these two 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. Hamburger SV is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Arminia Bielefeld. Ransford Konigsdorffer struck first for Hamburger SV in the 28th minute, then László Bénes added another in the 74th minute In the end, Arminia Bielefeld couldn’t muster any offence and Hamburger SV ran away with the shutout win. Hamburger SV is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Darmstadt 98 is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Hansa Rostock. Phillip Tietz struck first for Darmstadt 98 in the 3rd minute, then Mehlem added another in the 18th minute In the end, Hansa Rostock was frustrated by Darmstadt 98’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Darmstadt 98 ended the match with the shutout victory. Darmstadt 98 is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Hamburger SV won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Darmstadt 98’s top weapon lately has been Phillip Tietz, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Both Robert Glatzel and Ransford Konigsdorffer have been the hottest scorers for Hamburger SV in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals.