Highlights
D. Siebert
90'
+ 7
WERDER GO TOP!
Bremen remain unbeaten under Ole Werner, Hamburg lose for the first time at home this season. It's derby spoils for Die Grünweißen and they go top of the Bundesliga 2 table!
Full-time
90'
+ 6
GLATZEL!
Another big chance for HSV and Glatzel. Another header, this time with far more power at the back post, but Pavlenka is equal to it and pushes to safety. But the ball keeps coming back...
90'
+ 5
IN THE NET!
Heuer Fernandes is playing in the Bremen half now and plays a brilliant diagonal ball through to Kittel going in behind. He volleys across, it takes a touch and Wintzheimer tucks it away, but the flag had gone up. Correctly so.
90'
+ 3
GLATZEL...
Hamburg's main man gets his head onto a cross but doesn't get any real power on it and the ball bounces up for Pavlenka.
90'
+ 1
ADDED TIME
FIVE MINUTES for HSV to snatch a result or Bremen to hold on.
90'
+ 1
Substitution
90'
BEEN A WHILE
The last 3-3 draw in the Nordderby game here in the Bundesliga in August 1995.
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Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.
85'
SOME OF THE BEST
Glatzel (15), Ducksch (15) and Füllkrug (11) have a combined 41 goals this season. Only Guido Burgstaller (17) and Simon Terodde (16) have more than the first two across the division.
83'
BREMEN DESERVEDLY AHEAD
xGoals
The xGoals value of a club is calculated from the sum of all goal probabilities (goals and shots on goal) of that team. During a match, it’s easy to see whether the club is performing better than expected (goals > xGoals) - or maybe even higher (xGoals > goals).
xGoals
2
2.04
2.87
3
Goals
83'
Substitution
81'
Substitution
81'
Substitution
80'
HSV GET ONE BACK!
That's silenced the away fans and set us up for a huge finish to this thrilling Nordderby. HSV get into the box down the right and Kinsombi fizzes the ball across goal. Glatzel gets in ahead of his marker and turns the ball in off the post. Game on with 10 to go!
79'
SPITZENREITER!
The Bremen fans in attendance are letting their rivals know that they're going to be top of the table.
76'
DUCKSCH AGAIN!
A two-goal advantage for the visitors and league leaders-to-be. Jatta loses the ball in his own half and Jung crosses from the left. Rapp is picked out in the area but can't get a shot away, so lays it back to Ducksch on the edge of the D and he picks out the bottom corner out of the reach of Heuer Fernandes.
73'
GRANDSTAND FINISH TO COME?
Hamburg have scored 13 times in the final quarter of an hour this season. That's the most in the division. But Werder have also scored 12 themselves.
72'
Substitution
71'
Substitution
69'
HEYER!
The hosts suddenly turn that possession into danger as Heyer gets a shot away from inside the box, which Pavlenka can only parry. Lucky for him it misses the lurking red shorts.
68'
STILL HSV DOMINATING POSSESSION
Possession (%)
6436
CELEBRATIONS WERE SHORT LIVED FOR HSV
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55'
DOUBLE SPOT-KICK
It's the third time this season a team in Bundesliga 2 has been awarded two penalties in a game, but the first time for an away team.
54'
100 PER CENT AGAINST
All 10 penalties awarded against HSV in Bundesliga 2 have now been scored. None of the eight before today had been given for handball, though.
FÜLLKRUG CONVERTS!
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50'
PENALTY TO WERDER!
A second spot-kick after a VAR check. Weiser's shot from 20 yards comes off the arm of Jatta and goes over. Referee Siebert checks on the monitor again and once again decides to point to the spot.
48'
SituationNo penalty
ReviewHandball?
DecisionPenalty
48'
HSV IMMEDIATELY LEVEL!
Barely a minute gone and the hosts have struck back. Glatzel turns on the edge of the box and shoots. It takes a slight touch through to Meffert lurking on the last man. He takes a touch and finishes, but is left hanging as VAR check for a possible offside before the goal is finally awarded.
Kick-off!
45'
+ 4
Substitution
45'
+ 4
AS IT STANDS
Bremen are going top - a point ahead of Darmstadt and Pauli - if the result stays this way. Hamburg would slip to fourth, level on points with Schalke in fifth. But they'd be four points behind Werder and three off Pauli - it has the potential to be a horrible afternoon for HSV supporters if they don't turn this around.
Half-time
45'
SCHMID SUSPENDED
A fifth caution of the campaign for the Bremen midfielder and he'll miss next week's meeting with Dresden.
45'
DUCKSCH!
HSV stand off Bremen's top scorer and let him shift the ball onto his right 20 yards out. He tries to bend it but Heuer Fernandes reads and holds diving to his left.
44'
FIRST CHANCE!
Jatta plays a one-two down the right and is in behind. He squares looking for Glatzel in the middle, who gets a touch on it but not enough to divert the ball on target.
42'
WEISER WIDE
Bremen's eighth attempt of the afternoon as he skips inside Muheim, but he drags the effort wide on his weaker left.
40'
STARTING TO CLICK
HSV look to be finding their groove as the first half comes to a close. They're getting into promising positions out wide, but still no end product as yet.
35'
BREMEN SHOULD BE CLEAR
xGoals
The xGoals value of a club is calculated from the sum of all goal probabilities (goals and shots on goal) of that team. During a match, it’s easy to see whether the club is performing better than expected (goals > xGoals) - or maybe even higher (xGoals > goals).
xGoals
0
0.09
1.74
1
Goals
33'
DENIED AGAIN!
So easily could be three for Bremen if not for the HSV goalkeeper. Ducksch is in again, this time running from deep. He's too fast to be caught and has time to pick his spot. He opts for the lob but Heuer Fernandes reads him like a book, staying up and catching.
30'
HEUER FERNANDES DENIES!
Should be 2-0 for Bremen as the hosts lose the ball deep in their own half and Ducksch is in behind on the left. He squares for Bittencourt arriving, who gets there ahead of Schonlau, but a brilliant reaction stop from Heuer Fernandes, up high to his right, prevents a certain second.
30'
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
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25'
COMEBACK KINGS VS. TOUGH NUT
HSV have come from behind to pick up points this times this season (W2, D4), but Werder are yet to lose from a winning position (W12, D4). They are also yet to be beaten when Ducksch has scored (W10, D1).
23'
WIDE FROM GROSS
He's never scored in the Bundesliga or Bundesliga 2 but Christian Groß has a crack from 20 yards that fizzes just wide.
23'
BUT BREMEN ARE CREATING THE CHANCES
Goal attempts
0off target
1on target
3off target
1on target
23'
HSV HAVE THE BALL
Possession (%)
5842
19'
RULED OUT
HSV have the ball in the back of the net now but this won't count either. Heyer smashes home a loose ball in the box but the whistle had already gone for a push by Glatzel on Toprak.
18'
NOW FÜLLKRUG
He gets into this one with the ball going across the box to the left. The striker latches onto it trying to go back across but drags wide.
15'
NOT FAR AWAY
Ducksch looks to turn provider this time with an in-swinging cross from the left flank. Füllkrug is racing to get there but the bend takes it away and into the arms of Heuer Fernandes.
13'
HALF CHANCE
Pavlenka is called into action for the first time at the other end as Heyer hits a goal-bound effort into the ground. The Bremen keeper pushes it clear.
RED-HOT DUCKSCH
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BREMEN LEAD THE NORDDERBY!
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9'
PENALTY!
The referee takes a look and decides Meffert deflected Toprak's cross with his hand and points to the spot. Ducksch to take...
8'
BUT A VAR CHECK
It's offside, no doubt there. But referee Siebert has been told to go check a potential handball by Meffert...
7'
BALL IN THE NET!
A corner isn't cleared and Toprak dinks out a chip back to the far post where Bittencourt had ghosted in completely unmarked. He nods past Heuer Fernandes from close range but the flag was up immediately for offside.
6'
SituationNo penalty
ReviewHandball?
DecisionPenalty
3'
A FORTRESS
Heuer Fernandes is off his line as quick as ever to clear ahead of a green shirt. He's out to help maintain HSV's status as the only team in the top three divisions yet to lose at home this season.
Kick-off!
TEAMS ARE OUT...
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ALMOST READY
There are 25,000 people allowed into the Volksparkstadion to watch this pivotal derby. Most look to be in the seats already in anticipation.
OLE’S AT THE WHEEL
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FORMER COLLEAGUES
Walter and Werner previously worked together at Holstein Kiel, where Werner eventually took up his first senior coaching gig by succeeding Walter. The latter spoke fondly of their time together in the build-up: “We always had a very good exchange. I value him as a person and as a football coach. At the moment, he is proving his potential.”
“BIGGEST GAME IN THE REGION”
Werder boss Ole Werner has also been speaking ahead of the derby and said this week: “The excitement has been there from day one. I’m really looking forward to it. Werder vs. HSV is the biggest game in the region, between two big cities & two clubs with a lot of history. We’re hoping to take all three points back to Bremen.”
“THIS DUEL HAS A GREAT HISTORY”
With so much history and so much to play for, HSV boss Tim Walter has cut an excited figure ahead of the derby. “Both have great tradition and therefore this duel has a great history,” he told media. “But we want to get away from that. We try to continue our way. We are looking forward to this game and are focused.”
ALL TO PLAY FOR
This is not just any Nordderby. Host Hamburg sit fourth on 41 points, while visitors Werder - who started the weekend top - are a point better off in third. So not only are local bragging rights up for grabs but a win for either side would also take them to the summit. Werder went top for the first time this season last matchday. HSV haven't led the Bundesliga 2 table since Matchday 22 of last year.
WATCH: HSV WON THE REVERSE 2-0
THE DERBY OF THE NORTH
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WERDER TEAM NEWS
Ole Werner has been very consistent in team selection as well since he took over eight games ago. He opts for just one change from the draw with Ingolstadt as Leonardo Bittencourt returns from suspension. Nicolai Rapp is the man to make way.
HSV TEAM NEWS
Tim Walter names the same starting XI for the third straight game after the 2-0 win against Heidenheim and last week’s 1-1 draw at Sandhausen. There’s also a minor milestone for Ludovit Reis as the midfielder makes his 50th Bundesliga 2 appearance (23 for HSV and 27 for Osnabrück)
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WATCH: INSIDE THE BREMEN CHANGING ROOM AT THE VOLKSPARKSTADION
BREMEN SUBS
Zetterer, Mai, Agu, Schmidt, Rapp, Gruev, Mbom, Woltemade, Dinkci
BREMEN XI
Pavlenka - Veljkovic, Toprak (c), Friedl - Weiser, Groß, Jung - Bittencourt, Schmid - Füllkrug, Ducksch
HAMBURG SUBS
Johansson, Gyamerah, Vagnoman, David, Kinsombi, Chakvetadze, Suhonen, Kaufmann, Wintzheimer
HAMBURG XI
Heuer Fernandes - Heyer, Vuskovic, Schonlau (c), Muheim - Meffert, Reis, Kittel - Jatta, Glatzel, Alidou