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09.04. (Sat) 15:30 Hamburger SV - Borussia D.



DID YOU KNOW?

* Borussia Dortmund are on the verge of equalling the all-time Bundesliga record of most away wins in one season (twelve).

* The dominance of Juergen Klopp's side can be demonstrated with the following statistics: most wins (20), fewest defeats (3), fewest goals conceded (17) and second most goals scored (58).

* BVB's 2-0 defeat to Leverkusen on matchday one is the only time this season the side have concede more than one goal in a league match.

* There have been 87 meetings between the two sides with Hamburg winning 31, Dortmund 30 and 27 draws taking place.

* Dortmund's 18-year-old sensation Mario Goetze currently has 10 assists in the Bundesliga this season, the most in the league along with Franck Ribery and Cristian Tiffert.

* Hamburg have won each of the last four home games against Borussia Dortmund.

* The last time the two sides met at the Imtech Arena, HSV ran out 4-1 winners with Guy Demel, Ze Roberto, Jose Guerrero and Marcus Berg scoring the goals for the home team.

* Die Rothosen have conceded more goals than any other team in the top half of the Bundesliga (44) and only five teams have conceded more this season.

* Michael Oenning's men are currently struggling for form, winning only one of their last five games in the Bundesliga, a 6-2 victory over Koeln a fortnight ago which came the week after they conceded six against Bayern.

* In total, Hamburg have scored 158 goals against Dortmund in Bundesliga meetings with 149 goals in reply.

LAST MEETING

November 12, 2010: Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Hamburg

When the two teams met in November, Dortmund continued their fine form by beating die Rothosen at home. Both goals came in the second half with Shinji Kagawa grabbing the first with Lucas Barrios adding a second to give BVB all three points.

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Hamburg: Rost; Diekmeier, Kacar, Westermann, Aogo; Ben-Hatira, Jarolim, Ze Roberto, Elia; Van Nistelrooy, Petric

Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller; Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer; Sahin, Bender; Goetze, Lewandowski, Grosskreutz; Barrios

Prediction

Hamburg 2-2 Borussia