On Saturday Sep 17th, in week 9, Hamburger SV will play host to Fortuna Düsseldorf in a clash of these two closely matched 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Hamburger SV is fresh off their 3-2 win against Holstein Kiel. Robert Glatzel struck first for Hamburger SV in the 39th minute, then Moritz Heyer added another in the 69th minute. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Hamburger SV should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 5th placed Fortuna Düsseldorf is fresh off their 3-1 win against Hansa Rostock. Dawid Kownacki struck first for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 10th minute, then Marcel Sobottka added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Dawid Kownacki. Fortuna Düsseldorf is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Dawid Kownacki has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Fortuna Düsseldorf. Both Ransford Konigsdorffer and Ludovit Reis have been the hottest scorers for Hamburger SV in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.