Bundesliga Gameweek 18 Sat, Jan 23 · 14:30 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
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Away travel284 kmRest days7 · 3.8Matches / 14d3 · 4
Real contextStrength only
Hamburger SV—%
Draw—%
Borussia Dortmund—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Hamburg)

Forecast from 8 Jan

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Hamburger SV and Borussia Dortmund. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

Hamburger SVBorussia Dortmund
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
40 Current StrengthIn forecast 80
37 AttackIn forecast 69
43 DefenceIn forecast 80
70 Form indexContext 61
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Hamburger SV

Attack—
Defense risk—

Borussia Dortmund

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Hamburger SVBorussia Dortmund
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.83
2.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.67
1.04 xGVia Att/Def 1.76
1.83 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.92
-0.04 Goals minus xGContext +0.07
50% Scored inContext 83%
17% Clean sheetsContext 67%
11.00 ShotsContext 15.17
3.67 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.17
33% On target shareContext 34%
6.33 Shots in the boxContext 10.50
56% Box shareContext 73%
9% ConversionContext 12%
2.00 OffsidesContext 1.50
19.17 Shots allowedContext 11.67
5.67 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.50
5.33 BlocksContext 2.80
3.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.50
62% Save rateContext 78%
40% PossessionIn forecast 55%
346 PassesContext 530
270 Accurate passesContext 450
78% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.54 Team ratingContext 7.04
14.17 FoulsContext 11.17
12.83 Fouls sufferedContext 11.83
1.33 Yellow cardsContext 2.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.17
This league season, per match · 6 and 6 games
1.30 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.90
2.10 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.90
1.11 xGVia Att/Def 1.85
1.63 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.96
+0.19 Goals minus xGContext +0.05
70% Scored inContext 80%
10% Clean sheetsContext 50%
11.60 ShotsContext 14.70
4.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.70
35% On target shareContext 39%
6.90 Shots in the boxContext 10.30
59% Box shareContext 72%
11% ConversionContext 13%
1.86 OffsidesContext 1.63
16.40 Shots allowedContext 11.20
5.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.25
4.56 BlocksContext 2.78
3.40 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.25
64% Save rateContext 77%
40% PossessionIn forecast 54%
348 PassesContext 530
275 Accurate passesContext 454
79% Pass accuracyContext 86%
6.71 Team ratingContext 6.99
12.40 FoulsContext 10.90
12.20 Fouls sufferedContext 10.40
1.50 Yellow cardsContext 2.10
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Hamburger SV
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel0 km1,271 km in 14d
Schedule load15%Low
Form 70 · 9 pts vs 6.6 for an average club · +3.6 vs expected
  • W17 OctH · VfB Stuttgart1–01.0 xPts
  • W10 OctA · 1899 Hoffenheim3–20.9 xPts
  • W19 SepH · 1.FC Köln2–11.5 xPts
  • L13 SepA · RB Leipzig0–50.6 xPts
  • L6 SepH · FSV Mainz 050–51.4 xPts
Borussia Dortmund
Rest3.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d4High congestion
Travel284 km1,447 km in 14d
Schedule load35%Moderate
Form 61 · 8 pts vs 6.7 for an average club · -1.7 vs expected
  • D17 OctA · Union Berlin0–01.9 xPts
  • L14 OctA · Bodo/Glimt0–11.6 xPts
  • D9 OctH · Werder Bremen2–22.3 xPts
  • W19 SepA · VfB Stuttgart1–01.6 xPts
  • W12 SepH · SC Paderborn 073–02.3 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Hamburger SV Borussia Dortmund
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 15Moderate · 35
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoYes
Rest dayssince last match7Bundesliga 2026-2027, 16 Jan3.8UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 - League phase, 19 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km284 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,271 km1,447 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 3 / 32 / 4 / 4
Next matchdays after this one74.2

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Hamburger SV Last XI · not confirmed
3-5-2 · vs VfB Stuttgart (H) 1–0, 17 Oct
1D. Heuer Fernandes(G)
17W. Omari 33S. Bornauw 24N. Capaldo
37Louis Lemke 28M. Muheim 4B. Nadir 5M. Adeline 3D. Møller Wolfe
15Y. Poulsen 20Fábio Vieira
Borussia Dortmund Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Union Berlin (A) 0–0, 17 Oct
1G. Kobel(G)
4N. Schlotterbeck 3W. Anton 22J. Gadou
24D. Svensson 8F. Nmecha 7J. Bellingham 26J. Ryerson
14M. Beier 18E. Nwaneri
9S. Guirassy

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Hamburger SV Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Borussia Dortmund Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Hamburger SV · Home 2.00points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
2-0-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
2.00
Borussia Dortmund · Away 2.33points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
2-1-0
Scored
1.33
Conceded
0.67

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 3 of 3 meetings

0 Hamburger SV wins1 draws2 Borussia Dortmund wins
Goals per game1.00 – 2.00 Over 2.533% Both scored67% Clean sheets0% · 33%
  • 29 Aug 2026Borussia Dortmund2–0Hamburger SV
  • 21 Mar 2026Borussia Dortmund3–2Hamburger SV
  • 8 Nov 2025Hamburger SV1–1Borussia Dortmund

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Hamburger SV6 games · scored 6 · conceded 15
1 1 0-15
3 16-30
1 3 31-45
1 2 46-60
2 61-75
3 4 76-90
Borussia Dortmund6 games · scored 11 · conceded 4
2 0-15
16-30
1 1 31-45
1 46-60
3 61-75
5 2 76-90
Hamburger SV10 games · scored 13 · conceded 21
2 1 0-15
5 16-30
2 4 31-45
3 3 46-60
3 2 61-75
3 6 76-90
Borussia Dortmund10 games · scored 19 · conceded 9
2 1 0-15
16-30
3 1 31-45
2 2 46-60
4 1 61-75
8 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.