Bundesliga Gameweek 29 Sat, Apr 10 · 14:30 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
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Away travel255 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d1 · 1
Real contextStrength only
Hamburger SV—%
Draw—%
Union Berlin—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Hamburg)

Forecast from 26 Mar

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Hamburger SV and Union Berlin. 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

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

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 SVUnion Berlin
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
40 Current StrengthIn forecast 39
37 AttackIn forecast 42
43 DefenceIn forecast 41
70 Form indexContext 38
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—

Union Berlin

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Hamburger SVUnion Berlin
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.83
2.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.83
1.04 xGVia Att/Def 1.17
1.83 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.09
-0.04 Goals minus xGContext -0.34
50% Scored inContext 50%
17% Clean sheetsContext 33%
11.00 ShotsContext 12.83
3.67 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.75
33% On target shareContext 35%
6.33 Shots in the boxContext 9.00
56% Box shareContext 64%
9% ConversionContext 7%
2.00 OffsidesContext 2.60
19.17 Shots allowedContext 15.67
5.67 On target allowedVia Att/Def 7.00
5.33 BlocksContext 4.20
3.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.40
62% Save rateContext 56%
40% PossessionIn forecast 44%
346 PassesContext 359
270 Accurate passesContext 268
78% Pass accuracyContext 75%
6.54 Team ratingContext 6.58
14.17 FoulsContext 11.67
12.83 Fouls sufferedContext 10.50
1.33 Yellow cardsContext 2.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 6 and 6 games
1.30 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
2.10 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.30
1.11 xGVia Att/Def 1.31
1.63 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.00
+0.19 Goals minus xGContext +0.19
70% Scored inContext 70%
10% Clean sheetsContext 30%
11.60 ShotsContext 12.30
4.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.88
35% On target shareContext 38%
6.90 Shots in the boxContext 8.30
59% Box shareContext 63%
11% ConversionContext 12%
1.86 OffsidesContext 2.43
16.40 Shots allowedContext 14.50
5.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.90
4.56 BlocksContext 4.13
3.40 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.56
64% Save rateContext 57%
40% PossessionIn forecast 45%
348 PassesContext 372
275 Accurate passesContext 285
79% Pass accuracyContext 77%
6.71 Team ratingContext 6.74
12.40 FoulsContext 10.30
12.20 Fouls sufferedContext 9.60
1.50 Yellow cardsContext 2.20
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
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 / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km1,224 km in 14d
Schedule load0%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
Union Berlin
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel255 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 38 · 4 pts vs 5.4 for an average club · -0.8 vs expected
  • D17 OctH · Borussia Dortmund0–00.9 xPts
  • W10 OctH · SV Elversberg1–01.4 xPts
  • L18 SepA · Bayern München0–70.2 xPts
  • L11 SepH · FC Schalke 041–31.6 xPts
  • L5 SepA · Bayer Leverkusen0–40.7 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 Union Berlin
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Bundesliga 2026-2027, 3 Apr7Bundesliga 2026-2027, 3 Apr
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km255 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,224 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 1 / 31 / 1 / 3
Next matchdays after this one77

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
Union Berlin Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Borussia Dortmund (H) 0–0, 17 Oct
1F. Rønnow(G)
15T. Rothe 2O. Uduokhai 4Z. Van Den Bosch 19J. Haberer
13A. Schäfer 20M. Aebischer
30K. Imeri 11W. Jeong 8R. Khedira
21T. Skarke

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
Union Berlin 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
Union Berlin · Away 0.00points per game · 2 away games
W-D-L
0-0-2
Scored
0.00
Conceded
5.50

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 1 this season

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

Head to head last 2 of 2 meetings

1 Hamburger SV wins1 draws0 Union Berlin wins
Goals per game1.50 – 1.00 Over 2.550% Both scored50% Clean sheets50% · 50%
  • 14 Feb 2026Hamburger SV3–2Union Berlin
  • 28 Sep 2025Union Berlin0–0Hamburger SV

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
Union Berlin6 games · scored 5 · conceded 17
1 3 0-15
3 16-30
2 31-45
3 46-60
4 61-75
4 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
Union Berlin10 games · scored 15 · conceded 23
2 3 0-15
5 16-30
2 3 31-45
1 4 46-60
1 6 61-75
9 2 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.