Our football match prediction:
Hamburg SV
Match Time & Date:
18/02/2017
17:30 GMT
Prediction: 1-0
Freiburg
Thanks to a thrilling (3-0) win over second-placed Leipzig Hamburger moved away from the relegation zone. Die Rothosen are three points clear of bottom three in the Bundesliga standings and they will be looking to extend their winning run in the national championship to three games when they welcome Freiburg at their Volksparkstadion. Hamburger defeated star-studded Bayer Leverkusen in their last home game and seeing that Christian Streich’s men are not regarded as good travelers, we predict that the hosts will pick up all three points from Saturday’s football match. Freiburg recorded a hard-fought (2-1) victory over Koln at the weekend, but seeing that they have already suffered six defeats on the road this season, the visitors are unlikely to spoil Hamburger’s party at Volksparkstadion. USA international Bobby Wood, who has netted seven goals in all competitions so far this season, is widely expected to lead the attack for the hosts against Freiburg.
Highlighted Player (Johan Djourou):
Johan Djorou is a former Arsenal defender who plays for Hamburg in Bundesliga. Djorou was born on 18 January, 1987 and he started his youth career at Etoile Carouge. On 1 August, 2003 he joined Arsenal and he made his first senior start for the Gunners in a 3-1 win over Everton in the League cup. Djourou made 86 league appearances for Arsenal, scoring only one goal for the capital club. After spending several seasons on loan at Birmingham City, Hannover and Hamburg, he signed a permanent deal with die Rothosen in April 2014. The Swiss defender played 13 games for Hamburg in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign. Speaking of his international career, Djourou, who was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, decided to represent Switzerland on the international stage and he made his debut for the Rossocrociati on 1 March 2006, against Scotland. Djorou represented Switzerland at Euro 2016, but he had been left out of the Switzerland 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.
Highlighted Team (Freiburg):
Freiburg are a professional football club that compete in German Bundesliga. Freiburg were founded in 1904 and they welcome their rivals at Schwarzwald-Stadion. The stadium has been the home of Freiburg since 1954 and the capacity of the facility is 24,000. Die Breisgau-Brasilianer wear black and white shirts and black shorts, whilst the colour of the team’s away kit is white. Freiburg made it to the German Cup semis in the 2012/2013 DFB Pokal campaign, but their local rivals VFB Stuttgart proved to be a big catch for the Schwarzwald-Stadion outfit. After spending several years in lower leagues, Die Breisgau-Brasilianer returned to the German top flight in 2016. The likes of Levan Kobiashvili, Papiss Cisse, Sascha Rieter, Joachim Low, Zlatan Bajramovic, Mohammadaou Idrissou, Roda Antar, Sebastian Kehl, Richard Golz are the notable footballers who played for Augsburg in the past. It is well known that Joachim Low helped Germany win the 2014 FIFA World Cup as a coach.
