Hamburger SV - Eintracht Frankfurt
- Kick-off: Tuesday (12 December 2017), 20.30 CET
- Venue: Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
- Referee: Manuel Gräfe (229 Bundesliga games, 113 Bundesliga 2 games)
Build-Up
Eintracht travel to Hamburg being the second best away team this season (15 points); overall it is the meeting of the 9th (SGE on 22 pts) against the 15th (HSV on 15). But Hamburg have kept clean sheets in three successive Bundesliga games - for the first time since September 2015. They drew against VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 last matchday while the Eagles hosted Bayern and suffered a tight 1-0 defeat.
Niko Kovac had a spell at HSV during his playing career; he made 55 league games (12 goals) for Hamburg between 1999 and 2001. Vice versa Hamburg's managing director Heribert Bruchhagen was CEO at Eintracht from 2003 until 2016 before joining HSV.
Attendance
Around 2,100 Eagles will make the trip to Hamburg for the Tuesday night kick-off.
The Opponent
You can find the latest on HSV in English via bundesliga.com and on their English club website.
Live TV Coverage
The match will be on international broadcast. To find out about TV channels in your area showing Bundesliga matches, you can check the league's list of international broadcasting partners.
Live Match Center
We will provide you with pre-match and live updates via the English language Live Match Center - line-ups, live text commentary, scores and tweets will be available from kick-off onwards.
Social Media
We will also cover the match on our English Twitter channel with pics and tweets from the ground. Additionally, our English Facebook site will contain live info. The hashtags are: #SGE and #HSVSGE.
