Freiburg vs Hamburger SV prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2026-01-09 14:30.
[p]Two sides looking in different directions meet here as Freiburg hope to chase down the Bundesliga’s European spots, while Hamburg will look to climb further clear of the bottom three.  [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Freiburg signed off for the winter break with a thrilling 4-3 win at Wolfsburg, helping to keep alive their hopes of a charge towards the European spots in the second half of the campaign. It’s now just one defeat in four for Freiburg (W2, D1) with Julian Schuster’s side in the midst of a dominant home record that sees them unbeaten in ten competitive games (W7, D3). Among current Bundesliga sides, only Bayern Munich can boast a longer unbeaten competitive home run at the moment, and with five wins from Freiburg’s last six such games here, they’re well placed to welcome in the new year in style. [/p]
[p]Hamburg finished for the break with just two wins in nine (D2, L5), so they will be keen to improve in the second half of the season, especially as they start the round just four points clear of the bottom three. Key to doing that will be improving on the road as Hamburg head to Freiburg not only on the back of three straight away losses, but also as the only Bundesliga side without an away win this season. Only once back in 1972/73 did HSV previously begin a Bundesliga season with so many winless away games (14), so they’ll hope to avoid repeating that with a positive result here. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Freiburg have won their last two competitive matches against Hamburg, both in the DFB-Pokal. But in the Bundesliga, Freiburg have only won one of the last eight H2Hs (D5, L2). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Freiburg have scored 4+ goals in two of their last four Bundesliga matches – that’s as many times as they did in their previous 98![/p]
[p]Freiburg have lost just one of their last six opening Bundesliga matches of a calendar year (W3, D2).[/p]
[p]Hamburg have lost their first Bundesliga game after the winter break in each of the last five seasons.[/p]
[p]Pre-round, Hamburg have scored the joint-fewest set-piece goals across the league (three). [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Freiburg’s Maximilian Eggestein is set to make his 300th Bundesliga appearance – since the 2017/18 season, Eggestein has played the most Bundesliga matches of any player (275). In-form midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga has scored in two of his last three Bundesliga games, as many as he managed in all of his other combined league appearances this term. [/p]
[p]Neither side is currently reporting any fresh injury concerns. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Freiburg’s recent form, combined with Hamburg’s new year woes, means we fancy a home win here, with Freiburg also scoring 2+ goals. [/p]
[p][i]Author: David H[/i][/p]