Hamburger SV vs Eintracht Frankfurt prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-12-19 14:30.
[p]Hamburg will be looking to return to winning ways when they host top-six hopefuls Eintracht Frankfurt, a side they haven’t beaten since 2011.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Hamburg’s dispiriting 4-1 loss to Hoffenheim last Saturday abruptly ended a run of back-to-back Bundesliga wins and saw them miss the chance to climb into the top half. Merlin Polzin’s men remain just four points above the relegation play-off place but should be confident of stretching that buffer at Volksparkstadion, where they have claimed 13 of their 15 points this term. They’ve claimed six of those points across their last two such games, both of which came against sides above them in the table, leaving them targeting a third home league win in a row for the first time since November 2023.[/p]
[p]Frankfurt were on the right side of a result last weekend as they beat struggling Augsburg 1-0. That win ended the Eagles’ four-game run without a victory in all competitions (D1, L3) – a sequence which included a 6-0 trouncing at the hands of RB Leipzig in their last away league encounter. The visitors are now bidding to avoid suffering back-to-back Bundesliga defeats on the road for the first time since April 2024 – a task that Dino Toppmöller’s side are unlikely to be daunted by, as going into this upcoming matchday, only Bayern Munich (20) have scored more German top-flight goals on their travels than Frankfurt’s 17 to date this season. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Hamburg haven’t won any of the last 12 meetings (D5, L7) and haven’t scored more than once in a H2H they hosted since March 2008.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Five of Hamburg’s last six Bundesliga matches saw both teams score. [/p]
[p]Hamburg have scored 11 of their 14 Bundesliga goals this season after half-time.[/p]
[p]Frankfurt’s away league games have averaged a league-high 5.29 goals per match.[/p]
[p]Frankfurt haven’t scored inside the opening 20 minutes in any of their last nine games.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Rayan Philippe got Hamburg’s consolation against Hoffenheim, with that result ending the Frenchman’s seven-game unbeaten run when finding the net (W5, D2). Ritsu Dōan got Frankfurt’s winner against Augsburg, with that his fourth successive victorious scoring appearance for them since joining the club in the summer.[/p]
[p]Hamburg don’t seem to have any fresh absentees. Frankfurt’s Arthur Theate is suspended and fellow defender Robin Koch is an injury doubt, while Farès Chaïbi and Ellyes Skhiri have both now gone to the Africa Cup of Nations. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With Frankfurt’s away games tending to be entertaining affairs, backing over 3.5 goals seems logical.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]