Subtopper Borussia Dortmund is on Saturday-afternoon at home in the own Westfalenstadion, the relegation candidate HSV. Without doubt the points on both sides are very welcome.

Borussia Dortmund managed to make an important three point last Friday. After the departure of Pierre Aubameyang we had to wait and see how the team was ahead. His successor Michy Batshuayi made at least a good impression. The Belgian international managed to score a Doppelpack with his debut. For a long time, however, that was not enough for victory at FC Köln. Dortmund had the luck that the number last in the end of the game was still full for the three points. This made it possible for BVB to score, and Andre Schürrle scored his first goal of the season in a nice way (2-3).

Because of this result, the yellow blacks are still competing for the Champions League places. Dortmund is now in fourth place, which since this season has taken direct participation in the group phase of the CL. Trainer Peter Stöger said that there is still enough to plan for his team. ‘The four previous matches were ok, but not at every stage. We still need to improve some things. ” Marco Reus possibly makes his comeback, although that will not be the basis.

The Hamburg club still has a hard time in the Bundesliga. Victories are rarely celebrated by the team, and the points really have to be gathered with the greatest effort. Last week Sunday, Die Rothosen picked up at least one. In the home match against Hannover 96, HSV was the lesser team and they seemed to be suffering defeat. Filip Kostic saved a point (1-1) with a late goal, which brought HSV closer to the safe fifteenth place. In the final phase Kyriakos Papadopoulos picked up his second yellow print – he is suspended for Saturday’s match.

Trainer Bernd Hollerbach, who took over the baton from Markus Gisdol, realized that his team is facing a tough task on Saturday, although he was also optimistic. “I think you have a chance in every game,” the coach said. ‘Dortmund is offensive well, so we have to be defensively stable just like against Leipzig.’ Hamburg did it well two weeks ago, in the away match at RB Leipzig. The North Germans then succeeded in enforcing a draw (1-1).

PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1.95