Statistics clearly speak against Hamburger SV | free press

2023-06-02 01:11:14

Statistically, Hamburger SV was at a disadvantage at VfB Stuttgart even before the relegation first leg kicked off. In the previous 24 duels, the higher-ranked club had prevailed 18 times, the second division team only managed to climb six times.

None of these clubs had lost the first leg, however. The Hamburg team lost 3-0. The second leg will be kicked off next Monday (8.45 p.m. / Sky and Sat.1).

Relegation games so far:

Year	Bundesliga club	second division	Results
1982	Bayer Leverkusen*	Kickers Offenbach	1:0/2:1
1983	FC Schalke 04	Bayer Uerdingen*	1:3/1:1
1984	Eintracht Frankfurt*	MSV Duisburg	5:0/1:1
1985	Arminia Bielefeld	1. FC Saarbrucken*	0:2/1:1
1986	Borussia Dortmund*	Fortune Cologne	0:2/3:1/8:0
1987	FC Homburg*	FC St. Pauli	3:1/1:2
1988	Waldhof Mannheim*	Darmstadt 98	2:3/2:1/5:4 iE (0:0)
1989	Eintracht Frankfurt*	1. FC Saarbrucken	2:0/1:2
1990	VfL Bochum*	1. FC Saarbrucken	1:0/1:1
1991	FC St. Pauli	Stuttgart Kickers*	1:1/1:1/1:3
2009	Energy Cottbus	1. FC Nürnberg*	0:3/0:2
2010	1. FC Nürnberg*	FC Augsburg	1:0/2:0
2011	Borussia Monchengladbach*	VfL Bochum	1:0/1:1
2012	Hertha BSC	Fortuna Düsseldorf*	1:2/2:2
2013	1899 Hoffenheim*	1 FC Kaiserslautern	3:1/2:1
2014	Hamburger SV*	SpVgg Greuther Furth	0:0/1:1
2015	Hamburger SV*	Karlsruhe SC	1:1/2:1 n.V.
2016	Eintracht Frankfurt*	1. FC Nürnberg	1:1/1:0
2017	VfL Wolfsburg*	Eintracht Braunschweig	1:0/1:0
2018	VfL Wolfsburg*	Holstein Kiel	3:1/1:0
2019	VfB Stuttgart	1. FC Union Berlin*	2:2/0:0
2020	Werder Bremen*	1. FC Heidenheim	0:0/2:2
2021	1. FC Cologne*	Holstein Kiel	0:1/5:1
2022	Hertha BSC*	Hamburger SV	0:1/2:0
2023	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburger SV	3:0/x:x

(* = relegation winner) (dpa)