Overview

• Kickoff is at 20:30 CEST on Friday, 29 August, at Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion in the Bundesliga’s second matchday.
• The game is not on free-to-air TV and will be shown on Sky Bundesliga HD 1 and Sky Sport Top Event, with streaming on Sky Go and WOW.
• It is the first top-flight meeting between the city rivals in 14 years, adding extra significance to HSV’s home fixture.
• Hamburger SV are back in the Bundesliga after seven seasons away and opened with a 0:0 at Gladbach, while St. Pauli drew 3:3 with Dortmund.
• Local police have prepared an expanded security operation for the derby, and the TV commentary is assigned to Hansi Küpper and Cornelius Küpper.