Overview
- Club officials expect 12,000–15,000 HSV supporters in the PreZero-Arena, with organized groups filling sections around the away end as Coach Merlin Polzin calls it a “felt home game.”
- HSV’s last Bundesliga away victory came on April 28, 2018, a run Polzin is using as motivation to finally turn road form around.
- Nicolai Remberg is suspended for yellow-card accumulation and will miss the Hoffenheim match.
- Daniel Elfadli has returned to full training and reenters the matchday squad, while Warmed Omari continues rehab toward a January return and Robert Glatzel remains sidelined.
- Immanuël Pherai became a father this week and missed training time, with the club offering congratulations on the birth.