Overview
- Kickoff is at 15:30 local time at RheinEnergieStadion, with live coverage on DAZN and no free-to-air broadcast.
- This is their first top-flight meeting since 2017/18, with Hamburg unbeaten in the last five against Köln and the hosts’ most recent home league win in the series dating to 2016.
- Köln enter with 11 points from eight league games, while Hamburg remain winless away under Merlin Polzin with only one away goal this season.
- Hamburg generate many attempts but convert just six percent of 116 shots, Köln have allowed 130 opposition efforts, and both goalkeepers boast 73 percent save rates as set pieces have yielded only one goal for each side.
- Cup results shaped the buildup as Köln fell 1–4 to Bayern with an offside dispute and Hamburg edged Heidenheim via a contentious Robert Glatzel penalty, with Glatzel’s starting status uncertain and Ransford Königsdörffer still scoreless from 20 league shots.