Bundesliga - Karlsruhe vs Hamburger SV Football betting preview

Table:

1. B. München 35 +23

2. Bremen 33 +15

3. Hamburg 31 +11

4. Leverkusen 30 +19

5. Hannover 27 + 3

6. Karlsruhe 27 - 2

KSC

- unbeaten at home since 23rd september (1:4 Bayern München)

- lowest scoring and only team with a negative goal difference in the first half of the table

- lost against all currently better ranked teams:

KSC - Hannover 96 1:2

Leverkusen - KSC 3:0

KSC - Bayern München 1:4

Werder Bremen - KSC 4:0

HSV

- scored in every of their 8 away games

- received 6 of their 12 goals after set-plays

- Stevens is most successful Bundesliga coach in the year 2007

Almost every year a new promoted team has a good run at the beginning of the season and is highly praised by the media, but over the course of the season they break down and finish on a double digit rank.

Financially stronger clubs disturb the peace and offer contracts to players with low fixed transfer fees or expiring contracts. Other clubs don't underestimate them anymore and upgrade with new players when the transfer market is opened again.

KSC game is very based on their playmaker Tamas Hajnal (5 goals + 6 assists) and he will face tough-tackling midfielders in this game (Jarolim, de Jong, Demel).

The shift between offense and defense works good, but they don't have a goalgetter like last season when Federico (19 goals + 14 assists) and Kapplani (17 goals + 2 assists) scored more than 50% of their 69 goals.

Goalkeeper Miller (best graded keeper by kicker this season) is still out due to a cruciate ligament rupture.

Main reason going on the straight away win for Hamburg is that they had no UEFA-Cup game during midweek and could focus on that game the whole week.

Except long term injured midfielder Juan Pablo Sorin all players are fit and coach Hub Stevens is spoilt for choice and he will most likely play with his "defensive system" know from previous away games with the midfield block Demel-Jarolim-de Jong behind van der Vaart and Olic.

probable line-ups:

Karlsruher SC

Kornetzky - A. Görlitz, Eggimann, Franz, Eichner - Mutzel, Porcello - Timm, Hajnal, Iashvili - Freis

Hamburger SV

F. Rost - J. Boateng, B. Reinhardt, Mathijsen, Atouba - Jarolim, de Jong - Demel, van der Vaart, Olic - Guerrero

Pick : HSV
Odds : 2.35
Stake : 7 / 10
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