Blockbuster draw in the DFB-Pokal! HSV host Eintracht Frankfurt | OneFootball

HSV will face Eintracht Frankfurt in the second round of the DFB-Pokal. That was the outcome of the draw on Saturday evening.

It was World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger who, acting as the draw official, handed the Rothosen a clash with SGE. On October 27 or 28, HSV will host the team from Hesse at their home Volksparkstadion. So it will be a genuine showdown between two traditional clubs. Hamburg have won the DFB-Pokal three times, while Frankfurt have lifted it five times. Their most recent triumph came in 2018 with a 3–1 win over Bayern Munich in the final. Back then, current BVB coach Niko Kovac was on the touchline.

Adi Hütter is now in charge of the Eagles once again. The Austrian is coaching the team for a second time after his first spell between 2018 and 2021. He has not inherited an easy situation: Eintracht have just come through a complicated transfer summer, and many fans are unhappy with how the squad has been put together. That impression was reinforced on the opening Bundesliga matchday, when they could only manage a 3–3 draw against Union Berlin.

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HSV face Frankfurt twice in a row

Even though the meeting is still several weeks away, HSV should be anything but without a chance. A look at last season also offers encouragement: the Hanseatic side earned a 1–1 draw in the first meeting and a 2–1 away win in the return fixture against the favorites from the banking metropolis. After the victory at Deutsche Bank Park, Merlin Polzin’s team were able to celebrate near-certain survival with the traveling fans.

Incidentally, HSV will return to Frankfurt just a few days after the second-round cup tie. As luck would have it, the Bundesliga meeting between the two clubs is scheduled for 31 October, the following weekend. However, the exact kickoff time has not yet been set by the German Football League (DFL). One way or another, HSV and SGE will face each other twice within just a few days at the end of October.

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