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Hamburger SV will play against FSV Mainz 05 on Sunday and aims to remain unbeaten in the Bundesliga for the third consecutive time. To achieve this, especially without the two absent players Omari and Vieira, a very strong performance is needed.

HSV is feeling confident after keeping a clean sheet in defense against Union in their last match. Additionally, there are no further personnel concerns. Jean-Luc Dompe is slowly reaching his 100%, and things are looking good overall.

That’s why there is a sense of anticipation in Hamburg for the match against a Mainz team that has just come off the back of their European competition commitments.

HSV wants to put on a good performance

Interestingly, HSV’s record against Mainz isn’t all that brilliant. Mainz has been unbeaten against HSV for over ten years (six Bundesliga matches) and celebrated their historic first Bundesliga victory against Hamburg in 2004.

HSV coach Polzin has already made the direction clear before the match: “Once the game kicks off, there’s only one direction: forward. But it’s also clear that we need defensive reliability. We showed that recently in Berlin, which is why I said that we’ve now arrived in the Bundesliga. Now it’s about taking the next step with our means and our way of playing and continuing our development. These are great challenges, and if you master them and can celebrate a Bundesliga win together with the fans, that becomes addictive.”

He has now also named his starting eleven. HSV will of course start with Daniel Heuer Fernandes in goal. In front of him, Luka Vuskovic will play alongside Daniel Elfadli in central defense. As expected, Albert Sambi Lokonga will take on the Vieira role in midfield, and up front, among others, the aforementioned Dompe as well as Ransford Königsdörffer will be looking to make an impact.

This is how the line-ups look

HSV: Heuer Fernandes, Gocholeishvili, Vuskovic, Elfadli, Muheim, Remberg, Capaldo, Lokonga, Dompe, Philippe, Königsdörffer

Mainz 05: Rieß, da Costa, Hanche-Olsen, Kohr, Mwene, Sano, Amiri, Nordin, Lee, Nebel, Hollerbach

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