Dubious honour: HSV top the table in this unwanted statistic | OneFootball

After nine matchdays, HSV currently ranks 13th in the standings. However, the Rothosen lead in one (unfavorable) statistic!

No one in Volkspark is likely proud of this: No team in the Bundesliga has had to endure as many dismissals this season as HSV. The referees have sent a Rothosen player off early four times – once with a direct red card, three times with a second yellow.

This puts coach Merlin Polzin's team at the top of the ignominious ranking of dismissals, ahead of 1. FSV Mainz 05 (3). For comparison: Most other clubs in the league have received at most one or two dismissals so far. Eight clubs have even finished every match with a full squad.

Overall, HSV has collected 21 cards (17 of them yellow), which ranks them "only" sixth in the league comparison. Nevertheless, a clear pattern emerges: Hamburg definitely belongs to the more aggressive teams. This is also evidenced by the total of 116 fouls committed, which places them fourth in this category.

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Does HSV have a discipline problem?

Particularly bitter: The many dismissals naturally come with a sporting disadvantage. Against Borussia Dortmund (Saturday, 3:30 PM), HSV will, for example, have to do without Fabio Vieira and Immanuel Pherai, thus missing two playmakers at once. In the away game in Cologne (1:4), both were sent off with a second yellow.

The truth also includes: three of the four dismissals can at least be questioned. Vieira's red card against Union Berlin (0:0) on the 5th matchday was already hotly debated. The recent decisions by Daniel Schlager also deserve the label "controversial."

And yet: the issue of discipline is likely to become an increasing topic within the team, given four dismissals in nine games. Vieira, for instance, reportedly worked persistently on his second yellow card against Cologne. "In the first half, the player kept coming to me and protesting. It didn't stop in the second half either. And at some point, even I have a limit," explained referee Schlager after the final whistle on DAZN.

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