The table is deceiving: HSV are as poor as they've been in years! | OneFootball

A quick glance at the table is hardly likely to make any HSV fan anxious at the moment. For weeks now, the team has been reliably picking up points.

To be precise, they have collected an impressive eleven points from their last seven matches. Looking even further back, there have been just two defeats in ten games. The result is a seemingly reassuring eleventh place in the table, with a six-point cushion above the relegation playoff spot.

However, these figures only partially reflect what HSV has recently shown on the pitch – and that has simply not been enough. The last truly convincing performance from the Red Shorts came on February 14th against Union Berlin (3:2).

Since then, there has been a lot of meager fare. In the away game at Mainz (1:1), they at least managed to fight for a point, but the subsequent home matches against top teams Leipzig (1:2) and Leverkusen (0:1) were lost with barely a chance.

There was only slight improvement against fellow relegation candidates Wolfsburg (2:1) and Cologne (1:1). The striking and bitter realization is above all that HSV is once again struggling to create chances, just as they did at the start of the season.

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HSV falls back into old offensive patterns

Both goals against Wolfsburg came from penalties, which in turn resulted from set pieces. The Wolves could only stop the exceptional physicality of prodigy Luna Vuskovic with a foul on two occasions.

Against Cologne, it also took another exceptional moment from an exceptional player: Fabio Vieira scored from 14 meters out with a beautiful outside-foot chip to make it 1-0!

But without the occasional flashes of brilliance from its two best individualists, HSV in March 2026 is above all one thing: shockingly harmless! In the last five games, they have always had fewer expected goals and fewer shots than their opponents. The newly promoted side hasn’t put in such a string of lackluster performances for months.

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And while at least the fighting spirit was right in away games, which ultimately led to points, HSV has been missing the typical Volkspark energy in their last three home matches. Especially against Cologne, at no point did the team show an unyielding will to win.

On the positive side: Despite the recent regression in play, Merlin Polzin’s team is still right on track! HSV has their fate more than in their own hands when it comes to staying up, and depending on how the rest of the season goes, they could reach safety with just five or six more points. However, they are currently nowhere near the heights of performance they showed against Gladbach, Bayern, or Union Berlin.

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