Countdown to Hamburg: referee, temperature, broadcast | OneFootball

Kits: BVB in Black & YellowBorussia Dortmund will play in their yellow home shirts with black shorts and yellow socks. Hamburg will play in a two-tone shirt (blue at the top, white at the bottom) with red shorts and blue socks.

Live broadcast: Sky and NetradioThe match will be broadcast live on Sky. Pre-match coverage begins at 14:00 CET. Britta Hofmann will host the programme, with Dietmar Hamann on hand to share his expertise. Hansi Küpper will be on commentary duty. BVB Netradio will be reporting from the usual Black & Yellow lens. Boris Rupert and Danny Fritz are the reporters. BVB Netradio begins 15 minutes before kick-off. It can be accessed by everyone on the homepage and in the BVB app on iPhone and Android devices. A summary of the match, as well as the press conference and comments on the game, will be available on BVB-TV, among other places.

Weather: overcast, cold and dryWeather forecast for Saturday: A mixture of fog and clouds will cover the sky all day, with temperatures reaching seven degrees celsius. Rain is not expected until the evening.

Referee: Reichel to take chargeThe 40-year-old from Stuttgart will be officiating his 52nd Bundesliga match, his fifth involving Borussia Dortmund. In the summer of 2020, Tobias Reichel was appointed to the extended squad of Bundesliga referees on a trial basis and, in this capacity, refereed the match between Borussia Dortmund and Arminia Bielefeld (a 3-0 win) on 27 February 2021. He also refereed the match against 1. FC Heidenheim (2-2) in September 2023, the away game at Union Berlin (a 2-1 loss) in early October 2024 and, most recently, the match in Mainz (a 2-0 win) at the end of September. Christian Bandurski and Marcel Unger will be the linesmen, with Richard Hempel as the fourth official. Johann Pfeifer will be responsible for VAR.

Liveticker: over to the appBVB's digital channels operate at full throttle on matchday. And that's not only the case during the match, but throughout the matchday too – starting at 09:09 CEST, of course. In "Matchday Mode", the BVB app (download) offers news, pictures, posts, videos, statistics and plenty more match info besides. The live ticker starts at kick-off and updates you on all the important moments. In addition to the live ticker, there will be full match highlights, statistics and first-hand info on our social media channels Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The match report plus reactions and facts will follow on the  website and on the app after the final whistle.