Hamburger SV vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction & Preview
The DFB-Pokal second round pairs two Bundesliga clubs at the Volksparkstadion, with Eintracht Frankfurt travelling to Hamburger SV on Tuesday, 27 October 2026. Kick-off in Hamburg is at 17:00 GMT. Both sides lost 3 days before this match, and both come into it one win from the last 16.
- Fixture: Hamburger SV v Eintracht Frankfurt
- Competition: DFB Pokal, second round
- Date: Tuesday, 27 October 2026
- Kick-off: 17:00 GMT
- Venue: Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
- Match page: Hamburger SV vs Eintracht Frankfurt predictions
How Hamburger SV have been playing
Hamburger SV have won 4 and lost 2 of their last 6, taking 12 points and scoring 8 against 9 conceded. The split by venue is the number that matters here: at home they have won 3 of 3, away they have won 1 of 3.
That home run includes a 1-0 win over VfB Stuttgart on 17 October and a 2-1 win over 1. FC Köln on 19 September. On the road it has been lumpier. HSV won 3-2 at TSG Hoffenheim on 10 October, then lost 0-1 at SC Paderborn 07 on 24 October, and the 0-5 defeat at RB Leipzig on 13 September still sits in the same six games.
Merlin Polzin's side kept 2 clean sheets in those 6 and failed to score in 2. They are not a settled scoring team, but they have not lost at home in that stretch.
How Eintracht Frankfurt have been playing
Frankfurt's last 6 read 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats, 10 points, 10 scored and 10 conceded - the most volatile recent run of the two. Four of those six games produced 3 or more goals.
The extremes are wide. Frankfurt were beaten 0-6 at RB Leipzig on 10 October, then won 1-0 at home to 1. FC Köln six days later. Before that came a 3-1 win away at 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 12 September and a 2-2 home draw with SC Freiburg on 19 September. Most recently they lost 0-1 at Borussia Dortmund.
Away from home they have won 1 of 3. Head coach Adi Hütter called the draw "a tough tie against fellow Bundesliga side HSV" when it was made, and said his team would "give everything to make sure we reach the next round", according to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Hamburger SV vs Eintracht Frankfurt head-to-head
The senior sides last met on 2 May 2026, 178 days before this match, when Hamburger SV won 2-1 in Frankfurt in the Bundesliga. The women's teams also met on 21 March 2026 in the Frauen-Bundesliga, Frankfurt winning 4-1 at home. In the cup itself, Hamburger SV note this is a fourth DFB-Pokal meeting between the clubs and that HSV lost the previous three, in 1970, the 1974 final and 2010.
Team news
Hamburger SV captain Nicolai Remberg faces a lengthy absence after ACL surgery and Mario Vuskovic is suspended, while Albert Sambi Lokonga and Bakery Jatta were back available as of 22 October, when Polzin said his squad were "making it very difficult for me to decide who will start", per Get German Football News; Bilal Nadir went off in the 71st minute at Paderborn with pain in his right hamstring and the severity was not yet clear, reports Rotowire. For Eintracht Frankfurt, Jessic Ngankam remains out with a hamstring injury according to Buli News, and Malik Pimpong missed the Dortmund game with thigh discomfort, Rotowire say.
Hamburger SV vs Eintracht Frankfurt prediction
Our prediction is that Hamburger SV beat Eintracht Frankfurt in the DFB-Pokal second round at the Volksparkstadion on Tuesday, 27 October 2026. HSV have won 3 of 3 at home in their last six games, Frankfurt have won only 1 of 3 on the road, and the last senior meeting between them finished 2-1 to Hamburg in Frankfurt.
Goals look likely at one end at least. Frankfurt have conceded 10 in six and shipped six at Leipzig inside the last three weeks of fixtures listed above, and HSV scored 2 or more in 3 of 6.
Our prediction: Hamburger SV 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt
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