Stuttgart vs Hamburg, the first leg of the German Bundesliga promotion play-off, is scheduled for Thursday, June 1 at 9.45pm at the Mercedes-Benz Arena and will be broadcast live on Digi Sports 2.
Stuttgart and Hamburg are fighting for the last available place in the next Bundesliga draw, with both teams missing the first support barrier – promotion in recent years (the return is scheduled for Monday, June 5).
Stuttgart are 16th in the Bundesliga with 33 points, one behind Augsburg and two behind Bochum, who they could overtake if they can beat Hoffenheim at home in their last game (was only 1-1).
Since April 3, 2023, the team has been coached by Sebastian Haeness (son of the former German national team player Dietre Haeness and nephew of the equally famous Uli Haeness), after the dismissal of Bruno Labbadia (who in turn led the team four months ago) takes place after two wins, two draws and one defeat in the last five matches of the Bundesliga.
Stuttgart last played in the relegation play-offs in 2019, when they were eliminated 2-2 at home and 0-0 away to Union Berlin (promoted directly just a year later, their third consecutive season in the Bundesliga).
Hamburg finished 3rd in the 2.Bundesliga with 66 points, just one point behind directly promoted Heidenheim and Darmstadt.
Hamburg experienced real drama in the last match, winning 1-0 at already relegated Sandhausen, while Heidenheim came back from 0-2 down to 3-2 at Regensburg, also mathematically relegated, the equalizer scored at 90+3 minutes and victorious at 90+9 minutes!
Tim Walter’s side have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five league games in the summer of 2021 and have the best attack in the German second division with 70 goals in 34 games.
Hamburg’s last relegation play-off was in 2022, when they missed out on promotion after 1-0 away and 0-2 at home to Hertha Berlin (the former 1983 European champions were relegated for the first time in their history in 2018, and since then achieved a fifth consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga).
The two teams last met in the 2019-2020 Bundesliga 2, when Stuttgart beat Hamburg 2-1 away and 3-2 in the second leg at home.
Superbet offers odds of 1.20 on the 1X prediction: a home win or a draw in the match between Stuttgart and Hamburg.
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* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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