Hamburg look to move back within a point of leaders Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday when they travel to visit in-form Hannover.
Hamburg dropped their first game of the year last weekend in a 3-2 home loss to Borussia Mönchengladbach, and they were also held in the Europa League 0-0 by Celtic.
Hannover, meanwhile, have won three of their last four Bundesliga matches to rise up to 11th place, and a win can see them rise two more spots. Their 1-0 win over Köln last weekend helped continue their run.
Hannover will be without several players, but no new injuries are reported by manager Andreas Bergmann. Mikael Forssell, Mike Hanke, Jan Schlaudraff and Altin Lala are among those to miss out.
For Hamburg, they also have no fresh injury concerns, but Mladen Petric, Paolo Guerrero, Romeo Castelen and Bastian Reinhardt are still out of action.
It is yet to be seen how Hamburg will handle their first setback of the year, and Hannover are playing quite well at the moment. Don't be surprised to see Hamburg slip up yet again on the road.
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