Only one time in the history of the match-up between SV Werder and Hamburg has a club won four straight North Derby showdowns as Werder took all four games in 1965 and 1966. Thomas Schaaf's team is now on the brink...
Only one time in the history of the match-up between SV Werder and Hamburg has a club won four straight North Derby showdowns as Werder took all four games in 1965 and 1966. Thomas Schaaf's team is now on the brink...
Only one time in the history of the match-up between SV Werder and Hamburg has a club won four straight North Derby showdowns as Werder took all four games in 1965 and 1966. Thomas Schaaf's team is now on the brink of their fourth straight triumph after winning the 2-0 first half match-up this season and the 3-1 away win and 2-0 home victory last season. With a fourth straight North Derby win, Schaaf would become a sole record-holder as the only coach to achieve the feat.
WERDER.DE put together more exciting facts about the long-time showdown for supremacy in northern Germany.
Did you know ...
... that the North Derby between Hamburg and Werder is the most-played match-up in Bundesliga history? The teams played 97 times in Germany's top flight with SVW winning 34 times with 33 draws and 30 Hamburg wins.
... that Thomas Schaaf has celebrated more victories over Hamburg than against any other Bundesliga team? In 27 Bundesliga matches against their northern German rivals, the Werder coach has 14 wins. His counterpart Thorsten Fink lost his first two match-ups versus Werder.
... that Thomas Schaaf faced off with Hamburg in 49 competitive matches? Schaaf had 18 matches as a player and 31 games as a coach on the Green-Whites bench. Schaaf will be the only person in Bundesliga history to be at 50 North Derbies.
... that Hamburg have won their last three home matches? Hamburg last did that in 2009-10 when they won four straight home contests.
... that Werder's Eljero Elia played for Hamburg between July 2009 and August 2011? The winger scored seven goals and set up 10 more scores in 52 Bundesliga matches for Hamburg. All told, the Dutchman played 65 competitive matches in a Hamburg jersey.
Compiled by OPTA
