Record from the VfB viewpoint:
Total: 102 games, 38 wins, 21 draws, 43 defeats, 160:153 goal-difference
Home: 51 games, 27 wins, 10 draws, 14 defeats, 99:64 goal-difference
Away: 51 games, 11 wins, 11 draws, 29 defeats, 61:89 goal-difference
Support
Some 3,650 VfB fans are expected to make the long trip north to get behind Hannes Wolf’s eleven during their away outing in Hamburg.
Upper-hand
The Cannstatt Boys won four of their last five meetings with HSV. The last clash between the two sides was a 2-1 win for the Wasenelf at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in January 2016.
Ball magnet
On matchday 10, no other Bundesliga player was on the ball as often as Benjamin Pavard – notching up a total of 152 ball contacts. By way of reward for his consistent and impressive performances, the defender has been nominated in the French 'A' national team for the first time.
Facing the past
Following his reunion with SC Freiburg last weekend, Dennis Aogo clashes with another of his former employers this Saturday. Between 2008 and 2013, the full-back made 133 Bundesliga appearances in the HSV colours.
Familiar faces
The HSV squad includes a number of players who previously wore the jersey with the infamous red hoop. Whilst Sven Schipplock and Gotoku Sakai have both faced VfB since parting company with the club, this will be the first game against the Cannstatt Boys for Filip Kostic, who left Stuttgart in the summer of 2016.