Hamburg moved out of the Bundesliga's bottom three with a comfortable 2-1 win over a Mainz side who have now gone six games without a win. Cleber and Rafael van der Vaart scored a goal in each half, but it could have been more for Josef Zinnbauer's dominant Red Shorts, who reduced the deficit on their opponents to just a single point. Shinji Okazaki grabbed a late consolation for Mainz, but th...Full Story »

Mainz coach Kasper Hjulmand hopes his side will end up on the right side of a fine line between success and failure when they travel to Hamburg this weekend. After starting the season with an eight-game unbeaten streak, the side with the most draws in the Bundesliga have now gone five games without a win. "Many of our games were on a knife edge," Hjulmand said. "That goes for these five games ...Full Story »

Hamburg coach Thorsten Fink has made Dutch midfield star Rafael van der Vaart captain for the last six league games of the season in a bid to halt his team's slump and win a Europa League place. Hamburg are reeling after losing their last three games including the 9-2 hammering at Bayern Munich ten days ago before being floored by a 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Freiburg last Saturday. Germa...Full Story »