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Borussia Dortmund take on Hamburger SV on Saturday, 29 August 2026, at 17:30 BST (16:30 UTC) at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, in Matchday 1 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season. BVB, last season's runners-up with 73 points and the best defence in the league, open at home against a Hamburger SV side carrying the momentum of a 3-0 DFB-Pokal win just days before. Dortmund are unbeaten in 7 consecutive meetings against Hamburg, giving them a commanding head-to-head edge going into this season opener.

Match Info: Borussia Dortmund vs Hamburger SV

The match between Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV takes place on Saturday, 29 August 2026, kicking off at 17:30 BST (16:30 UTC) at Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, in Matchday 1 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga.

Where to Watch Borussia Dortmund vs Hamburger SV?

Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match on Sky Sports Football on television, or stream it via Sky Go UK, NOW TV UK, and SKY GO Extra. Irish fans have access to the same Sky Sports channels and streaming options. In Germany, Sky Sport Bundesliga 1, Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD, and Sky Sport Top Event show the game on TV, with Sky Go Deutschland and WOW available online.

Fans in the United States can catch the action on USA Network and Telemundo on television, or stream it through Fubo TV and Telemundo Deportes En Vivo. In Canada, the game is accessible via DAZN, fuboTV Canada, and OneSoccer. Viewers in Australia can tune in on beIN Sports 1 Australia on TV or beIN Sports Connect Australia for online streaming.

Across the rest of the world, DAZN holds the rights in Japan and Portugal, while Viaplay serves fans across Scandinavia and the Netherlands. beIN Sports 2 carries the match in France, with beIN SPORTS CONNECT F.R. for streaming. Fans in South America can access the game through Disney+ across Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Match between Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV - Preview

This is more than just another Bundesliga opener - it is Hamburg's first visit to Signal Iduna Park in the 2026/27 campaign, loaded with the memory of a dramatic second-half comeback that Dortmund produced against the same opponents just five months earlier.

Dortmund enter the new season with a clear pedigree. Runners-up in 2025/26 with 73 points, Niko Kovač's side boasted the Bundesliga's best defence - just 34 goals conceded across the season, equalling the club record of 15 clean sheets. Their pre-season carried some turbulence: defeats to Fortuna Düsseldorf (1-2) and Cerezo Osaka (0-1) were followed by a narrow Supercup loss to Bayern Munich (1-2). Yet wins over Oberhausen (3-1), FC Tokyo (1-0), and Arsenal (3-2) in friendlies hint at a side with its attack in good order.

Hamburger SV come into this match off the back of a polished 3-0 DFB-Pokal win over SC Verl on 24 August, which should give the squad a confidence boost ahead of this daunting opener. Coach Merlin Polzin knows exactly what went wrong in their 2-3 defeat here in March - his side led 2-0 at half-time before the noise of Signal Iduna Park and the quality of BVB overwhelmed them. The question for Hamburg now is whether they can produce 90 minutes of what they managed in the first half of that encounter.

Head-to-Head: Borussia Dortmund vs Hamburger SV

Across 61 recorded meetings, Borussia Dortmund hold a clear overall advantage with 28 wins, 18 draws, and 15 defeats - and that dominance has only grown in recent seasons, with BVB unbeaten in the last 7 encounters between the clubs. The match in March 2026 extended Dortmund's run with a particularly dramatic 3-2 comeback after Hamburg had led 2-0 at the break.

Here are the most recent meetings between the two sides:

• 22 March 2026 - Bundesliga - Borussia Dortmund 3:2 Hamburger SV
• 8 November 2025 - Bundesliga - Hamburger SV 1:1 Borussia Dortmund
• 10 February 2018 - Bundesliga - Borussia Dortmund 2:0 Hamburger SV
• 21 September 2017 - Bundesliga - Hamburger SV 0:3 Borussia Dortmund
• 5 April 2017 - Bundesliga - Borussia Dortmund 3:0 Hamburger SV
• 5 November 2016 - Bundesliga - Hamburger SV 2:5 Borussia Dortmund
• 17 April 2016 - Bundesliga - Borussia Dortmund 3:0 Hamburger SV

Borussia Dortmund - Recent Form

Borussia Dortmund head into the 2026/27 season with the pedigree of last season's runners-up, though their pre-season results have been inconsistent ahead of the league opener.

In pre-season, BVB recorded wins over Oberhausen (3-1), FC Tokyo (1-0), and Arsenal (3-2, winning the tournament 5-4 on penalties), drew 2-2 with Roma, and lost to Fortuna Düsseldorf (1-2) and Cerezo Osaka (0-1). The official curtain-raiser, the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup, ended in a 1-2 home loss to Bayern Munich on 22 August.

The bigger picture, however, is encouraging. With 73 points and just 34 goals conceded in 2025/26, Dortmund recorded their fifth-best Bundesliga season by points and claimed the league's best defence title. That defensive solidity, combined with the atmosphere of a sold-out Signal Iduna Park, makes them strong favourites for this clash.

Hamburger SV - Recent Form

Hamburger SV go into this Bundesliga opener in reasonable shape, rounding off pre-season with a strong DFB-Pokal performance and three wins from their last four outings in total.

After losing their opening friendly to Rapid Wien (2-3), HSV found better form. They beat FC Heidenheim 3-1 and won 2-1 in Toulouse to close the friendly programme on a high. In between, a 1-2 defeat to Everton and a 2-2 draw with Lille showed both their attacking intent and some defensive vulnerabilities. The 3-0 demolition of SC Verl in the DFB-Pokal first round on 24 August will have done wonders for team confidence going into this opener.

In the 2025/26 Bundesliga - their first top-flight campaign in eight years - HSV finished 10th with 31 points, a solid return for a promoted side learning the rhythms of the top tier again. Coach Polzin has had a full pre-season to build on those foundations, and will be looking for an immediate statement of intent at the ground where they came so close in March.

Facts and Statistics

The fixture between Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV carries the weight of German football history - two clubs with a combined 13 Bundesliga titles who have faced each other in some of the competition's most memorable matches since its founding in 1963. This Matchday 1 encounter in 2026/27 adds a new chapter to a rivalry interrupted for eight years by HSV's absence from the top division.

• Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in their last 7 meetings with Hamburger SV, winning 6 and drawing 1.
• The biggest win in this fixture belongs to BVB: a 6-2 victory at Signal Iduna Park on 15 September 2013.
• Hamburger SV returned to the Bundesliga in 2025/26 after an eight-year absence - the longest the club had ever spent outside the top flight in their history.
• BVB kept 15 clean sheets in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season, equalling a club record and securing the league's best defensive record with just 34 goals conceded.
• Across all 61 recorded meetings, the two clubs have produced 181 goals combined - 103 for Dortmund and 78 for Hamburg.