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Going into the winter break Hamburg had a five-point cushion above the relegation zone, but after just two games this year they're already in the quagmire in 16th place. However, all is not lost just yet. Back in the 2006/07 campaign HSV were bottom of the league on Matchday 21 but still managed to climb up to seventh come the end of the FIFA Coins season.
Only five teams are still to pick up a single Bundesliga point in 2014, and these two are both unwilling members of that group. Hertha have slipped from sixth to eighth and have only found the net once in their last two games.
The hosts are on the brink of setting an unwanted Bundesliga record. Having lost their last five consecutive league games, if Hamburg are defeated against Hertha it will be the first time they have endured such a negative streak in 51 top-flight campaigns.
After scoring last week, Hertha striker Adrian Ramos is now the league's out-and-out leading Cheap FIFA Coins marksman with 12. His strike against 1. FC Nürnberg was the sixth time he gave his side a 1-0 lead this term - a feat unrivalled in 2013/14.
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