Hamburg dominate but fail to break Gladbach's watertight rearguard

There would be no snowy postponements at the Volksparkstadion today as Hamburger SV clashes with Borussia Mönchengladbach. When the final whistle sounded, both sides had to settle for a 0-0 stalemate in the Hanseatic city.

HSV made a threating start roared on by their own fans as Ransford Königsdörffer tested Moritz Nicolas. The rebound just about evaded Damion Downs as Jean-Luc Dompé thumped his follow up into the side-netting. 

Torunarigha joined the attack minutes later running down the left wing. He passed into the penalty area to Fabio Vieira, who, from a tight angle, couldn't turn the ball towards goal as Königsdörffer missed again at the far post.

Both teams created opportunities as the half wore on - Remberg's effort forced a save from Nicolas but Miro Muheim couldn't punish. At the other end Tabakovic cleared the bar as Honorat's effort was cleared off the line by Capaldo. 

The second-half continued in a similar pattern to the first as shots rained in on either goal. HSV went close again when Dompé whipped a delivery in from the left only for Damion Downs' header to nestle in Nicolas' gloves. 

Past the hour, the match statistics read a whopping 22 goal attempts taken by the hosts despite the lack of goals. Ultimately, neither side made the breakthrough as both defences cancelled eachother, ending in a scoreless draw.