Hamburg 1 – 2 Everton
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Everton are in Germany to take on SV Hamburg at the Volksparkstadion on Saturday afternoon in their fourth pre-season friendly, kicking off at 5 pm CEST (4 pm BST).
The game is part of a double-header with the women’s teams playing each other in the early afternoon, the Everton Women storming to a 1-0 victory over HSV Frauen.
Team News
Jordan Pickford and Nathan Patterson are both still enjoying their post-World Cup breaks, along with Iliman Ndiaye, who may already have one foot out of the door, depending on who you believe…
That leaves David Moyes with a tight-knit (aka ‘threadbare’) squad to face the Bundesliga giants on their turf. And he picks what might be his strongest side, with Jarrad Branthwaite returning to the starting line-up while Keane, Dibling, Alcaraz and others are benched. McNeil is out with a knock.
And Moyes takes no chances, with an unprecedented three goalkeepers on the bench!
First Half
Everton kicked off and got into some exciting head-tennis upfield. Hamburg got into the mood, moving the ball around with pace. Tarkowski’s long ball over the top to Rohl won Everton a corner. A good delivery from Dewsbury-Hall, he followed it with a decent cross to O’Brien who could only head it to the Hamburg keeper.
Travers had to save a shot after a long stoppage which saw an early change for the home side. Lemke led another Hamburg drive forward, his attempt blocked. A second and third quick movement by the home side directly through the middle came to nothing.
Everton tried to play out and were lucky to recover the ball after losing it but the Everton attack was as usual far too slow. Hackney tried to dribble and was fouled. Hamburg almost set up a chance but Iroegbunam broke it up.
Everton tried to build but Hackney was double-teamed. At least this match was a step up in terms of competitiveness. Barry got wide but couldn’t find a white shirt with his low cross. Hackney looked to create a half-chance inside the box but it was thwarted.
Hackney was dispossessed, and Gronbaek had a shot wide. Stange was allowed to run through by O’Brien, shooting across Travers and wide as Hamburg had a spell of dominance.
Hackney fouled Stange, whose free-kick was shanked behind by Dewsbury-Hall for a Hamburg corner. A great delivery was punched away by Travers. Dewsbury-Hall held off a German and played a nice ball forward for George but he had strayed ahead of the back line.
Hackney skipped nicely past two defenders but kicked his pass into the legs of a third. Rohl was caught, Dewsbury-Hall swinging in a looping cross that lacked power.
After strong work by Dewsbury-Hall, Barry drove forward and somehow beat his man before flicking it back for Merlin Rohl (41′) who took great pleasure in striking it hard past the keeper to open the scoring.
Hamburg were a bit miffed but Everton kept up the pace, Barry forcing a corner. The workaround saw George trying to create some magic, eventually with a low cross that was cleared.
Some excellent link-up play won another Everton corner, George hammering in a low shot that was deflected behind. Iroegbunam was shown a yellow card a bit unfairly for impeding a breakaway. Everton went in ahead at the break after 5 added minutes.
Second Half
Hamburg were up the field quickly and Travers had to paw away a powerful shot that was straight at him. A free-kick led to Lemke forcing the ball through to Daka who spun and fired just wide.
From a poor goal kick by O’Brien, Hamburg fed Daka again who spun around in front of Travers and slotted home.
Everton got a corner that was punched clear but it fell for Branthwaite to juggle and then scoop over when it looked easier to score. Rohl’s shot was then deflected onto the bar but Hamburg cleared the ensuing corner and built another attack.
Rohl had a ground shot that was saved. Great work by Rohl brought the ball forward and George who tried one of his textbook top corner curlers that flew well wide.
A defensive header back to Travers by O’Brien was almost intercepted by Daka.
A ball forward from Tarkowski seemed to be falling for Barry but he nudged it away from himself and harmlessly behind, but it had been a decent 15 minutes of football since the break, Moyes spurning the standard hour-mark changes.
Iroegbunam was s bit fortunate not to get a second yellow for a lazy foot stuck out to try and halt a Hamburger. Tarkowski made a terrible error in midfied, Hamburg were quick in the transition but Tarkowski was foolish enough to feel he should make amends: yellow card. The wall did its job to stop the free-kick reaching Travers in the Everton goal.
Moyes had only been keeping his powder dry, however, and made switches during the hydration break.
Dewsbury-Hall put in a fantastic low cross that Barry should have done everything to get onto but he just watched it roll across in front of him.
Barry got another chance after he almost lost another Tarkowski ball over the top. He turned and shot but the keeper saved it well. Barry played in Alcaraz, but two defenders threw themselves in front of him to block the shot behind. It was a good delivery but went right through.
Rohl drove down the right but his cross was disappointing. Barry almost got free but he was offside before more late changes from Moyes.
Hamburg kept coming forward, winning a corner that was cleared. Everton countered and Aznou fought hard to win an Everton corner, Tarkowski called by the ref, who decided on 8 minutes of added time.
Graham, on on added time, stole a loose ball and put in a rapid cross ahead of Beto and the defender tried to clear but he sliced it into his own net to give Everton a late lead.
Alcaraz tried to lob the keeper from distance but it was over the bar. Graham played in Dibling who beat one man but he hesitated a fraction and his shot was blocked.
Everton ended the game well and had done a lot better than in the earlier games.
Everton: Travers (82′ King), Rohl, Mykolenko (82′ Aznou), Tarkowski [Y:66′], O’Brien, Branthwaite (70′ Keane), Iroegbunam [Y:45+2′] (69′ Dibling), Hackney (70′ Armstrong), Dewsbury-Hall (90+2′ Graham), George (69′ Alcaraz), Barry (82′ Beto).
Subs: G Pickford, Lukjanciks, Patterson, Campbell, Foster.
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Posted
01/08/2026 at
12:20:13
Hamburg have sold over 30,000 tickets for this double headed afternoon games with 1,000 sold to Everton fans which includes the ladies team game between the two clubs.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
14:21:28
BBC provided a full report on Chelsea V Spuds in Australia – Richy scored the winner. Now they have a report for the Inter v City friendly. A cheats double header. Whilst honest EFC will be lucky to get a mention for today’s visit to Hamburg. Funny old world.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
14:30:33
Given that it’s being played in Hamburg, is there any chance that its being transmitted live without having to go through the Everton invariably-useless channel?
Posted
01/08/2026 at
14:35:47
Charles, I know exactly what you mean, past experience where I bought the Everton pre-season package, only to be disappointed by ” technical difficulties beyond their control ” never getting any refund so they don’t get my Sub any more. Luckily I have an IPTV Subscription (hush hush) so generally get uninterrupted coverage. However you MAY be able to get it on YouTube !
Posted
01/08/2026 at
15:41:45
Michael, you say McNeil is benched, but his name is not there?
Charles (3) get yourself a firestick you wont miss a game.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
15:48:04
Ooops, I think you’re right, Brian. He’s not there, is he.
Dwight McNeil is not in the Everton squad today due to an injury. Still waiting on details and have seen him in the mixed zone – where he looks completely fine apart from bandaging on his left leg.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
15:50:28
We have to overcome the loss of Lukaku, Yakubi and DCL and hope Barry get’s the goal that wins it then we can play the ladies in the final.
Joking apart we need to put the Stoke performance behind us and get in the right frame of mind for the next three games including Palace.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
15:51:32
Roma getting tonked by Cardiff 3-0 at HT. All’s not well in the TFG camp currently.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
15:57:28
I also have iptv AND a Firestick, but still need to know which channel it’s on?
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:03:34
Bein sports 2 full commentary
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:05:07
Brian, yes this looks like the best answer for the coming season. Since I watch very little television it’s not been top of my list, and frankly with the likely state of the Everton squad for 26-27, I have doubts I’ll be watching much more!
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:05:26
Moyes and his obsession with OBrien at right back one stubborn man
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:10:52
Everton in white no score after 10 minutes.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:13:38
Ethan Wheatley is being tracked by EFC and we are expected to make a bid. So says Romano. He’s a 20yr old CF. Valued at £250k by Transfermarket.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:14:07
Bundesliga giants.
Er Just been promoted haven’t they.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:15:38
1st impressions after14 mins unbelievably unbalanced on the right side tactically inept playing long ball cheers Moysie
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:16:51
Thought it would be a back 3 with Rohl and Myk wingbacks. Is that not the case?
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:17:04
Derek 12.
One horrible man ive said this before and ill say it again, he hates Evertonians.
Practically said it when at his beloved dream job, that went well didnt it.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:18:22
Sixteen minutes gone. Would be nice to see an attempt on goal..
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:18:40
https://tv.hsv.de/detail/video/testspiele-live-hsv-vs-fc-everton-378 don’t know if that will work lads but I’ve got the game on there.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:20:40
Andy I hate the c**t should never have been brought back imo
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:20:46
http://www.fawanews.sc/Hamburger%20SV%20vs%20Everton.html
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:21:31
You don’t want much do you Tom. Attempt on goal indeed !
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:22:09
Marvellous Paul! Thank you.
Id just about given up and gone o the Everton website and clicked through to the match coverage and got … 404!
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:22:55
Barry is so weak on the ball No strength.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:23:43
Just 3 weeks from the start of the season and we are starting with duds Barry and McNeil and poor old OBrien at RB. Truly shocking.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:24:11
We almost worked an opening through Hackney.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:25:42
Time for a lager break.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:25:51
I see they have adopted the mid half advertising break and it was just as popular as during the World Cup. Somehow I suspec they didnt get much revenue from selling the slot
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:26:52
Derek spot on never wanted him back, but done a decent job the first 5 months, after that reverted to type.
Negative t..t that end of season collapse will stick in the craw for a long time, and the Sunderland home game was a disgrace, laid up for that after a knee replacement op and boy am I glad I didnt witness that.
Managers galore available at the end of last season, these Friedkins sat on their hands, no interest in Everton just the Hill Dickinson the new cash cow.
Fuck right off.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:27:24
One weak header is all we have mustered so far
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:30:54
Hackney has skill but naturally a little off the pace
Poor marking by Myko again.
irregnonum looking good but Hamburg come close.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:31:40
I see Everton are playing an “almost all, one or two, none” formation, probably with an option to go to Tuchel’s “all, none, none” if by some miracle a goal was scored.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:33:02
That is our standard formation Charles.
We dont want to over commit…
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:33:06
Everton allowing Hamburg too much space around the box.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:37:44
Playing two up front with one of them being Barry is painful to watch. I suppose we should be used to Moyes style by now.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:40:13
Great goal
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:40:24
Well done Barry and Rohl, nicely done.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:40:27
Ok goal
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:40:55
Andy I suffered his first stint at Everton and was overjoyed when he went but sadly misread of moving n we progressed backward and I blame kenwrong for that
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:41:05
“Be nice to see an attempt on target”..
That’s us Fans’ problem, wanting too much, next you’ll be asking for goals!!!!
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:41:17
Nice run by Hackney and a good run by Irregnonum earlier but nobody free to pass to and the moves break down
George breaks quickly on occasions from his midfield position and now a great goal by Rohl.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:41:57
Goal goal goal
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:42:03
Merlin with de magic. Great ball skill from Barry into the area best tero men slides the ball to Merlin who hooks th ball high into the net from six yards
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:42:05
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:42:37
A GOAL. Allelujah ! God is Great. We worship you Oh Moyesiah.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:42:43
Actually a very good goal, but with some significant technical errors!
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:44:30
Cant believe the clown is playing OBrien at fullback again.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:46:01
So now can we get another very quickly. Barry wins a corner on 43 minutes. Apart from his goal Rohl is looking really good.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:47:42
V Palace.
Obrien right back. Rohl right midfield.
A cert.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:47:54
O’Brien wins a corner on 45 minutes and then a shot from George wins another corner.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:52:00
We opened like the Red Sea then. Jake and Merl the Pearl getting their lines mixed up. Still we are winning.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:53:08
Why doesnt Moyes give the OBrien Branthwaite partnership a try, surely thats the future.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:53:56
A decent half in the end but they still need to close down quicker around the box and Hamburg get shots away too easily.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:55:18
Nice goal, pleased for the lad. Anyone who can score for us in a Moyes side deserves a medal.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:56:04
I have a feeling (knock on wood), that Barry is going to come good for us. Let us cheer him on, nothing to lose, eh?
Editorial Team
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:56:31
Ooo, a lot of you on here this afternoon…
I should’ve opened up the Live Forum.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
16:59:40
I am assuming the streaming coverage is being run by the Hamburg club, it’s very good and I think Everton could learn a lot from it.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:01:50
£7 million?
A pattern is emerging.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:02:09
Michael, given most of the quality of the first half, we could probably have had the earliest cheese / fish / Costa in Old Swan exchanges ever recorded any season.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:02:38
I think a lot of supporters were looking for your live forum Michael
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:08:04
I love the comments on here about O’Brien at Right Back.
Mainly because there is not one suggestion of who to play there today if it is not O’Brien. Röhl maybe, Tim maybe, perhaps try Beto or McNeil.
Maybe we should just not have a Right Back and play with just 10 players.
Honestly, I dispair. It is like saying, I am supporting Liverpool today because Everton are not playing.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:11:05
Well that looked inevitable.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:11:30
Anyone seen the goal on Club’s FB page?
Barry battled well even if he did a Bambi impression at first, and then a backheel to Merlin to score.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:11:33
and sure enough the feel good factor lasts less than 15 minutes.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:11:52
Defending is abysmal to say the least.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:12:17
Jesus lad you just scored in a friendly not the World Cup
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:12:30
Live forum up and running!
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:22:26
Barry, it’s the frame with a net in it, for fk sake!
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:23:12
When we getting a proper manager and right back? Years of waiting….
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:27:20
Saw my first ever dead body in Hamburg.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:30:06
Could he play right back Paul ?
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:34:42
Jesus Barry, what a ball in from Kdh, Barry watched..
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:34:52
Hang on, I’ll ask him. He’s quicker than Keane.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:36:02
Christy, will you stop saying play O’Brien should be centre half, without saying who you want as RB.
We all know that and I think Moyes does but if there is no one to play there, what do you want him to do?
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:36:45
Why is Barry still on ?
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:38:11
Wad that a Barry effort. Glad he’s still on.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:40:47
O’Brien at right-back just does my head in
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:41:06
Tremendous crowd for a nothing friendly.
Rohl has had a fine game.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:50:38
Tremendous crowd for a nothing friendly.
Rohl has had a fine game.
If we had any kind of decent finishers we could have thrashed this Hamburg side.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
17:53:58
This is the closest that we will get to European football on the continent for a while
Posted
01/08/2026 at
18:01:59
#20 Thanks for the link, Paul. I tried to find and pay for the game on OS, but couldn’t find anything.
Enjoy your evening, blues.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
18:02:07
#20 Thanks for the link, Paul. I tried to find and pay for the game on OS, but couldn’t find anything.
Enjoy your evening, blues.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
18:04:50
There was a game early last season, can’t remember against who, when Moyes must have been on the Buckfast, and he paired Branthwaite with Jake at CB, and it was one of the best defensive performances I’ve seen from Everton for a very long time!
I immediately thought, he’s sorted out his defensive partnership at last!
But it was all a pipe dream – and now I’m hooked on Buckfast as I witness Moyes destroy our team.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
18:06:14
Aznou looks better than Myko. Moyes cant ignore him much longer
Posted
01/08/2026 at
18:09:00
I don’t mind the opposition scoring for us.Great finish lad.
I picked up the game on Soccer tv which is on an IPTV box but it must be picking up a feed from Merseyside as they had Tony Hibbett giving his views.
Posted
01/08/2026 at
18:25:41
Thoughts on the game.
Harrison Armstrong looked better than Hackney, but Hackney is yet to get match fit.
Rohl had a fine game in various roles.
Aznou looked fast and keen much better impact than Myko.
Tyrique George looks better with every game.
Fine cameo from Braiden Graham who caused the second goal with his endeavours.
Tim and Charlie both looked fairly good.
Dibling looked slightly better i.e. improved from atrocious to just below average.
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