Watch live Bundesliga games on Friday nights on the BBC
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Top-flight German football is being shown live on the BBC this season after rights were secured to broadcast Friday night Bundesliga matches through to 2027.
The coverage will continue on Friday, 20 February when Hamburg look to go six games unbeaten as they travel to relegation battling Mainz in the Bundesliga.
Matches will be available to watch live on the BBC Sport website, app and on BBC iPlayer every Friday, with clips of the biggest in-game moments across BBC Sport's social media channels.
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Hamburger SV are unbeaten in their last five Bundesliga matches
Mainz 05 have managed to find some form in recent weeks, winning three of their last four Bundesliga matches. In this run, they managed an upset away at RB Leipzig where they overturned a 1-0 deficit to win 2-1. This run of form has seen them leap out of the bottom three for the first time since October, with two points separating them and the relegation play-off position.
Mainz will also be looking for their first Friday night win of the season. They lost heavily last Friday to Borussia Dortmund 4-0, as well as losing to Borussia Monchengladbach and drawing to Hoffenheim earlier in the season. A win for the Zero-Fives on Friday night would see them jump up to 12th in the league.
Hamburger SV are unbeaten in their last five Bundesliga matches, drawing three of them and winning their last two. Their last three matches have been impressive, holding the league leaders Bayern Munich to a 2-2 draw, and then beating both Heidenheim and Union Berlin to put some distance between them and the relegation places.
Hamburg are having their best return in the Bundesliga since the 2015/16 season, where, after 19 matches, they were sat in 11th and went on to finish 10th in the league. A win on Friday night could see HSV nine points clear of the drop.
This fixture has been played out 27 times, with Mainz winning nine of them and Hamburg winning this fixture 10 times. Mainz have only lost one of their last seven matches against Hamburg, but HSV will take confidence in the fact they beat their opponents 4-0 at home earlier in the season.
Upcoming fixtures on BBC
List of confirmed fixtures and dates with more to be announced in due course:
(Kick-off times 19:30 GMT)
Mainz v Hamburg - 20 February
Augsburg v Cologne - 27 February
Hamburg v Bayer Leverkusen - (Wednesday) 4 March
Bayern Munich v Borussia Monchengladbach - 6 March
Borussia Monchengladbach v St. Pauli - 13 March
RB Leipzig v Hoffenheim - 20 March
