Everton travel to Volksparkstadion to take on Hamburg on Saturday afternoon, in the first of a two-game tour of Germany.
After successive games without a goal, the Toffees take on the Bundesliga side with clear scope for improvement. Everton lost 1-0 at Stoke City in a disappointing display in midweek, as preparations continue for the upcoming campaign.
Hamburg made their return to the Bundesliga last season after a seven-season absence, and secured a respectable 13th-place finish.
The former European champions are aiming to rebuild after a difficult decade and count former Premier League names Albert Sambi Lokonga and Patson Daka among their current first-team squad.
The fixture is the second of a double-header between Hamburg and Everton. Everton Women meet their Hamburg equivalents at 12:30pm BST as as part of the Volkspark Festival
Everton Team News
Hayden Hackney made his first Everton appearance at Stoke and will hope to improve his fitness with more minutes in Germany. The summer signing has been eased into action after missing much of last season’s run-in, and said he is feeling ‘good’ this week.
“Obviously, the match fitness is not there yet, but that will come with time. But yeah, the body feels good,” he said to evertonfc.com.
“[I want to] keep building the minutes up. Probably 60 (next) then hopefully a full 90 and then go from there.”
The Toffees remain without James Garner, who has undergone groin surgery. Jarrad Branthwaite’s absence against Stoke was pre-planned due to his recent return from hamstring issues, with the centre-back back in contention to face Hamburg.
Everton Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1)
Travers; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Hackney, Ireogbunam; Röhl, Dewsbury-Hall, George; Barry.
Hamburg vs Everton: Match Details
Kick-off: 4:00 pm BST, Saturday 1st August
Venue: Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany
Last Time: Everton and Hamburg have never faced each other in either a competitive or friendly match until this summer.
How to Watch Hamburg vs Everton
Pre-season games are available to stream live via evertontv. One-time match passes are available for £5.99 per fixture. All can follow updates here, on the ToffeeWeb Live Forum.
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2 Posted 31/07/2026 at 17:08:08
3 Posted 31/07/2026 at 17:35:26
4 Posted 31/07/2026 at 17:38:03
5 Posted 31/07/2026 at 19:15:37
The club site seems too smart! (:
6 Posted 31/07/2026 at 19:16:10
The defence can usually hold their own but, in games like Stoke and Bolton, you are always at risk of conceding one and losing or dropping a couple of points.
It doesn't matter in the pre-season but surely they are not going to rely on the two knobs up front to carry us through.
Last season for a while the combination of Ndiaye, Grealish and Dewsbury-Hall helped gain many points before Grealish got injured and two guys went off to the African Cup of Nations.
Things went pear-shaped after that and are still that way now.
With three even tougher friendlies coming up (at least on paper), we will see if they can start to find the net and make us feel better ahead of the Palace match.
7 Posted 31/07/2026 at 19:55:09
Vipleague.vg
Its a pirate thing, and you have to close down a lot of commercials, but it will get you there, me thinks.
8 Posted 31/07/2026 at 20:05:20
You could also try FAWANEWS.SC Just google that and add Hamburg v Everton. It may take you to a few betting sites but just keep closing those and the match should hopefully appear after three or four attempts.
It's worked perfectly (unfortunately?) for me for the friendlies so far.
9 Posted 31/07/2026 at 20:05:21
10 Posted 31/07/2026 at 20:47:17
If you're in the US, change your IP address to that country.
11 Posted 31/07/2026 at 20:48:56
12 Posted 31/07/2026 at 20:51:54
Everton go 1-0 down. Then 1-1... then we go 2-1.up!
UFTF
13 Posted 31/07/2026 at 21:13:57
I have seen all three games so far (unfortunately).
14 Posted 01/08/2026 at 07:55:22
"Seasons change, but Everton never do..." I got talking to a guy at that diabolical last home game, and he told me about the band, Future Islands, and their lead singer Samuel T Herring, who is a massive Everton fan.
"He has openly shared that he identifies heavily with the "underdog" nature of the team. He likes that the club lacks massive egos and finds that accepting defeat as an occasional inevitability makes the joy of victory much sweeter."
The 'Seasons Change' quote apparently comes from when he appeared at Liverpool Olympia last year. I listened to the track, "Seasons (Waiting on You)" on David Letterman -- very good. They're a decent band.
Sorry to bore you on this Saturday morning! 😴
15 Posted 01/08/2026 at 08:44:46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upPl9mZW_zw
The growl at 3-23 is something else. Imagine it aimed at the red shite Kop.
16 Posted 01/08/2026 at 09:33:41
I know quite a few who have gone.
Dont think its anything to do with being entertained, more to do with a jolly up.
17 Posted 01/08/2026 at 09:39:14
The Keioc lads are having a reunion in Hamburg.
The other blues in their company should pay for the ale all night.
18 Posted 01/08/2026 at 11:47:28
My other son, Michael, and a few of his mates, have gone to Hamburg for a good bevvy — they might look in at the match. I'm lucky I've got a good book to read!
19 Posted 01/08/2026 at 12:55:18
What are you watching it on? PC, laptop or Googletv?
20 Posted 01/08/2026 at 15:00:34
Thanks Gaute and Brendan.
21 Posted 01/08/2026 at 15:43:06
22 Posted 01/08/2026 at 15:55:48
23 Posted 01/08/2026 at 16:36:05
25 Posted 01/08/2026 at 19:05:24
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