Petr Jiracek has returned to Hamburg's starting lineup against Greuther Furth in their Bundesliga clash this afternoon.

The midfielder started on the bench for HSV against Hannover in their 1-0 home win last weekend.

Summer signing Rafael van der Vaart will continue to retain his place in the first XI, while Edu and Gerald Asamoah will be the two forwards for Greuther Furth.

Greuther Furth: Grun, Mavraj, Schmidtgal, Nehrig, Kleine, Furstner, Prib, Stieber, Sararer, Asamoah, Edu

Hamburg: Adler, Diekmeier, Mancienne, Westermann, Jansen, Badelj, Arslan, Jiracek, Son, Rudnevs, Van der Vaart