Aue are still in 17th place. Hamburg will play his game against Kiel on Sunday. All the other teams ahead of HSV in the table play before that day. Whether that' is good or not shouldn't matter. They have to think about themselves.
Hamburg could still turn it around with a series of victories, but I somehow do not believe this is going to happen. At this point they pretty much have a trauma from playing bad the end of the last years seasons
Erzgebirge is obviously not going to improve in this season and I also agree that they are pretty much dead now. Hamburg obviously could turn things around but things do not look so good for them because they have played really bad in recent times.
After all only one win in the last five matches does not suggest that things are going to turn around for them.