Two dismissals
Hamburger SV saved their chances of direct promotion to the Bundesliga by beating SpVgg Greuther Fürth and at least secured third place in the table and relegation. In the sold-out Volksparkstadion, 56,537 spectators watched a 2-1 (1-0) win against the Franconians. Miro Muheim (27th minute) and László Bénes (69th penalty) scored for HSV. Lukas Petkov (84th) shortened for Fürth.
In the last second division game on Sunday at SV Sandhausen, Hamburger Bakery Jatta is out due to a yellow-red card, as is Ludovit Reis, who received his fifth yellow card in the first half. Dickson Abiama from Fürth saw the red card shortly before the end. With the win, HSV is one point behind second-placed Heidenheim.
With a 2-2 draw between Arminia Bielefeld and SC Paderborn, the guests celebrated staying in the class even before kick-off. In a game with a lot of fighting, HSV tried to control the game, but repeatedly had problems with inaccuracies in possession and the Fürther pressing. The guests had the first chance, but Ragnar Ache (25th) put the ball over the Hamburg goal from close range. On the other side, Muheim used a mistake made by the Fürth goalkeeper Andreas Linde to take the lead.
In the second half, Fürth increasingly took the initiative. Nevertheless, HSV set the accents on the offensive. First Sonny Kittel (61.) narrowly missed the Fürth goal from 16 meters after assist by Robert Glatzel, then the midfielder directed a wonderful heel-heel to Glatzel, who went down in the penalty area after contact with Gian-Luca Itter – penalty. Substitute Bénes converted it powerfully into the middle. Glatzel (79th) only hit the post after a misunderstanding in Fürth. Shortly before the end, Petkov overcame HSV goalkeeper Daniel Heuer-Fernandes after Hamburg couldn’t get the ball out of their own penalty area.
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