The 2-minute suspension weakened the guests from Baden enormously – in the end, the people of Karlsruhe were happy not to have lost much more. With the win, Hamburg kept up with the promotion places in the football upper house. In order for the return to be possible four years after relegation, the competition must also play their part – by stealing points from each other.
The KSC meanwhile gets stuck in the midfield of the 2nd league. Baden still need one point in the remaining four games to reach the 40-point mark, which has always guaranteed them to remain in the league over the past 15 years.