With the first second division victory in April, Hamburger SV ended its negative series and at least preserved the small chance of a return to the Bundesliga.
After five games without a threesome, HSV won 4-0 (2-0) in a one-sided catch-up game against the penultimate Erzgebirge Aue, who has less and less hope.
Robert Glatzel (14th), Sonny Kittel (45th + 1), Moritz Heyer (75th) and Ludovit Reis (83rd) scored in front of 21,890 spectators for Hamburg, who advanced to sixth place in the table.
“Today it went perfectly. We played a good game and deservedly won,” said Heyer on “Sky”. “You could see from the start that we were poisonous in the duels, we ate up the opponent.”
The gap to Darmstadt 98 on the last direct promotion place is six points, just like the city rivals FC St. Pauli on the relegation rank. Aue is twelve points away from the saving bank.
Glatzel breaks the spell – Männel blunders with serious consequences
Three days after the sobering home defeat against SC Paderborn (1:2), HSV in the Volksparkstadion could see the will to show a different face.
And that was rewarded: After a cross from the last weak Kittel, Glatzel nodded the ball. Shortly before the half-time whistle Kittel added, Aue goalkeeper Martin Männel did not look good when the free kick was converted directly.
After the change, the guests became a little braver, but remained too harmless in the end. HSV then took over more and more command after a good hour, but Glatzel, Josha Vagnoman with a double chance (70th) and Ludovit Reis (73rd) had no luck at the end.
One day after his 27th birthday, Heyer finally made everything clear with his sixth goal of the season. Reis also scored.
The game, originally scheduled for March 12, was postponed after a corona outbreak at HSV.