2:0 - HSV claim 4th win in a row against Düsseldorf

Strong start by HSV ...

HSV coach Tim Walter changed his team on two positions compared to the away win in Kiel: Leibold and Benes, who had shone in Kiel after his substitution with two goal preparations, started for Muheim and Kittel. And Benes was also wide awake this time and set the first exclamation marks in the opening phase of this very intensive and robustly fought match. Twice, the Slovakian's shot hit the crossbar (2nd, 7th) and missed the early lead by a hair's breadth.

Glatzel also sniffed at the 1:0 shortly afterwards with a header, before Fortuna were able to catch themselves a little after being virtually overrun in the first few minutes. But HSV did not let up, kept the pressure on and were rewarded in the 21st minute after a fantastic attack, which Vuskovic had initiated with a long ball to Jatta and Glatzel had skilfully executed for the highly deserved 1:0. This lead was the reward for an opening phase in which the Reds dominated the ball and the opponent and also brought the necessary physicality onto the pitch. This allowed HSV to be the team that dominated the game, as Captain Schonlau and his men always won the decisive duels in defence, so that further good chances could be created through the great strength of play in midfield. Jatta and Vuskovic, for example, failed twice before the break against the strongly reacting 95 keeper Kastenmaier, so that after the best first half of the HSV season so far, it went into half-time with the close but highly deserved 1:0.