2:0 - HSV wins at Bielefeld Alm

Dominant first half ...

True to the motto "Never change a winning team", HSV coach Tim Walter used the same starting personnel as in the previous 1-0 home win against 1. FC Heidenheim. In a 4-4-2 system, Sonny Kittel played as a ten in the centre, while Robert Glatzel and Ransford Königsdörffer formed the double striker. The latter generated two lightning-quick forays into the opponent's penalty area in the opening phase, but failed to get the final pass to his teammate on each occasion. The Hamburg team continued to set the tone, with more than 75 per cent of the ball in possession, and they kept the deep-lying Bielefeld team busy in temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius. Also in the spotlight: Sommer addition Königsdörffer, who almost scored a penalty in a duel with Ogukawa (19th), before he scored with a right-footed shot after an individual mistake by the visitors and a Kittel-assist to make it 1-0 (28th).

Barely five minutes later, the 20-year-old attacker also had the 2:0 on his feet after a fine pass from his partner in attack Glatzel, but failed in a one-on-one duel with Stefanos Kapino and his foot save (34.). Shortly before the break, the DSC keeper saved another shot from an HSV corner, but would have been powerless against the second shot by Mario Vuskovic, when the crossbar shook at the Bielefeld Alm and saved the home side from a 0:2 deficit. A short time later, Glatzel (45. +2) also missed the now overdue second Hamburg goal.