HSV beaten 2-0 by SC Paderborn

SCP with the opener …

Head coach Polzin, who was back on the touchline after illness, made one change to his side after the 3-0 home win over 1. FC Kaiserslautern last time out. After returning from suspension, Sahiti came in for Mebude on the right flank as Hamburg lined up in their usual 4-3-3 formation. They looked to control the game in the early stages and had 65 percent of the possession in the first half. It was the hosts who had the first dangerous attack, however. After a successful breakaway, Zehnter fired a low shot narrowly wide of the post (11’). Bilbija made no mistake a few minutes later though. Ansah put in a cross with the outside of the boot, which was flicked on by the head of Terho, and Bilbija was there to nod home from close range (15’).

HSV were woken up by this goal and started to threaten in the final third. They recorded three big opportunities inside a minute. Riemann had to save a Karabec corner with his foot, before Selke put the follow-up over the bar, and then fired into the side netting soon afterwards (20’). HSV and their top scorer kept on trying though. A few minutes later, the 30-year-old tested the SCP goalkeeper with a header (22’), and then, in the 34th minute, Dompe’s cross led to another battle between the experienced striker and goalkeeper. Riemann got there once again, allowing Zehnter to clear off the line. The mask-wearing striker was at the centre of proceedings once again, but on this occasion mistimed his header after a cross from the right (41’). Paderborn, who were now largely being pinned back into their own half, did create two more half chances before the break, but didn’t take either of them, and it remained 1-0 at half time.