HSV suffer 4-2 defeat away at SV Elversberg

...and a hectic ending

Neither side made any chances at the start of the second half, as the hosts went on to carry the momentum from their earlier equaliser with them into the restart. Schnellbacher's shot was parried by Daniel Heuer-Fernandes, as the rebound fell favourably for Asllani. The striker only needed to tap it in past the HSV goalkeeper to score his second of the afternoon (53'). Elversberg were the better side at this point, carving out several chances for themselves in the minutes that followed. Baumgart elected to make a triple substitution at this point, bringing on Fabio Balde, Lukasz Poreba and Adam Karabec for Noah Katterbach, Marco Richter and Königsdörffer. But, before the trio could even really make an impact on the match, HSV found themselves trailing by two goals. Schnellbacher finished off a counter-attack to put Elversberg ahead, 3-1 (63'). 

With half an hour plus injury time left to play, HSV found themselves facing a tough task. Baumgart made two further changes, bringing Immanuel Pherai and Moritz Heyer for Dompé and Ludovic Reis. The Rothosen were able to get a goal back through Selkie in the 83rd minute, with the striker heading in a corner from Miro Muheim. A second yellow for Meffert then saw Baumgart's side reduced to just ten men, as they strove to get at least a goal back to rescue a point. The fourth official indicated that there would be a minimum of nine minutes of additional time, but it was the hosts that would go on to add to their tally late on. Fellhauer netted a well-taken strike in the sixth minute of injury time to seal a 4-2 win for his side, as HSV recorded their second defeat of the campaign.