Kühlwetter steals the show as Heidenheim come from behind to beat HSV

All square after action-packed first half

Daniel Thioune made three changes to the starting line-up after last Sunday's 3-1 loss to VfL Bochum at the Volksparkstadion; Ambrosius, Kittel and Narey coming into the eleven for Dudziak, Jatta and the injured Hunt. The opening quarter of an hour saw misplaced passes from both sides ruining any momentum building up before the game exploded into life in the 16th minute. Moritz Heyer drew the man and played into acres of space for Manuel Wintzheimer down the right, who had time to perfectly place the ball into Sonny Kittel's path at the back post, the 27-year-old making no mistake from six yards out. The Rothosen didn't let up, pressing their hosts back into their own half and were rewarded with a second in the 24th minute. A corner found its way to Manuel Wintzheimer at the back post, who controlled and flicked back to Toni Leistner in the middle of the box eight yards out, who hammered home on the half-volley for his first HSV goal.

The hosts hit back straight away, showing all of the qualities that see them unbeaten since October 2019 at the Voith-Arena. A Heidenheim corner was cleared straight back to taker Theuerkauf, curling in a delightful left-footed cross from the right flank, finding Christian Kühlwetter who had timed his run perfectly and headed past Sven Ulreich to halve the deficit. After a strong opening half an hour from the visitors, it was Heidenheim who had the momentum heading towards the break and levelled things up a minute before the interval. A long ball from Ulreich came straight back over the HSV defence, Jan Gyamerah not pushing up in time and Thomalla and Kühlwetter left with a 2-on-1 situation against Ulreich, the former selflessly passing to the latter who took his tally to seven for the season playing into the unguarded net.