HSV underline comeback qualities with win in Braunschweig

HSV punish complacent Eintracht

Daniel Thioune wasted no time in changing a system that had failed to spark into life in the first half, bringing on Aaron Hunt and Amadou Onana to liven up the HSV midfield for the start of the second period. It paid dividends almost immediately, the Rothosen finding it easier to find space in between the Eintracht lines of defence and equalising six minutes after the restart. Jeremy Dudziak's intended through ball to Kinsombi was intercepted by Brian Behrendt, who could only clear as far as the waiting Simon Terodde, who placed into the open goal, Jasmin Fejzić having advanced out of his goal to cut off Kinsombi.

It would be two more individual errors by the hosts that would see HSV race into a two-goal lead by the 65th minute. Aaron Hunt, setting the tempo after coming off the pitch, crowned his performance with the go-ahead goal, letting fly from a tight angle, the ball squirming between the legs of the unfortunate Fejzić. Five minutes later the goalrush was complete, Moritz Heyer pressing Schlüter high up the pitch and blocking his attempted clearance. Heyer surged into the box from the right-hand side, finding Kinsombi who had the simplest of tasks from four yards out to double his tally for the day. The final half an hour of the game saw the visitors happy to sit behind the ball and let their hosts create chances, Eintracht looking most threatening at a plethora of set-pieces, yet unable to turn some goalmouth scrambles towards Sven Ulreich's goal. Braunschweig huffed and puffed but were unable to call Ulreich into action, the Rothosen seeing the game out comfortably for a second consecutive win. There's little time for the Rothosen to celebrate, the Rückrunde starting on Tuesday night (8:30pm CET) with a tricky trip to in-form Fortuna Düsseldorf.