Hamburger SV has continued its small series of successes in the 2nd Bundesliga and remained undefeated in the eighth game in a row.
The North Germans won on Friday evening in a game characterized by spectacular offensive actions at SC Paderborn 2: 1 (1: 1) and improved to fifth place in the table for the time being.
The Ostwestfalen remained without a win in the fourth home game in a row and missed the jump to a direct promotion place.
In front of 13,000 spectators in the Benteler Arena, Moritz Heyer (5th minute) and Tommy Doyle (90th + 4) scored the goals for Hamburg, Felix Platte (38th) scored for the hosts.
A furious start gave the guests, who had changed to three positions, the opening goal with the first notable attack.
Two of the professionals newly appointed to the team were involved.
Faride Alidou hit the post in his starting XI debut before Heyer scored the 1-0 for the guests with his fifth goal of the season.
Heyer is a defender.
Shortly afterwards Bakery Jatta (12th) and the strong Alidou (23rd) failed to SCP goalkeeper Jannik Huth.
The hosts, who last celebrated a home win against HSV in 2019 and thus blocked the Hanseatic League's promotion, came in the intense game in one of the first good offensive actions to an equalizer by Platte.
The striker met with a left-footed shot in the lower right corner after Sven Michel had done some work.
Paderborn had the best chance for the winning goal through Uwe Hünemeier, who hit the post in the 54th minute.
On the other hand, HSV also missed a few good opportunities, only when substitute Doyle scored in stoppage time to win.
Aue takes first win of the season
Erzgebirge Aue clinched its first win of the season in the eleventh attempt. In the basement duel, the bottom of the table defeated the penultimate FC Ingolstadt 1-0 (0-0) and passed the red lantern on to the Schanzer (5) with seven points. Omar Sijaric (62nd) scored for Aue, who recently had only one point from the last seven games, and let the interim coaching duo Carsten Müller / Marc Hensel breathe deeply for the time being. The red card against Clemens Fandrich (89th) didn't change anything.
Newcomers Ingolstadt, on the other hand, have been without a win for seven games, the new coach André Schubert conceded the first defeat after two draws.
The duel between the weakest offensive teams in the league, together with Hanover, has long been the tough affair that was feared.
Aue already had a large hill through Ben Zolinski in the third minute, who failed from an acute angle to FCI keeper Fabijan Buntic.
But this was the only highlight before the break.
Only in the 58th minute of the game did Fandrich create the next danger with a shot just past the guest goal.
Overall, the home side's lead fell after Ingolstadt had thrown the ball away in the build-up.