Hamburger SV has made it to the top of the table in the 2nd Bundesliga.
In the top game of the ninth day of play, the Hanseatic League defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-0 (1-0) on Saturday evening and took over the top of the table for at least one night.
In front of 49,616 spectators in the Volksparkstadion, Robert Glatzel (21st) and Bakéry Jatta (90th) scored for the North Germans, who celebrated their fourth win in a row.
After the third defeat of the season, Fortuna initially lost contact with the promotion zone.
HSV stormed from the start.
Access Laszlo Bénes, who was preferred to Sonny Kittel this time, hit the crossbar twice in the beginning (2nd/7th).
The guests, who had to replace defender Matthias Zimmermann early on with Nicolas Gavory (8th) after a collision with Robert Glatzel, could hardly free themselves from the pressure from the hosts.
They deservedly took the lead when Glatzel scored his sixth goal of the season after Jatta's strong preparatory work.
As a result, the guests were able to stage themselves better because the hosts withdrew a little further.
The strong Jatta always caused danger on the right side.
And he (44') and Mario Vuskovic (45' + 1') almost headed in before the break to make it 2-0, but keeper Florian Kastenmeier quickly saved both times.
After the change, the former HSV and current Fortuna coach Daniel Thioune brought fresh offensive forces into the game in Emmanuel Iyoha and Shinta Appelkamp.
On the other side, Moritz Heyer failed at Kastenmeier (53rd).
Dawid Kownacki's offside goal (58th) was a warning shot from the clearly improved guests.
Substitute Kittel hit the inside post for HSV (88') before Jatta made everything clear.
At the latest in the second half it was an open game, a goal from Düsseldorf's Dawid Kownacki (58th) did not count because of an offside position.
Overall, however, HSV was still more dangerous, Sonny Kittel hit the inside post in the final phase.
Then Jatta eliminated the last doubts.