Without his coach Mersad Selimbegovic, who was suffering from flu, SSV Jahn Regensburg missed a surprise at Hamburger SV.

The Hamburger SV stays close to leaders Darmstadt 98.

In what was at times a high-class game, the team from Upper Palatinate, coached by assistant Sebastian Dreier, were beaten 1:3 (1:1) on Sunday.

Before the World Cup break, Regensburg still have two chances to break through the 20-point mark from the current 18 points.

Kaan Caliskaner (7th minute) gave the guests, who were usually uncomfortable, an early lead.

Mario Vuskovic (12th) equalized with a shot from 25 meters in front of 51,314 spectators.

Ransford Königsdörffer (79th) rewarded HSV for his attacking efforts before Robert Glatzel (90th) increased.

Dario Vizinger (87'), who had just come on as a substitute, tried to take advantage of an unsuccessful excursion by goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes outside the penalty area with a lob.

HSV captain Sebastian Schonlau cleared the ball with his head before the line.

Driven by midfielder Ludovit Reis, whose contract extension until 2026 had been announced a few hours before the game, the Hanseatic League gained an ever greater advantage as the game went on.

Thorsten Kirschbaum, who replaced the sick goalkeeper Dejan Stojanovic in the Regensburg team, was repeatedly challenged in his season debut.

He even saved a penalty kick from Glatzel (49th).

In the end, that wasn't enough to win a point.

Fürth wins again

A goal from an overhead kick gave Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth their second win under their new coach Alexander Zorniger.

19-year-old Armindo Sieb scored in the 41st minute on Sunday to earn a deserved 1-0 (1-0) win at Eintracht Braunschweig.

The new signing from Bayern Munich had already scored the winning goal against Arminia Bielefeld in Zorniger's debut last weekend.

In front of 17,580 spectators, the Fürth were the better and more dangerous team for at least an hour.

Despite a header against the post by Filip Benkovic in the 74th minute, the Bundesliga relegated team had little trouble defending their lead against weak Braunschweigers.

For Eintracht ended with this defeat a winning streak of eight second division games without defeat.

Especially in the offensive game, the promoted team is finding it increasingly difficult to compensate for their injury problems.

Playmaker Immanuel Pherai and attacker Luc Ihorst were absent last week.

Striker Anthony Ujah also had to be substituted against Fürth in the first half with a back problem.

In the final phase, coach Michael Schiele substituted central defender Michael Schultz as a center forward due to a lack of alternatives.

1. FC Magdeburg once again scored three important points in the relegation battle.

Coach Christian Titz's team won 2-1 (0-0) at 1. FC Nürnberg on Sunday, two weeks ago FCM had already won at HSV.

Defender Cristiano Piccini shone for the Magdeburg team, who were clearly better in terms of football, scoring twice for the guests who passed FCN in the table.

The Italian scored from a free kick (58th minute) and from the penalty spot (76th).

Offensively, Nuremberg again offered playful poverty in front of 30,377 spectators in the Max Molock Stadium.

It was significant that Magdeburg's goalkeeper Dominik Reimann made it 1-1 in the 64th minute with a curious own goal.

Reimann let a back pass from Andreas Müller slip through into his goal after imprecisely accepting the ball.

The guests from Magdeburg were the team that played constructive football.

What was missing for a long time were successful degrees.

Mohammed El Hankouri shot just wide (19'), Connor Krempicki headed the crossbar (34').

Piccini was there after a free kick.

The central defender also safely converted the penalty after a foul on Magdeburg's captain Baris Atik.

The "Club" recorded only one exciting offensive scene before the break, but referee Nicolas Winter, even after looking at the video images, stuck to the decision not to punish Daniel Elfadli's bump against Nuremberg's Jens Castrop in the Magdeburg penalty area with a penalty (19th).

Fabian Nürnberger later missed a great opportunity to take the lead from 13 meters out (51st).