Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Hamburger SV 2nd with 59 points, SpVgg Greuther Fürth 13th with 39, 20 apart. The last five rounds placed Hamburger SV no better than 8th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Per game in the league, SpVgg Greuther Fürth were scoring 1.32 and conceding 1.74, Hamburger SV 2.29 and 1.29, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded SpVgg Greuther Fürth for 7 matches.
6 meetings are on record — 0 won by SpVgg Greuther Fürth, 4 by Hamburger SV, 2 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 33% saw more than two goals.
Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer in Furth staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. On the scoreboard, SpVgg Greuther Fürth led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
SpVgg Greuther Fürth: Felix Klaus (41'), Felix Klaus (63'), Felix Klaus (57') · Hamburger SV: Jean-Luc Dompe (50'), Robert Glatzel (67')