1. FC Magdeburg loses 3-1 to HSV - first defeat of the season

1. FC Magdeburg conceded their first defeat of the season on matchday nine of the 2nd Bundesliga. The Blue & Whites lost 3-1 (0-3) at Hamburger SV after four recent away wins. Ransford Königsdörffer (5'), Noah Katterbach (42') and Davie Selke (45') scored for HSV. After Hamburg's Sebastian Schonlau was shown a straight red for an emergency brake (57'), Martijn Kaars reduced the deficit with a foul penalty (63'). The FCM slipped to fourth place in the table with their first away defeat.

"We imagined the first half very differently, in terms of access, defense and possession. We didn't do that well and the goals came far too easily. As a result, the game was already decided," said Magdeburg's Daniel Heber.

In the first game without full-back Lubambo Musonda (torn tendon), FCM coach Christian Titz put Daniel Heber in the full-back position. Baris Atik celebrated his comeback in the starting eleven, while Livan Burcu initially took a place on the bench. The teams did not allow each other a period of rest, instead HSV took the lead with their first attack. While the first cross from the right missed the box, the second attempt from the left found Königsdörffer, who nodded in freely.

Magdeburg took control of the game - also because HSV let themselves drop a little with the lead behind them. The visual superiority rarely resulted in anything dangerous, but Hamburg remained dangerous with their direct transition play. Jean-Luc Dompé (16) and Königsdörffer (22) missed further goals. Magdeburg repeatedly lost the ball in dangerous field positions, thus hardly developing any goal threat and often found themselves exposed to HSV counter-attacks. They were unsuccessful, but Katterbach took advantage of a positional error by Tobias Müller to increase the deficit - and Hamburg scored a third before the break after Müller simply allowed Selke to run onto a corner.

Magdeburg's first-half deficit too great

A triple substitution at the break was supposed to bring improvement, but Magdeburg were lucky that Selke did not make it 4-0 after a misplaced pass from Jean Hugonet. There was a glimmer of hope for FCM after 57 minutes. Schonlau lost the ball to Kaars and knocked over the Magdeburg player as the last man, after VAR intervention the Hamburg player was shown a straight red. When Kaars converted a penalty awarded to substitute Burcu, it smelled of drama again. But even when FCM constricted Hamburg in the penalty area, Magdeburg were unable to score - they lacked a classic target man. Philipp Hercher (82) missed the best opportunity from close range.