With a hard-earned victory against a fearful opponent, Hamburger SV has shot to the top of the 2nd Bundesliga for the time being.

Thanks to its strong goalkeeper Daniel Heuer-Fernandes and great effectiveness, HSV won 3:2 (1:0) at Holstein Kiel on Friday evening and thus achieved its first success against its northern rival in the 2. Liga at the eighth attempt.

Hamburg are now first with 18 points from eight games, but can be ousted again in the course of the matchday. Kiel conceded their second defeat of the season despite a courageous performance and occupy seventh place.

With a late goal, 1. FC Nürnberg ended its mini-crisis. After two defeats in a row, the old champions won 1:0 (0:0) against relegated Arminia Bielefeld and climbed to tenth place in the table. Lino Tempelmann scored with a header in the 90th minute.

The visitors from East Westphalia suffered their first defeat since the change of coach from Uli Forte to Daniel Scherning and are stuck in the bottom of the table with only five points from eight games.

Goal scorer Robert Glatzel (39th), Moritz Heyer (69th) and Ludovit Reis (85th) scored for HSV, while Heuer-Fernandes took centre stage early and often in front of 15,034 spectators. The goalkeeper made saves against Patrick Erras (4th), Fabian Reese (8th) and Jan-Fiete Arp (17th). Heuer-Fernandes had no chance against Heyer’s own goal (90.+3) and Fin Bartels’ goal (90.+3).

In the second half, Kiel pressed vehemently for the equaliser, but without luck. A goal by Arp was disallowed for a foul on Heuer-Fernandes (65th), then Heyer surprisingly scored for HSV with a header after a corner. Reis made it 3-0 after a strong individual performance, but Kiel fought back again in the final phase.