Overview
- Ragnar Ache put Köln ahead in the first half before Florian Kainz doubled the lead with a free kick early in the second period.
- A Hamburg strike was scrubbed after a lengthy video review that identified a clear foul in the buildup, and Jean-Luc Dompé later pulled one back for 2-1.
- HSV finished with nine men as Immanuël Pherai received two yellows within a minute of coming on and Fábio Vieira was dismissed for a second booking.
- Vieira’s sending-off was his second in five Bundesliga appearances, compounding Hamburg’s disciplinary concerns.
- Saïd El Mala and Jakub Kaminski added stoppage-time goals to seal Köln’s first home win over HSV in nine years in front of roughly 50,000 fans.