Albert Grønbæk inspires Hamburger SV to 3-1 Bundesliga win

Muheim opens scoring as Hamburg take control

Hamburger SV beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 in the Bundesliga, with Ko Itakura’s red card at 49 minutes preceding the home side’s two second-half goals. The teams were level at half-time after an even opening period.

Miro Muheim scored the opener in the 11th minute, assisted by Albert Sambi Lokonga, to make it 1-0. Robin Hack equalised for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 44th minute from Joe Scally’s assist, leaving the score 1-1 at the interval.

Hamburger SV regained the lead in the 59th minute when Shafiq Nandja made it 2-1, with Albert Grønbæk providing the assist. Grønbæk then scored the last goal in the 70th minute. Itakura had been booked in the 38th minute before his dismissal, while Jens Castrop and Warmed Omari were booked in the 90th minute.

Possession favoured Hamburg, but shots told a closer story

Hamburger SV had 62% possession and completed 463 accurate passes to Borussia’s 247. They also led shots on goal 9-6. However, Borussia Mönchengladbach had 19 total shots to Hamburg’s 18 and the higher expected-goals figure, 2.47 to 2.36, despite losing by two goals.

Hamburg move provisionally eighth

Hamburger SV rose from 9 points to 12 and are provisionally #8 after nine games, while Borussia remain on 4 points and provisionally #18 with a 1W 1D 7L record. Hamburg’s standout performer was Grønbæk, rated 9.0 after 80 minutes with one goal, one assist and four key passes. The result followed Hamburg’s pre-match sequence of Loss, Loss, Loss, Win, Win, Win, Loss, Loss, while Borussia had gone Loss, Loss, Loss, Loss, Loss, Loss, Win, Draw.