Hamburger 1 - 2 Darmstadt: Darmstadt give Hamburg cause for concern

Posted Sunday, April 10, 2016 by PA

Darmstadt took an important step away from the Bundesliga relegation zone with a 2-1 win at Hamburg, who still have work to do to secure their own place in the German top flight.

Aytac Sulu and Jerome Gondorf scored either side of half-time to put Darmstadt - the fourth-best team away from home in the Bundesliga this season - in control of the game.

Lewis Holtby pulled one back in stoppage time, but it was too little too late for Hamburg, who are just six points clear of the relegation play-off berth they have taken at the end of their last two campaigns.

Sulu scored his seventh goal of the season, meeting a Konstantin Rausch free-kick ahead of everybody and turning it home off the inside of the right-hand post in the 38th minute.

Sandro Wagner, the league's third most prolific striker in 2016 with eight goals, showed his ability as a provider as he sent in a cross for Gondorf to score his first ever Bundesliga goal from close range.

Holtby pulled a goal back in stoppage time when he stole in between two defenders and poked the ball in for his third of the season, but there was not enough time for Hamburg to find an equaliser.