Hamburger SV – Bayer Leverkusen 0:1 (0:0)

0:1 Kofane (73.)

The most important thing in brief: Leverkusen, who had not won in three competitive games, won the Bundesliga catch-up game at Hamburger SV 1-0 (0-0). Kofane, who played for top scorer Patrik Schick, who was injured at short notice, redeemed the Rhinelanders with his goal after 73 minutes.

Thanks to the success in a weak game, especially in the first half, the sixth-placed team moved within one point of Leipzig and is still one of the contenders for the premier class qualification. The Hanseatic League suffered its second defeat in a row in front of 57,000 spectators in the sold-out Volksparkstadion and have not won in three league games. The promoted team is in eleventh place, only four points away from the relegation zone.

In the Bundesliga catch-up game, Hamburger SV will host sixth-placed Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday evening (8:30 p.m./Sky). While newly promoted Hamburg wants to extend its lead over the relegation region with a home win, Leverkusen, who have recently been playing unconvincingly, are fighting in the table to keep up with the Champions League places.

The game on matchday 17 was originally scheduled to take place in mid-January at the end of the first half of the season. But the game was postponed shortly after a winter outbreak in the north. Because condensation water had partially accumulated on the roof membrane of the stadium, the safety concerns were too great.