Augsburg 4-0 Hertha Berlin
Goals: 1-0 Max (18'), 2-0 Cordova (27'), 3-0 Hahn (52'), 4-0 Niederlechner (79')

The teams were evenly matched for the opening quarter of an hour or so before things started to unravel for Hertha. Max’s in-swinging free-kick from the right bounced awkwardly for goalkeeper Rune Jarstein inside the six-yard box and evaded everyone before nestling inside the far post. Matters went from bad to worse for the visitors on the half-hour mark when a mistake from Jarstein allowed Florian Niederlechner to nick the ball off his toe; it bounced kindly for Sergio Cordova, who was left with a simple tap-in from close range. To compound Hertha’s misery, Jarstein was then sent off for a desperate lunge on the Venezuelan forward while attempting to block his shot. Substitute Andre Hahn had a goal disallowed for offside just before the interval as Augsburg looked to kill the game off.

They effectively did so early in the second period when Hahn was given time and space to cut inside from the right and drill a low shot into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area. Momentum was well and truly with the home side and further chances for Hahn, Ruben Vargas and Daniel Baier went begging before Niederlechner put the seal on the win with a superb finish into the near post from a tight angle after collecting Max’s beautifully disguised free-kick. The result – a second straight win for Augsburg – lifts Martin Schmidt’s side up to 12th in the standings, two points and two places above Hertha.

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