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Cologne rallies to beat 10-man Hamburg in Bundesliga

Associated Press Saturday, 29 August 2015, 18:22 Last update: about 10 years ago
Cologne rallied to beat 10-man Hamburger SV 2-1, while promoted Ingolstadt and Darmstadt both picked up points in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Ingolstadt won 1-0 at Augsburg, which was last season's surprise team and qualified for the Europa League. Darmstadt earned its third draw in as many games, holding Hoffenheim 0-0.

Eintracht Frankfurt won 4-1 in Stuttgart and Yoshinori Muto scored his first pair of Bundesliga goals to lead Mainz past Hannover 3-0.

Last-placed Stuttgart has lost all three games so far. Hannover is winless as well.

In the late match, defending champion Bayern Munich hosts Bayer Leverkusen.

Hamburg defender Emir Spahic was sent off late in the match for pushing down Anthony Modeste and the striker converted the resulting penalty for Cologne's victory.

Stuttgart also finished with 10 men as Luc Castaignos scored twice.

Newly signed Muto, stepping in for Shinji Okazaki - who left for Leicester - scored the first two goals for Mainz inside the first 30 minutes and Yunus Malli completed the win early in the second half.

In Cologne, Hamburg scored the opening goal through Lewis Holtby in the 47th but newly signed Philipp Hosiner tied the match in the 76th.

Three minutes later, Spahic made slight contact with Modeste in the area and Cologne got the call. Modeste fired the ball in and Hamburg fell to its second defeat. Cologne has two wins and a draw.

Hamburg goalkeeper Rene Adler had to leave the match in the first half with a shoulder injury and Andreas Hirzel made his debut.

In Stuttgart, another goalkeeper got his Bundesliga debut when Odisseas Vlachodimos came on to replace Przemyslaw Tyton, who gave away a penalty and was dismissed in the 67th for clipping Castaignos.

Stuttgart, which like Hamburg fought against relegation last season, began strongly but fell behind on an own goal by Adam Hlousek in the 11th. Daniel Didavi leveled before Castaignos restored Frankfurt's lead for good. Haris Seferovic scored from the penalty before Castaignos completed the victory.

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