Tendangan penalti yang dilancarkan pemain tengah Hanover, Szabolcs Huszti dari Hungaria sebelum turun minum, membuat timnya unggul di Hamburg sebelum striker dari Kroasia Ivica Olic menciptakan golnya yang kedelapan musim ini untuk menyamakan kedudukan menjelang akhir pertandingan.
A penalty by Hanover's Hungarian midfielder Szabolcs Huszti just before half-time gave his side the lead in Hamburg before Croatian striker Ivica Olic bagged his eighth league goal of the season as Hanover had Sergio Pinto dismissed late in the game.