Bundesliga wrap: Harnik wins it for Stuttgart, Fink tastes first success

Stuttgart moved up to sixth in the Bundesliga with a 2-1 win over strugglers Augsburg as Martin Harnik netted twice.

The Austrian opened the scoring four minutes from half-time after Augsburg had failed to clear their lines.

Tobias Werner drew level for Augsburg two minutes after the interval but Harnik’s reply within four minutes crushed the visitors.

It was a difficult win for Stuttgart but nonetheless important, with the three points taking them to 21 for the campaign.

Augsburg, meanwhile, are rooted to the foot of the table in their maiden Bundesliga campaign with just one win and eight points to date.

In the other match on Sunday, Hamburg coach Thorsten Fink celebrated his first win in charge of the club at the fourth attempt with a 2-0 victory at home to Hoffenheim.

Jose Paolo Guerrero put the home side in front on the quarter hour from his second attempt. The Peruvian collected a poor clearance from Andreas Beck and was on hand to covert the rebound after his first shot came back off the post.

Ryan Babel sent a shot high and wide soon before the half for Hoffenheim as the visitors gave as good as they got.

If they were unlucky to trail they were desperately unfortunate to go 2-0 down when Marcell Jansen doubled the lead in the 65th minute.

Jaroslav Drobny saw his shot well saved before Hamburg when straight up the other end, Jansen cutting in from the left to beat the keeper at the near post.

The win lifts Hamburg out of the bottom three for the first time all season and into 14th, one point clear of the drop zone.