Berlin: Mladen Petric's second-half goal on Friday gave Hamburger SV a 1-0 win over visiting Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.
Petric slid in to meet a low in-swinging cross from Aenis Ben-Hatira in the 65th minute for his fifth goal of the season. Hamburg has 30 points and moves up to sixth pending the result between Freiburg and Nuremburg. Frankfurt remains eighth, but could be overtaken by Hoffenheim.
Martin Fenin had a chance to give Frankfurt an early lead when he eluded defender Guy Demel, but his weak shot was easily gathered by goalkeeper Frank Rost.
Frankfurt was content to play on the counterattack but Fanis Gekas was unable to take any of his chances. The Greek striker's control let him down on a number of occasions.
Hamburg wasted the opportunity to go in front at the end of the first half, Ben-Hatira attempting a difficult header as Ruud van Nistelrooy waited in a much better position.
The forward then made his frustration known.
