BERLIN – Fortuna Dusseldorf beat Cologne 2-0 on Sunday for a
first Bundesliga home win over their regional rivals in 36 years.
Rouwen Hennings converted a 38th-minute penalty, after heading
against the outside post earlier, and Erik Thommy wrapped up matters
on the counter with half an hour left.
Simon Terodde had headed wide for Cologne early on and was denied by
goalkeeper Zach Steffen seconds before Dusseldorf's second in the
rivals' first top-flight match since 1997.
Coming off a mid-week German Cup exit against fourth-tier
Saarbrucken, Sunday's seventh league defeat in 10 games saw Cologne
slip to second last in the table and further increased the pressure
on coach Achim Beierlorzer.
Dusseldorf, who last beat Cologne at home in the top flight in 1983,
with the same scoreline, moved three points clear of the danger zone
and into 13th place.
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Third-bottom Augsburg host ninth-ranked Schalke later on Sunday.