New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Lukas Kwasniok's side started the season with two wins but hadn't won in three until El Mala up front and Marvin Schwabe in goal helped it to all three points at PreZero Arena.

With 16 minutes gone, El Mala picked up the ball just inside the Hoffenheim half and drove forward, beating three defenders before firing home a brilliant solo effort.

Kwasniok recalled the 19-year-old winger after he missed last week's defeat at home to Stuttgart.

Schwabe was in fine form at the other end as Cologne moved on to 10 points from six games.

For Hoffenheim, it was a fifth league defeat in a row at home. It has seven points from six games.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from New Delhi Times....