Overview

• Alejandro Grimaldo set up Edmond Tapsoba’s opener and later teed up Ernest Poku’s winner to secure Leverkusen’s 2-1 win at Millerntor.
• Hauke Wahl equalised for St. Pauli after Mark Flekken spilled a cross, but Leverkusen held firm late on to take all three points.
• Hjulmand said the result will aid a long-term rebuild and cautioned that progress will not happen overnight.
• Leverkusen rose to fourth on eight points and extended their Bundesliga away unbeaten streak to a record 36 matches.
• Borussia Dortmund beat Mainz 2-0 away to continue their league unbeaten run under Niko Kovač, with Mainz missing suspended captain Dominik Kohr; in 2. Bundesliga, Paderborn beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 and Elversberg edged Holstein Kiel 1-0.