Overview
- Adam Dzwigala struck on 19 minutes and Andreas Hountondji added a second on the hour for the visitors.
- Ransford-Yeboah Koenigsdoerffer's apparent equalizer three minutes after halftime was overturned for offside after a lengthy VAR review.
- Hamburg finished with 10 men as Giorgi Gocholeishvili received a second yellow card in the 77th minute.
- The hosts controlled early possession yet failed to register a first-half shot on target as St Pauli sat deep and countered.
- The derby was the clubs' first Bundesliga meeting since 2010–11, played before 57,000, and leaves St Pauli on four points to Hamburg's one.