Overview

• Adam Dzwigala put St. Pauli ahead on 19 minutes before Andréas Hountondji sealed the result on the hour.
• Ransford Königsdörffer’s apparent 49th-minute equaliser for HSV was disallowed for a marginal offside after a VAR review.
• Referee Christian Dingert earlier halted play for an alleged foul by Hountondji as he broke clear, a whistle that drew sharp criticism from TV analysts.
• HSV finished with ten men after Giorgi Gocholeishvili received a second yellow card in the 77th minute and struggled to create clear chances.
• The victory briefly lifted St. Pauli to the top of the Bundesliga, while new HSV signing Luka Vuskovic was included on the bench but did not debut.