FC Sankt Pauli and Hamburgo SV put the heat on the third day of the 2. Bundesliga with one of the hottest duels in German football. The clash will be held at the Millerntor-Stadion, in the Reeperbahn neighborhood, starting at 6:30 p.m. With a victory and a draw in the locker room of both, it will be the seventh time that the two clubs from the city of Hamburg meet in the second division.
To speak of the Sankt Pauli is to speak of a working class neighborhood, class struggle, anti-fascism and anti-racism, among other things.. The club’s policy is very attached to that of the fans, who have a way of expressing their ideologies through sports and the team in their neighborhood. Since the 2010/11 season, when they finished last with just eight victories, St. Pauli have not been in the German top flight..
Hamburg faces its fourth season in the 2. Bundesliga as the team that has played the most games in the highest category of German football. After several campaigns close to getting the promotion, the Bahrenhfeld neighborhood team still cannot escape the bars of the second division despite being the third team with the highest market value behind Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen.
Four games without losing for St. Pauli
Since Hamburg were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time in their history, they have met on a total of six occasions: one win, two draws and three defeats demonstrate the difficulty of the derby, despite being a more accessible rival. Tim Walter’s men thrashed (0-4) at home at St. Pauli in 2019, but since then they have not won again: two defeats and a draw.
Despite being in the 2. Bundesliga, Sankt Pauli is one of the clubs with the highest number of visitors in all the second divisions of European football by far. The almost 30,000 seats are filled at each meeting in one of the hottest hobbies in German and European football.