Hannover 96 vs FC St. Pauli — 2. Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
play_arrow2 clips- 8′Hannover 96, yellow card:Foul
- 9′Hannover 96, goal disallowed:Goal cancelled
- 17′Hannover 96, yellow card:Foul
- 45+1′FC St. Pauli, goal:0–1assist
- Half-time0 – 1
- 48′Hannover 96, goal:1–1
- 62′FC St. Pauli, substitution:off
- 62′FC St. Pauli, substitution:off
- 68′Hannover 96, substitution:off
- 75′Hannover 96, substitution:off
- 78′Hannover 96, substitution:off
- 85′FC St. Pauli, substitution:off
- 86′FC St. Pauli, substitution:off
- 90+2′FC St. Pauli, yellow card:Foul
- 90+4′FC St. Pauli, substitution:off
- Full-time1 – 1
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Match report
Hannover 96 draw 1-1 with FC St. Pauli after Chakroun's second-half equaliser
Hannover 96 and FC St. Pauli shared a 1-1 draw at the Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena on matchday 8 of the 2. Bundesliga. The visitors led at the interval through a goal added on at the end of the first half, but the hosts levelled within three minutes of the restart and the sides could not be separated afterwards.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Abdoulie Ceesay put St. Pauli ahead in the 45+1 minute, converting a chance created by Louis Oppie. Hannover emerged for the second half with intent and drew level in the 48th minute through Husseyn Chakroun, making it 1-1. There were no further goals, and neither side saw a player sent off.
St. Pauli held the better of the possession, 57 per cent to 43, and finished with 15 shots to 13, six of them on target against four. Hannover's expected goals figure of 1.35 edged St. Pauli's 1.00, a reflection of an open contest in which both goalkeepers were kept busy.
The point leaves Hannover 12th on 8 points after eight games, while St. Pauli stay seventh on 11. St. Pauli travel to SV Darmstadt 98 in the 2. Bundesliga on Friday 23 October, and Hannover are away to Eintracht Braunschweig two days later.
Ceesay scored St. Pauli's opener on the stroke of half-time and earned the highest rating of any player on the pitch, 7.8. Leo Weinkauf was Hannover's best-rated performer at 7.42.
St. Pauli had 57 per cent of the possession, yet Hannover mustered 13 shots to their 15 and left with a point.
Hannover 96 and FC St. Pauli drew 1–1 (half-time 0–1).
Hannover 96 met FC St. Pauli in the 2. Bundesliga (Regular Season - 8). Kick-off was Saturday, 17 October 2026, 18:30 UTC at Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena . Referee: Felix Prigan.
Team pages: Hannover 96 · FC St. Pauli · 2. Bundesliga
Key moments
- 45+1' Goal: Abdoulie Ceesay (assist: Louis Oppie) — 0–1 · Watch Abdoulie Ceesay's goal video (45+1')
- 48' Goal: Husseyn Chakroun — 1–1 · Watch Husseyn Chakroun's goal video (48')
Starting line-ups
Hannover 96 (4-4-2)
FC St. Pauli (3-4-1-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Hannover 96 51%, the draw 25%, FC St. Pauli 24%. It finished Hannover 96 1–1 FC St. Pauli.
Home advantage gives Hannover 96 the edge — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, 1475 to 1465, the usual home advantage is the main reason we give Hannover 96 51%, helped by their habit of controlling the ball, holding 54% possession to 46% in recent games. The draw sits at 25%, below the usual 28% for sides this level, mainly because both teams' own recent games average 3.2 goals.
Why Hannover 96 in front?
Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1475 to 1465. Sides this close won 45.8% of 13,726 home games (draw 27.6%, visitors 26.6%). Hannover 96 hold 8 more possession points (54 to 46 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, home teams with this control edge won 48.2% of 5,150 games, vs 44.0% when styles were level.
Why only 51%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Level sides split the rest: the draw at 25% and FC St. Pauli at 24%.
Why the draw at 25%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 3.2 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,940. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Hannover 96 sit -0.36 goals per game under chance-quality. For home sides we could not receipt a bounce-back — the measured cells sit inside each other's noise bands — so this is noted and scores 0. Hannover 96 are 2 games into a new manager (Sandro Wagner), appointed 46 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777.
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About this match
On this page: the Hannover 96 vs FC St. Pauli final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this 2. Bundesliga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
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- Watch Abdoulie Ceesay's goal against Hannover 96 (45+1').
- Watch Husseyn Chakroun's goal against FC St. Pauli (48').
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