Magdeburg
St Pauli
Match summary
Magdeburg won comfortably, 4-1 at home to St Pauli. Magdeburg led 1-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Mateusz Żukowski put Magdeburg ahead from a corner in the 27th minute. In the second half, Anselmo Garcia McNulty made it 2-0 from a corner in the 48th minute, Eric Smith pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 58th minute, Herbert Bockhorn made it 3-1 in the 89th minute, and Roko Šimić made it 4-1 in stoppage time.
The chances backed that up: Magdeburg created 3.11 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to St Pauli's 1.14 from 12. St Pauli had a player sent off.
Magdeburg secured a 4-1 victory against St Pauli in the 2. Bundesliga on Matchday 11. The hosts registered 49 percent possession and 12 shots, matching their opponents' 12 attempts while hitting 6 shots on target compared to the visitors' 3. Magdeburg recorded an expected goals figure of 3.11 against St Pauli's 1.14 across the fixture. Both sides distributed 426 and 428 passes respectively, while discipline proved costly as the referee issued 2 yellow cards to the hosts alongside 4 yellow cards and 1 red card for the visitors in a physical encounter.
The first half remained tightly contested until Mateusz Żukowski opened the scoring for Magdeburg in the 27th minute with a right foot shot to establish a 1-0 half-time lead. Anselmo Garcia McNulty doubled the advantage in the 48th minute with a left foot shot. Eric Smith responded for St Pauli with a header in the 58th minute to make it 2-1. Following a red card shown to Louis Oppie in the 82nd minute, late goals from Herbert Bockhorn in the 89th minute and Roko Šimić in the 90+1st minute completed the 4-1 scoreline.
