St. Pauli 2-0 Karlsruher SC: result and goals
St. Pauli beat Karlsruher SC 2-0 on Sunday, 11 October 2026 in the 2. Bundesliga.
Goals: Abdoulie Ceesay 32', Lars Ritzka 51'.
St. Pauli sit 7th on 12 points.
Karlsruher SC sit 13th on 8 points.
St. Pauli have 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
Karlsruher SC have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5 matches.
Last 5 meetings: St. Pauli won 3, Karlsruher SC won 0, 2 drawn.
- Competition
- 2. Bundesliga
- Kick-off
- Sunday, 11 October 2026, 12:30 (UK time)
- Venue
- Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg Norderstedt
Match events
STPKSC32'⚽Abdoulie Ceesay ast. Connor Metcalfe 1-0
34'Sandro Trémoulet
48'Marvin Wanitzek
51'⚽Lars Ritzka ast. Eric Smith 2-0
68'⇄▲ Martijn Kaars ▼ Youssoupha Niang
68'⇄▲ Kevin Wiethaup ▼ Rafael Pinto Pedrosa
70'⇄▲ Lilian Egloff ▼ Louey Ben Farhat
70'⇄▲ Sebastian Jung ▼ Sandro Trémoulet
70'⇄▲ Jason Ponente ▼ Viktor Bergh
73'⇄▲ Ricky-Jade Jones ▼ Abdoulie Ceesay
73'⇄▲ Samuel Klein ▼ Mathias Rasmussen
80'⇄▲ Tim Civeja ▼ Danyal Zor
82'⇄▲ Adam Dźwigała ▼ Lars Ritzka
82'⇄▲ Branimir Hrgota ▼ Connor Metcalfe
87'Branimir Hrgota
Live commentary
- 87'Branimir Hrgota (St. Pauli) Yellow Card at 87'
- 82'Branimir Hrgota (St. Pauli) Substitution at 82'
- 82'Adam Dzwigala (St. Pauli) Substitution at 82'
- 80'Tim Civeja (Karlsruher SC) Substitution at 80'
- 73'Samuel Klein (St. Pauli) Substitution at 73'
- 73'Ricky-Jade Jones (St. Pauli) Substitution at 73'
- 70'Lilian Egloff (Karlsruher SC) Substitution at 70'
- 70'Sebastian Jung (Karlsruher SC) Substitution at 70'
- 70'Jason Manuel Ponente Ramirez (Karlsruher SC) Substitution at 70'
- 68'Kevin Wiethaup (Karlsruher SC) Substitution at 68'
- 68'Martijn Kaars (St. Pauli) Substitution at 68'
- 51'Lars Ritzka (St. Pauli) Goal at 51'
- 48'Marvin Wanitzek (Karlsruher SC) Yellow Card at 48'
- 34'Sandro Tremoulet (Karlsruher SC) Yellow Card at 34'
- 32'Abdoulie Ceesay (St. Pauli) Goal at 32'
Commentary: ESPN
Stats
STPKSC
General
46%Possession54%
1Big chances3
1Big chances missed3
6Corners9
Shots
13Total shots12
4Shots off target3
6Shots on target5
3Blocked shots4
0Hit woodwork0
7Shots inside box9
6Shots outside box3
Expected goals (xG)
0.80xG1.16
0.68xG open play0.98
0.12xG set play0.17
0.80Non-penalty xG1.16
0.84xG on target (xGOT)1.05
Passes
409Passes472
322 (79%)Accurate passes375 (79%)
195Own half194
127Opposition half181
25 (43%)Accurate long balls24 (56%)
3 (18%)Accurate crosses5 (25%)
17Throw-ins19
16Touches in opposition box16
4Offsides2
Defence
22Tackles12
17Interceptions10
4Shot blocks3
40Clearances35
5Keeper saves4
Duels
54Duels won50
43 (52%)Ground duels won39 (48%)
11 (50%)Aerial duels won11 (50%)
6 (46%)Successful dribbles15 (50%)
Discipline
1Yellow cards2
0Red cards0
12Fouls committed15
General
56%Possession44%
1Big chances0
1Big chances missed0
5Corners1
Shots
8Total shots2
3Shots off target1
2Shots on target1
3Blocked shots0
0Hit woodwork0
4Shots inside box1
4Shots outside box1
Expected goals (xG)
0.44xG0.14
0.43xG open play0.14
0.02xG set play0.00
0.44Non-penalty xG0.14
0.29xG on target (xGOT)0.15
Passes
254Passes206
204 (80%)Accurate passes156 (76%)
121Own half87
83Opposition half69
11 (37%)Accurate long balls11 (48%)
2 (20%)Accurate crosses1 (25%)
5Throw-ins7
10Touches in opposition box2
3Offsides1
Defence
8Tackles4
13Interceptions6
0Shot blocks3
10Clearances24
1Keeper saves1
Duels
25Duels won18
18 (56%)Ground duels won14 (44%)
7 (64%)Aerial duels won4 (36%)
4 (67%)Successful dribbles4 (44%)
Discipline
0Yellow cards1
0Red cards0
6Fouls committed6
General
36%Possession64%
0Big chances3
0Big chances missed3
1Corners8
Shots
5Total shots10
1Shots off target2
4Shots on target4
0Blocked shots4
0Hit woodwork0
3Shots inside box8
2Shots outside box2
Expected goals (xG)
0.36xG1.02
0.25xG open play0.85
0.10xG set play0.17
0.36Non-penalty xG1.02
0.55xG on target (xGOT)0.90
Passes
155Passes266
118 (76%)Accurate passes219 (82%)
74Own half107
44Opposition half112
14 (50%)Accurate long balls13 (65%)
1 (14%)Accurate crosses4 (25%)
12Throw-ins12
6Touches in opposition box14
1Offsides1
Defence
14Tackles8
4Interceptions4
4Shot blocks0
30Clearances11
4Keeper saves3
Duels
29Duels won32
25 (50%)Ground duels won25 (50%)
4 (36%)Aerial duels won7 (64%)
2 (29%)Successful dribbles11 (52%)
Discipline
1Yellow cards1
0Red cards0
6Fouls committed9
St. PauliKarlsruher SC
Expected goals (xG)
0.80–1.16
xG on target (xGOT)
0.84–1.05
Shots
13–12
Big chances
1–3
Match momentum
Above the line the home side is on top; below, the away side.
Shot map
← Karlsruher (12)GoalOn targetOff target or blockedSt. Pauli (13) →
xG: chance of each shot becoming a goal from its position and type. xGOT: the same once the shot is on target.
Player of the match
Eric Smith
St. Pauli
Ratings
St. Pauli7.4
- 8.21Ben Alexander Voll
- 8.28Eric SmithA
- 8.121Lars Ritzka⚽
- 8.19Abdoulie Ceesay⚽
- 7.823Louis Oppie
- 7.824Connor MetcalfeA
- 7.74David Nemeth
- 7.611Arkadiusz Pyrka
- 7.320Mathias Rasmussen
- 7.216Joel Chima Fujita
- 6.97Youssoupha Niang
- 6.426Ricky-Jade Jones▲73'
- 6.322Samuel Klein▲73'
- 6.119Martijn Kaars▲68'
Karlsruher SC6.4
- 7.410Marvin Wanitzek
- 7.324Sandro Trémoulet
- 7.23Deniz Ofli
- 6.922Christoph Kobald
- 6.737Jason Ponente▲70'
- 6.526Danyal Zor
- 6.513Shio Fukuda
- 6.428Marcel Franke
- 6.333Viktor Bergh
- 6.32Sebastian Jung▲70'
- 6.219Louey Ben Farhat
- 6.223Tim Civeja▲80'
- 6.17Kevin Wiethaup▲68'
- 6.125Lilian Egloff▲70'
- 5.936Rafael Pinto Pedrosa
- 5.01Hans Christian Bernat
Rating out of 10 for each player’s contribution to the match.
Lineups
St. Pauli4-1-3-27.4
18.2Alexander Voll
117.6Pyrka
47.7Nemeth
237.8Oppie
207.3Rasmussen ▼
167.2Chima Fujita
76.9Niang ▼
15.0Christian Bernat
286.4Franke
226.9Kobald
365.9Pinto Pedrosa ▼
266.5Zor ▼
336.3Bergh ▼
37.2Ofli
136.5Fukuda
196.2Ben Farhat ▼
Karlsruher SC3-5-26.4
St. Pauli · Substitutes
- 19Martijn Kaars▲68'6.1
- 22Samuel Klein▲73'6.3
- 26Ricky-Jade Jones▲73'6.4
- 25Adam Dźwigała▲82'
- 10Branimir Hrgota▲82'
- 33Dimitar Mitov
- 14Erik Ahlstrand
- 17Scott Banks
- 18Taichi Hara
Manager: Marcel Rapp
Karlsruher · Substitutes
- 7Kevin Wiethaup▲68'6.1
- 2Sebastian Jung▲70'6.3
- 25Lilian Egloff▲70'6.1
- 37Jason Ponente▲70'6.7
- 23Tim Civeja▲80'6.2
- 30Robin Himmelmann
- 15Paul Scholl
- 11Noel Eichinger
- 6Santeri Väänänen
Manager: Maximilian Senft
Last 5 matches
St. Pauli
LKaiserslautern2-130 Aug 2026
D@ Arminia Bielefeld2-24 Sept 2026
WVfL Wolfsburg1-012 Sept 2026
D@ Energie Cottbus1-120 Sept 2026
DBorussia Mönchengladbach1-13 Oct 2026
Karlsruher SC
LVfL Wolfsburg5-229 Aug 2026
D@ Hannover 962-24 Sept 2026
LEnergie Cottbus3-013 Sept 2026
L1. FC Nürnberg1-019 Sept 2026
W@ SV Wehen Wiesbaden2-12 Oct 2026
Head-to-head record
3
St. Pauli
2
Draws
0
Karlsruher
Last meetings
28 Oct 2023St. Pauli2 – 1Karlsruher SC
28 May 2023St. Pauli1 – 1Karlsruher SC
12 Nov 2022Karlsruher SC4 – 4St. Pauli
5 Mar 2022St. Pauli3 – 1Karlsruher SC
25 Sept 2021Karlsruher SC1 – 3St. Pauli
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hertha | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | +11 | 22 | WWWWD |
| 2 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | +10 | 18 | DWWDD |
| 3 |  Wolfsburg | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | +9 | 16 | LWDWD |
| 4 |  Kaiserslautern | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | +4 | 15 | WLWDW |
| 5 |  Heidenheim | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | WWDDL |
| 6 |  Magdeburg | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 13 | LWDWL |
| 7 |  St. Pauli | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | +2 | 12 | LDWDD |
| 8 |  Bielefeld | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | DLDWW |
| 9 |  Cottbus | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 9 | DWDLD |
| 10 |  Greuther Furth | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 9 | LDDLW |
| 11 |  D Dresden | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 | LDLDW |
| 12 |  Osnabruck | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 | WLDDL |
| 13 |  Karlsruher | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 | LDLLW |
| 14 |  Bochum | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 | DLLLD |
| 15 |  Hannover | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 8 | DLWLD |
| 16 |  Darmstadt | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -10 | 8 | WLWLD |
| 17 |  E Braunschweig | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 | LDLWL |
| 18 |  Holstein Kiel | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -4 | 5 | DLDLD |
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FAQ
What was the score in St. Pauli v Karlsruher SC?
St. Pauli beat Karlsruher SC 2-0 on Sunday 11 October (2. Bundesliga).
Who scored in St. Pauli v Karlsruher SC?
Goals: Abdoulie Ceesay 32' and Lars Ritzka 51'.
When do St. Pauli play next?
St. Pauli play 1. FC Nürnberg on Sunday 1 November at 12:30 (UK time).
When do Karlsruher SC play next?
Karlsruher SC play 1. FC Magdeburg on Saturday 24 October at 12:00 (UK time).
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