Visitors St Pauli struck once in either half to beat local rivals Hamburg SV 2-0 on Friday and spoil the hosts' festive atmosphere of their first Bundesliga home game in seven years.

Six-time German champions Hamburg, once nicknamed the Bundesliga's 'dinosaurs' for having been in the top division for the longest uninterrupted spell since the league's creation in 1963, suffered a shock first-ever relegation in 2018 and spent seven seasons in the second division.

The last time the two Hamburg sides met in the top division was back in 2010/11.

Hamburg fans had dominated the pre-match proceedings with thousands marching through the city but St Pauli's Adam Dzwigala silenced the home crowd when he turned a cutback in for a 19th minute lead.

The hosts, who did not manage a single shot on target in the entire first half, thought they had levelled three minutes after the restart when Ransford-Yeboah Koenigsdoerffer broke through and slotted it in with one touch but he was ruled offside after a lengthy VAR review.

Hamburg, the 1983 European Cup winners, kept up the pressure but their comeback attempt was cut short when the visitors struck again on the hour with Andreas Hountondji latching onto a perfectly-timed through ball to round the Hamburg keeper and score from the tightest of angles.

To make matters worse for Hamburg, Giorgi Gocholeishvili was sent off with a second booking in the 77th minute.