The always dangerous Makienok made the preliminary decision with his spectacular shot from almost 20 meters to make it 3-0. It was only after the change of sides that KSC found access to the game, also because St. Pauli wasn’t keeping up the pressure quite as much.
After Hofmann’s goal, Lucas Cueto could have brought KSC closer with fifteen minutes to go, but missed from close range. On the other side, Burgstaller, Kyereh and Leart Paqarada missed big chances of a possible fourth goal in the final phase.