Autumn champions FC St. Pauli ended their outstanding second division first half with a somewhat annoying away point.
Despite clear superiority at Fortuna Düsseldorf, Hamburg only managed to score 1: 1 (0: 0), but are seven points ahead of third-placed Schalke 04 in the second half of the season.
The signs point to advancement.
Marcel Hartel (47th) was criminally left alone by the Düsseldorf defense at the opening goal.
Fortuna, who started with ambitions for promotion, last won four times in a row against St. Pauli, wavered in front of 15,000 spectators, but came back with the ninth goal of the season by Rouwen Hennings (68th).
With the guests, the head coach was back on the sidelines: Timo Schultz had been in quarantine for two weeks due to corona disease, he is fine.
However, he saw little uplifting from his team in the first half, the Fortuna was slightly better than the front runner at a low level.
Daniel-Kofi Kyereh missed St. Pauli's best opportunity for the time being miserably (36th).
But then nobody was interested in Hartel, who easily pushed the ball into the goal after a Kyereh cross from the right.
From then on, St. Pauli dominated the game and pushed for the decision, the Düsseldorf team wobbled despite switching to a back four and looked tired.
But they found their way back into the game with a good start from Emmanuel Iyoha.