FC St. Pauli has missed the return to the top of the table in the 2nd Bundesliga.
Against SC Paderborn, the North Germans did not get more than 2: 2 (2: 1) on Saturday evening.
In front of 6,000 spectators in the Millerntor Stadium, Maximilian Dittgen (5th minute) and Etienne Amenyido (44th) scored the goals for second-placed Hamburg.
Dennis Srbeny (37th) and Marco Stiepermann (84th) prevented Paderborn's first away defeat of the season with their goals.
The hosts immediately looked for a way forward and their first good whistle gave them an early lead, which Dittgen scored with his fourth goal of the season after great work from Amenyido.
It took the SCP a few minutes to digest the shock, but he gradually took control of the game.
Srbeny stayed cool in front of keeper Nikola Vasilj and scored to equalize.
However, it didn't last until the break because this time Dittgen hung up perfectly for Amenyido, who executed.
After the change, St. Pauli was lucky that Vasilj was just able to prevent an own goal from Jakov Medic with a strong save (57th).
And bad luck that his free-standing midfielder Marcel Hartel was blocked at the last moment (63').
Substitute Kai Pröger (66th) opened the final offensive with a shot at the crossbar.
Edeljoker Stiepermann then hit with a shot worth seeing for the deserved partial success for the strong guests.