Hamburger SV vs FC St. Pauli

Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli will meet in a competitive match for the 32nd time since the Bundesliga's inception (14 wins for HSV, 7 wins for FCSP, 10 draws). The Red Shorts remain unbeaten in their last three matches against the Kiezkickers (W2 D1 in the 2. Bundesliga), winning their last three home games against their city rivals. Since the Bundesliga's inception, HSV has only celebrated four consecutive home wins against St. Pauli from 1990 to 2001.

FC St. Pauli won both of their Bundesliga matches against fellow promoted team Holstein Kiel last season, marking the first time since the 1995/96 season that they've won two consecutive Bundesliga matches against newly promoted teams. St. Pauli has never won more consecutive Bundesliga matches against newly promoted teams.

Hamburger SV started a Bundesliga season with a 0-0 draw for the fifth time (most recently in 2014/15); only VfL Wolfsburg (2006/07) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (1996/97) have previously played two 0-0 draws in a row at the start of the season in the Bundesliga.

FC St. Pauli are unbeaten in their last three Bundesliga away games (W1 D2). Only in the 1988/89 season did the Kiezkickers remain unbeaten on the road in the top flight for a longer period (six games – D6). Hamburger SV won their last three home games of their last Bundesliga season, 2017/18, achieving the same number of wins as in their first 14 Bundesliga home games of that season.

FC St. Pauli recorded 14 pressing sequences on the first matchday of this Bundesliga season, only Mainz 05 had more (15). Hamburger SV, on the other hand, had the joint-fewest pressing sequences on the opening matchday (5, like Cologne and Union Berlin).