Mainz edge St. Pauli 2–1 to claim vital Bundesliga away win

1. FSV Mainz 05 held on for a 2–1 away win at FC St. Pauli 1910 on Sunday, taking the points in their Bundesliga Matchday 32 meeting after building an early two-goal lead.

Mainz struck first in the 6th minute when Phillip Tietz finished a move set up by Sheraldo Becker to put the visitors 1–0 ahead. The advantage was doubled before the break, as Philipp Mwene made it 2–0 in the 40th minute, converting after an assist from Silvan Widmer.

St. Pauli responded after half-time with a series of attacking substitutions. Adam Dźwigała and Connor Metcalfe came on at the interval, followed by Abdoulie Ceesay and Martijn Kaars on 65 minutes, as the hosts pushed to get back into the match.

The pressure finally told late on. In the 87th minute, Ceesay pulled one back for St. Pauli, finishing a chance created by Kaars to make it 2–1 and set up a tense finale. Despite further late changes from Mainz, including the introductions of Armindo Sieb, Dominik Kohr, Anthony Caci, Lennart Maloney and Nelson Weiper, the visitors saw out the remaining minutes.

The match also featured a series of yellow cards in the second half. Mainz goalkeeper Daniel Batz was booked in the 68th minute, while St. Pauli’s Karol Mets received a yellow in the 89th minute. Deep into regulation time, both Connor Metcalfe and goalscorer Ceesay were also cautioned for the hosts.

Beyond these goals, substitutions and bookings, more detailed match statistics and events were not available in the provided data.

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