Low-Block Fortress
Rot-Weiß Essen
Rot-Weiß Essen handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 7 shots blocked or saved on 39.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 39.0%
- Shots blocked
- 5
- Saves
- 2
- Conceded
- 0
DFB Pokal · Round of 64Rot-Weiß Essen
M. Janssen 36'
S. Telalovic 53'
2 – 0
FT
HT 1–0
FC St. Pauli
DFB Pokal
Round of 64Rot-Weiß Essen2–0FC St. Pauli
14
Shots in the box
6
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
36′53′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Rot-Weiß Essen 2-0 FC St. Pauli
Rot-Weiß Essen saw off FC St. Pauli 2-0 at Stadion Essen in DFB Pokal. Janssen opened the scoring for Rot-Weiß Essen on 36' and Telalovic made it 2-0 to Rot-Weiß Essen on 53'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Rot-Weiß Essen took 14 of their 19 attempts inside the box, FC St. Pauli 6 of 7. FC St. Pauli held 61.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Rot-Weiß Essen graded out for low-block fortress — 39.0% possession and 5 shots blocked. FC St. Pauli graded out for passive possession — 61.0% possession and 2 on target.
Jannik Hofmann came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.7 for Rot-Weiß Essen from 1 assist, 2 key passes and 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 34 fouls between them and 4 yellow cards, with FC St. Pauli conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
39%Possession61%
19Shots7
What the numbers say
4 readsPassive Possession
FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 61.0%
- On target
- 2
Box Occupation
Rot-Weiß Essen
Rot-Weiß Essen kept getting bodies into the area — 74% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 14 of 19
- Share
- 74%
Busy Goalkeeper
FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli leaned on their goalkeeper, who made 6 saves.
- Saves
- 6
- Conceded
- 2
Timeline
🟨27'
Arkadiusz Pyrka
Foul
M. Janssen — assist: M. Obuz
⚽36'
Tony Menzel
Foul
🟨44'
Half-time
S. Telalovic — assist: J. Hofmann
⚽53'
🔄60'
S. Banks ↑ J. Fujita ↓
🔄65'
E. Smith ↑ M. Rasmussen ↓
🔄65'
R. Jones ↑ T. Hara ↓
R. Reisig ↑ M. Janssen ↓
🔄73'
D. Abiama ↑ N. Pesch ↓
🔄73'
Semir Telalović
Foul
🟨77'
🔄77'
C. Metcalfe ↑ M. Kaars ↓
🔄77'
E. Ahlstrand ↑ L. Oppie ↓
J. Potocnik ↑ S. Telalovic ↓
🔄80'
L. Brumme ↑ M. Obuz ↓
🔄81'
L. Bazzoli ↑ T. Menzel ↓
🔄89'
🟨90+1'
Marcus Mathisen
Argument
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadion Essen, Essen
RefereeTobias Reichel, Germany
CompetitionDFB Pokal
Season2026
RoundRound of 64
StatusMatch Finished