Hannover 96 (2-1-4, 14th) face FC St. Pauli (2-4-1, 7th) in the eighth matchweek of the 2026/27 2. Bundesliga season at Heinz von Heiden Arena. Here are the confirmed lineups, with kickoff at 20.30 (CET).

Hannover 96 (2-1-4, 14th) host FC St. Pauli (2-4-1, 7th) in the Saturday primetime match for the eighth matchweek of the 2026/27 2. Bundesliga season.

Both teams were relegated from the Bundesliga in the 2025/26 campaign, but are within three points of each other. A win for St. Pauli could potentially move them up one place to sixth in the table, but a win for Hannover could drop Die Kiezkicker to the bottom half.

The last time that the two sides met was in an October 2024 friendly, 3-2 in favour of the Niedersachsen side. St. Pauli, however, are undefeated in all of their last four meetings in the German second division (2-2-0); in the 2023/24 season, they managed a 2-1 win away and a scoreless draw at home. The last time that Hannover won both their home and away matches against St. Pauli was in the 2021/22 season (1-0, 3-0).

Below are the confirmed lineups for Sandro Wagner’s Hannover 96 and Marcel Rapp’s FC St. Pauli. Kickoff is set for just under an hour from now, 20.30 (CET).
 

Confirmed lineups

Hannover 96 (3-1-4-2): Weinkauf - Ghiță, Tomiak, Hugonet - Þórðarson - Oudenne, Hartel, Taïbi, Neubauer - Chakroun, Källman.

FC St. Pauli (4-1-3-2): Voll - Oppie, Ritzka, Nemeth, Pyrka - Smith - Chima Fujita, Rasmussen, Metcalfe - Ceesay, Niang.