Hamburg and St Pauli in Germany's tale of one city

For third-placed Hamburg, former European champions, promotion would see them finally go back up after their catastrophic first-ever relegation from the Bundesliga in 2018.

For fifth-placed St Pauli, beating Hamburg would make a possible return to the top flight for the first time since 2011 even sweeter. But while the sometimes bitter rivalry can boil over, it also binds the city together.

Six-time German league champions Hamburg are among the country's football royalty. Never previously relegated, Hamburg's Volksparkstadion had a clock counting every second in the top division, a feature made to look silly when the club finally went down five years ago.

Their opponents on today embody the spirit of Hamburg's gritty St Pauli district which gives them their name. The nightlife precinct is home to the famed Reeperbahn and the place where The Beatles' John Lennon said he "grew up".