HAMBURG (Interstat) — Wolfsburg defeated Saint Pauli 3-1 on Saturday at Millerntor-Stadion in a Bundesliga match. Konstantinos Koulierakis opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Abdoulie Ceesay equalized for Saint Pauli in the 57th minute, but Nikola Vasilj restored Wolfsburg’s lead in the 64th minute. Dženan Pejčinović added a third goal for Wolfsburg in the 80th minute.

Ceesay finished with one goal and one assist. Pejčinović, Vasilj and Koulierakis each scored once. Kento Shiogai, Joel Fujita, Vinícius Souza and Adam Daghim each recorded an assist.

Yellow cards were issued to Souza in the 18th minute, Daghim in the 33rd, Ceesay in the 88th, Shiogai in the 90+4th and Fujita in the 90+5th.

Wolfsburg improved to 1-0 in Bundesliga play and across all competitions. Saint Pauli fell to 0-1 in both. The match was the season opener for both clubs.