RB Leipzig have successfully booked their spot in next season's Champions League thanks to a 2-1 win over FC St. Pauli. Xaver Schlager and Willi Orban were on the scoresheet for RBL.

Leipzig got off to a strong start and had an early chance to take the lead through Ridle Baku. Christoph Baumgartner picked the ball up on the left-hand side and drove into the box, where he cut it back into a dangerous area at the edge of the six-yard box. In the resulting chaos, the attacking midfielder almost converted the opportunity himself, before the ball fell to Baku, who couldn't quite turn it into the empty net from a few yards out.

After that, the visitors began to grown into the game and had a couple of threatening opportunities themselves. After a foul from Castello Lukeba, Eric Smith stepped up to take a free-kick in a dangerous area around 20 yards out from goal, ultimately curling it just wide of the far post. Shortly after that, St. Pauli had the biggest chance of the game to that point, as Martijn Kaars hit the crossbar following a counterattack.

Then, RBL managed to take the lead on the stroke of half-time. After a corner from David Raum, Baumgartner flicked the ball on with his head to Xaver Schlager. The midfielder then found the back of the net to make it 1-0 and mark his final home appearance for the club with a crucial goal (45').

After the restart, Leipzig once again looked like the more threatening side. A lovely one-two between Assan Ouédraogo and Yan Diomande in the opposition's box led to the former hitting the upright (53'). With 54 minutes on the clock, however, we looked to have scored the decisive goal. Another pinpoint corner from Raum found Willi Orban who headed the ball expertly into the bottom left corner to extend RBL's advantage.

Following the second goal, we had even more chances to put the game to bed. In the 64th minute, Rômulo threaded a pass through to Brajan Gruda who rounded the keeper and slotted the ball into the empty net. However, the goal was disallowed due to the attacking midfielder standing in an offside position in the build-up. The next big chance fell to Baumi who fired the ball over the crossbar in the 77th minute.

In the closing stages of the game, St. Pauli pushed forward more and more, eventually reaping a reward for their efforts. With four minutes of normal time remaining, Jackson Irvine won an aerial duel, with the ball ultimately falling to Abdoulie Ceesay. The striker was then through on goal and coolly slotted the ball past Maarten Vandevoordt to make it 2-1 (86'). In added time, Irvine tried his luck from the edge of the box, but his effort was straight at our shot-stopper (90+5'). The referee blew the final whistle shortly after that, confirming the three points and UCL qualification for RB Leipzig,