Irvine's St Pauli suffer another slump in Bundesliga
Jackson Irvine's promoted St Pauli have lost a third Bundesliga game out of three so far this season as Augsburg picked up their first three points with a 3-1 home win.
Former Borussia Dortmund right back Marius Wolf cut inside and curled home with his weaker left foot just after the break for his first goal in his first league start for Augsburg in Sunday's clash.
St Pauli, captained by Socceroos midfielder Irvine, complained about a possible handball and foul in the build-up but the video assistant allowed the goal.
Phillip Tietz then made it 2-0 on 67 minutes when he volleyed in a deep cross from close range before Carlo Boukhalfa cut the deficit with St Pauli's first goal of the league season.
Substitute Yusuf Kabadayi sealed the win on the break in stoppage time.
Hamburg-based St Pauli were left reeling in the close season when promotion-winning coach Fabian Hurzeler left for Brighton.
New boss Alexander Blessin, a German who impressed at Belgium's Union Saint-Gilloise last term, took over but his side sit second-bottom.
Augsburg's Danish coach Jess Thorup, who penned a new deal until 2026 on Thursday having easily kept them up last term, secured his first win of the nascent league campaign to move up to 10th on four points.
In Sunday's later match, Mainz were watched in the stands by their former coach Jurgen Klopp - who is taking a break after leaving Liverpool - but he was unable to inspire them as they lost 2-1 to Werder Bremen.
Marvin Ducksch struck from the spot on eight minutes for Bremen but Lee Jae Sung levelled midway through the first half before Derrick Kohn grabbed the winner on 69 minutes, despite Bremen being reduced to 10 men when Marco Friedl saw red for a professional foul.
Germany's five Champions League entrants played on Friday or Saturday to give them extra preparation time for the revamped competition starting this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Bayern thumped promoted bottom side Holstein Kiel 6-1 away on Saturday, with England striker Harry Kane scoring a fifth Bundesliga hat-trick, as they became the only German top-flight team to take a maximum nine points from three games so far this term.