Martijn Kaars's stoppage-time penalty helped struggling St. Pauli snatch a 1-1 draw with RB Leipzig at Millerntor-Stadion. 

Ole Werner's side was on track for all three points after Yan Diomande's second-half strike, but Kaars levelled up from 12 yards after being taken out by David Raum in the box. 

Only the base of the right post denied Leipzig from taking an eighth-minute lead, with Xaver Schlager's attempt from the edge of the box seeing Nikola Vasilj almost caught out. 

But from there, Leipzig was second best and should have gone behind when Ricky-Jade Jones was sent through, but he could only fire wide with just Peter Gulacsi to beat.

However, Leipzig had a huge chance to go a goal up in first-half stoppage time, but Romulo dragged his shot past the left post after being played in by Christoph Baumgartner. 

The visitor did get themselves ahead in the 66th minute when Raum's corner was cleared only as far as Diomande on the edge of the box, who saw his right-footed strike deflect off Eric Smith and in. 

St. Pauli, though, hung on and were given the chance to level the game late in the day when Raum's untimely slip saw him clatter into Kaars, with the substitute dusting himself down before dispatching from 12 yards out to seal a share of the spoils. 

That proved to be good news for Hoffenheim, which built up a three-point gap between itself and fourth-placed Leipzig after its 2-0 win away to Werder Bremen. 

Alexander Prass's stunning effort in the 44th minute put Hoffenheim in front before it was reduced to 10 men seven minutes after the break. 

Wouter Burger was dismissed for a high challenge on Cameron Puertas after a lengthy VAR review, but it mattered little as Grischa Promel clinched the victory with another fine finish into the top corner two minutes later.