FC St. Pauli

FC St. Pauli collected their first home win of the season on Friday evening, deservedly beating fellow promoted side Holstein Kiel by three goals to one Strikes from Manolis Saliakas, Morgan Guilavogui and Johannes Eggestein ended the five-game home goal drought in front of a sell-out crowd at the Millerntor, with Phil Harres replying for the visitors late on. Nikola Vasilj also saved a Jann-Fiete Arp penalty on the stroke of half-time.

FC St. Pauli entertain Holstein Kiel in the penultimate home game of the year on Friday evening (20.30 CET). Head coach Alexander Blessin took questions from the media in the run-up.

The Boys in Brown return to Bundesliga action after the two-week international break with a trip to Borussia Mönchengladbach on Sunday  (17.30 CET). In the run-up to the Borussia Park outing, head coach Alexander Blessin offered his thoughts at the pre-match news conference.