FC St. Pauli

FC St. Pauli lost by the only goal of the game against SC Freiburg on Saturday. In an even contest low on chances, Nikola Vasilj saved a Vincenzo Grifo penalty, as in the reverse fixture, just before the interval, only for a deflected Christian Günter effort to win it for the visitors late on.

Next up in the Bundesliga for the Boys in Brown is the visit of SC Freiburg on Saturday (15.30 CET). In the run-up, head coach Alexander Blessin fielded questions from the media at the pre-match news conference.

A run of three games without defeat came to an end on Sunday evening when the Boys in Brown lost 2-0 at Leipzig. The Saxony outfit proved extremely effective in the first half, taking a two-goal lead with their only attempts on goal through Benjamin Šeško and Xavi Simons. A second-half improvement boosted by a red card for Leipzig's Willi Orban was not enough to ward off the defeat.