FC St. Pauli

FC St. Pauli slipped to a 2-0 defeat against Werder Bremen in an evenly balanced final home game of the year on Saturday evening. A packed Millerntor saw Derrick Köhn and Marvin Ducksch strike for the visitors, whose greater efficiency in front of goal proved telling in the end.

FC St. Pauli lost 2-1 at Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday afternoon. Florian Wirtz and Jonathan Tah gave the reigning champions a 2-0 lead at the break, but Morgan Guilavogui pulled one back six minutes from time. The Boys in Brown threw everyone forward in a bid to find an equaliser but their efforts proved in vain.

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.