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.

A mini-run of three games without a defeat came to an end at Leipzig on Sunday. After the game, the consensus in the camp was that the goals were conceded far too easily, but there was also disappointment about going home with nothing to show for an otherwise decent performance.

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.