Herbstmeister FC St. Pauli had an unexpectedly severe setback at the end of the year. The leaders of the second Bundesliga lost 3-0 (3-0) at Holstein Kiel and failed to start the weekend with an eleven-point lead over third-placed city rivals Hamburger SV. Fortuna Düsseldorf said goodbye to the short winter break after a 1-0 (0-1) win against SV Sandhausen with major relegation concerns.
Fin Bartels (8th), Finn Porath (29th) and Benedikt Pichler (45th + 1) met in front of 8,700 spectators to the deserved victory for Kiel, which freed itself a little in the relegation battle before the festival. At the same time, the Kielers managed to take revenge for the 3-0 defeat at St. Pauli on the first day of the match. The second in the table, Darmstadt 98, could now move closer to St. Pauli with a win at Jahn Regensburg on Sunday (1.30 p.m. / live on Sky).
The Hamburger ran after the early deficit, but missed their few chances (Jackson Irvine, 41st) and were countered dangerously again and again. This is also the case with Pichler’s 3-0 after a steep pass from Jonas Sterner. The visibly dissatisfied St-Pauli coach Timo Schultz reacted with a triple change at half-time. Better chances than in the still much too sedate build-up game of the guests arose from the Kiel counterattacks.
In Düsseldorf, Pascal Testroet (7th) took the hosts away in front of 10,543 spectators and destroyed the Düsseldorf game idea. The delicate upswing of Fortuna with last four points against the top teams Darmstadt and St. Pauli is over. For Table 16, only three points away. It was SVS ‘fourth win of the season on matchday 18.
The Düsseldorf effort to equalize began without a proper concept, Christoph Klarer headed just past the goal at the best chance before the break (31st). After that, Fortuna became more offensive through a change and the switch to a back four, Khaled Narey (47th / 70th) and Emmanuel Iyoha (71th) missed the 1: 1.
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