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Paderborn shoots the game in Wiesbaden
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SC Paderborn has preserved its chance of promotion to the Bundesliga. The East Westphalians won at Wehen Wiesbaden despite an early deficit. There was also a narrow away win in the spectacular top game between Kiel and St. Pauli.
Second division football team SC Paderborn 07 remains in the fight for the promotion places. The East Westphalia team celebrated a 2-1 (1-1) win at newly promoted SV Wehen Wiesbaden on Friday evening and reduced the gap to the relegation place to just one point before Saturday’s games. The goals for the away win for the SCP were scored by Koen Kostons (39th minute) and Filip Bilbija (82nd). Franko Kovacevic (30th) gave the SVWW a 1-0 lead in front of 6,119 spectators in the Brita Arena.
In a first half with only a few penalty area scenes, the guests had a little more of the game and had their first opportunity thanks to a free kick from Raphael Obermair, which goalkeeper Florian Stritzel directed onto the crossbar (9th). The Hessians surprisingly took the lead after half an hour through Kovacevic, who completed a counterattack after an opponent’s corner with a shot from a tight angle. Before the break, the SCP managed to equalize through Kostons, who ran freely towards Stritzel and fired into the bottom left corner from twelve meters.
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At the beginning of the second half, the Paderborn team initially missed a possible second goal when Kostons hit the crossbar from eleven meters (47′) and a shot from Bilbija (51′) from close range to the right post. But Bilbija scored in the final phase and completely turned around a game that was generally of a mediocre level.
Kiel and St. Pauli provide a spectacle
In a high-scoring top game, FC St. Pauli extended its lead in the promotion race of the Second Bundesliga with a narrow victory over direct pursuers Holstein Kiel. On Friday evening, coach Fabian Hürzeler’s team narrowly managed to reach the goal in the sold-out Holstein Stadium, winning 4:3 (3:0) after a 3:0 half-time lead.
In front of 15,034 spectators, Oladapo Afolayan (11th minute, 36th), Marcel Hartel (34th) and Connor Metcalfe (57th) scored for St. Pauli. Shuto Machino (53rd), Joshua Mees (65th) and Alexander Bernhardsson (82nd) were successful for Kiel. After 23 match days, Hamburg are now leading the table with a six point lead over Kiel.
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The St. Paulians have initially distanced themselves from their city rivals Hamburger SV in third place by ten points until the debut of the new HSV coach Steffen Baumgart on Sunday against Elversberg.
