Bundesliga
DFB goalkeeper says: St. Pauli wins in the basement duel
Updated on 14.03.2025 – 10:30 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
In the game between St. Pauli and TSG Hoffenheim, there were long scoring opportunities in short supply. Then the Hamburgers used a mistake by DFB goalkeeper Oliver Baumann.
FC St. Pauli celebrated an important victory in the relegation battle of the Bundesliga. In the basement duel with TSG Hoffenheim, the Hamburgers celebrated a narrow 1-0 home win on Friday evening.
Torraque scenes were in short supply in the game. But in the 51st minute, the hosts then used a mistake by Hoffenheim and DFB goalkeeper Oliver Baumann, who wanted to play the already under pressure Tom Bishop with a short pass and thus simply gave the ball. In the end he was Noah Weißhaupt, who was able to push into the empty goal and scored the winning goal.
Despite the victory, St. Pauli remains in table place 15, but now she only separates one point from Union Berlin to 14th place and Hoffenheim.
FC St. Pauli started offensive in front of 29,546 spectators at the Millerntor Stadium once again sold out. The guests waited. The Hamburgers rarely brought TSG into trouble. Captain Jackson Irvine (5th) had the first chance, whose shot was distracted by Hoffenheimer Tom Bishop after a corner kick. After that, little exciting happened.
Many St. Pauli attacks ran over the left side with Philipp Treu and Elias Saad. Hoffenheim’s keeper Baumann rarely had to intervene for a long time. His foremen mostly defended everything away, but little went forward with them.
The few mistakes in the game building of the hosts also left Hoffenheimer unused. In addition, the Kiez defensive around Hauke Wahl was safe.
In the middle of the first half, the Hamburgers again became more determined in their attack campaigns. The strong Danel Sinani (27th), who, like the 1-1 in the game at VfL Wolfsburg, preferred to be preferred in front of Johannes Eggestein, tested Baumann. Two minutes later, Sieben van der Heyden narrowly missed the goal with a header.
Even after the change, the Hamburgers were still on the trigger and increased the pressing. This also led to Baumann’s mistake: at his pass on Bishop, faithfully in between, conquered the ball and played it on Weißhaupt, who had little effort to score his first goal for St. Pauli.
FC St. Pauli did not give up and pressed. Baumann fought off a free kick by Eric Smith (57th). The 34-year-old, who is nominated for the National League games against Italy, was also on hand with Irvine’s header.
The TSG slowly remembered its offensive. But the Hamburgers fought and defended themselves. The Hoffenheimers were too harmless to prevent the deserved success of FC St. Pauli.