2nd league
The promotion race in the 2nd Bundesliga has gotten even tighter: Darmstadt 98 has moved past Hamburg to third place in the table with an away win against St. Pauli.
Darmstadt 98 has come back impressively in the promotion race of the 2nd Bundesliga. After two defeats in a row at FC St. Pauli, coach Torsten Lieberknecht’s team happily won 2-1 (2-0) and pushed Hamburg out of relegation rank three.
Luca Pfeiffer (9th) and Fabian Holland (35th) scored for the lilies. St. Pauli, for which Lukas Daschner (81st) reduced the lead, has been waiting for a win for four games and is one point behind Darmstadt.
Darmstadt’s compact defense posed problems for St. Pauli
The visitors took the lead with their first finish. Philip Tietz served Pfeiffer, who scored his 14th goal of the season. After that, the hosts increased the pressure, but they often remained too imprecise in the last third. Etienne Amenyido was also blocked at the last moment (29th). Darmstadt was compact and became dangerous with the few counterattacks. Holland increased worth seeing.
St. Pauli got off to a stormy start in the second round. Top scorer Guido Burgstaller missed the target from a promising position (49′), a Daschner header just missed his target (54′). Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (64th) was also unlucky with his shot from a distance. On the other hand, Marvin Mehlem missed the great opportunity to score the third goal for the guests (69th). Daschner brought St. Pauli back.
Due to the success in the Hanseatic city, Darmstadt has now swapped places with FC St. Pauli (53) with 54 points and jumps to third place in the relegation round.