Next win: FC St. Pauli is approaching a league record – Braunschweig wins the derby

Irvine scores twice

FC St. Pauli celebrated another victory in the championship and thus set a new club record. With the 5-0 (4-0) win at SV Sandhausen, the eighth success in a row, the Hamburgers are also approaching the league record of the single-track 2nd Bundesliga, which was set by Karlsruher SC in 1986 with ten wins in a row. On Sunday in the second division, Fortuna Düsseldorf kept up with the brown and whites in the long-distance chase duel, also with a smashing win against Rostock. In the Lower Saxony derby between Braunschweig and Hanover there was a late winning goal for the BTSV.

Almost without resistance, Manolis Saliakas (19th minute), Lukas Daschner (24th), Oladapo Afolayan (25th) and Jackson Irvine (45th/88th) scored the goals for FC St. Pauli with coach Fabian Hürzeler in front of 7,642 spectators , who has not lost a point since taking office. So far, only one other coach has managed to do that in the single-track 2nd Bundesliga. The hosts, who were outnumbered from the 45th minute after Alexander Esswein was sent off, have lost the effect of the change of coach. Under Tomas Oral, the frighteningly weak SVS was not yet able to celebrate a win. The gap to the non-relegation zone is now four points.

Even before Saliakas’ opening goal, the Kiezklub put a lot of pressure on. When it came to the reward, the Greek benefited from the fact that Erik Zenga, who was later injured and replaced, deflected the ball untenably. Daschner and Afolayan added two goals within 100 seconds. Irvine raised immediately after the red card. Even after the change of sides, the guests dominated the game. Shortly before the end of regular time, Irvine added again. And only thanks to keeper Patrick Drewes was the bankruptcy of the SVS not even clearer.

1-0 in added time: Braunschweig wins high-security derby

Eintracht Braunschweig won the Lower Saxony derby of the 2nd Bundesliga in the last minute. With a goal by Jannis Nikolaou in injury time, the relegation candidate defeated arch-rivals from Lower Saxony Hannover 96 deservedly 1-0 (0-0). In front of 20,995 spectators, Braunschweig missed several clear chances beforehand. Due to these defeats, the weak 96ers remain without a win in the new year.

The explosive high-security duel was secured by a large contingent of police, which strictly separated the two groups of fans. Nevertheless, the game had to be interrupted for a minute and a half in the 8th and 40th minutes because flares were thrown onto the field, first from the Hanoverian block and later from the Braunschweig block. In front of 20,995 spectators, Eintracht was the much more nervous team at the beginning. But Hanover made nothing of its playful superiority. Braunschweig became more confident by the minute and should have taken the lead before the break. But once Hannover’s Sei Muroya cleared just before the line after Lion Lauberbach had already played around goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler (26′). Ten minutes later, Anthony Ujah hit the post with a spectacular side kick (36′).

Braunschweig was clearly better and more determined in the second half. In the 56th minute, Anton Donkor hit the post. Shortly thereafter, Zieler parried a header from Ujah from close range (60′). The winning goal came late but deserved.

Dusseldorf victory: Rostock slips deeper into relegation worries

Fortuna Düsseldorf, which is one point ahead of St. Pauli with 42 points, won after goals from Dawid Kownacki (12th), Rouwen Hennings (20th) and Matthias Zimmermann (41st/48th) and an own goal by Damian Roßbach ( 82.) with 5: 2 (3: 0) at Hansa Rostock. This makes them the first pursuers of the leading trio SV Darmstadt (52), 1. FC Heidenheim (50) and Hamburger SV (49).

The Rostockers, for whom Kai Pröger (57th) and Kevin Schumacher (78th) scored too late, have to worry more and more about staying in the class after only one win in the new year as they are penultimate in the table.

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