FC St. Pauli

FC St. Pauli entertain reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday (19.30 CET). In the run-up, head coach Alexander Blessin looked ahead to the game in conversation with the media.

FC St. Pauli won 2-1 at Holstein Kiel in a fiercely contested relegation battle on Saturday afternoon. Alexander Bernhardsson gave the home side the lead, but Danel Sinani levelled the scores before the break. The winning goal arrived in second-half stoppage time.

FC St. Pauli drew one apiece with Borussia Mönchengladbach on Sunday afternoon. Alexander Blessin’s side dictated the proceedings from the word go, but the visitors took the lead through Ko Itakura on the stroke of half-time. The dominance continued in the second half, and a late strike from substitute Oladapo Afolayan earned the Boys in Brown a point they richly deserved.