FC St. Pauli

Next up for the Boys in Brown after two defeats in a row is an outing at Hannover 96 on Sunday (13.30 CET). Preparations for the meeting with the side in fifth place began on Wednesday, and after the session Karol Mets took time out for questions from the media.

The six EURO 2024 play-off semi-finals took place on Thursday evening. For Greece and Manolis Saliakas the dream of qualifying for Germany lives on, but Nikola Vasilj's Bosnia and Herzegovina and Karol Mets's Estonia were both knocked out, as were Luxembourg and Danel Sinani. Elsewhere, Jackson Irvine and Connor Metcalfe helped Australia make it three wins out of three in World Cup qualifying, while Aljoscha Kemlein and Eric da Silva Moreira have also enjoyed success in Germany colours.

An impressive team performance gave FC St. Pauli a deserved 2-0 win at FC Nürnberg on Saturday afternoon to maintain their advantage at the top of the table. The Boys in Brown dominated from the off and took the lead on the stroke of half-time through a Johannes Eggestein header before the striker turned provider for Marcel Hartel to add a second on 62.