SVD Darmstadt 98 SV Darmstadt 98 - STP FC St. Pauli FC St. Pauli

SVD

0

STP

0

Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor(Sold out)

Timo Gansloweit

FINAL

Full time: Darmstadt 0-0 St. Pauli

Honours even at the Böllenfalltor. St. Pauli shaded proceedings on Friday evening, but the visitors lacked the cutting edge required to claim all three points. On balance, a 0-0 draw is probably a fair result.

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Full-time

90'

+ 4

Running down the clock

Kohfeldt makes another change to eat up a few more seconds.

90'

+ 4

Substitution

Christopher Lannert

William Mikelbrencis

90'

+ 3

Too fired up

Mikelbrencis shoves Klein near the touchline and is cautioned.

90'

+ 3

Yellow card

William Mikelbrencis

90'

+ 1

Three minutes added on

Into stoppage time we go.

89'

Still time?

St. Pauli are pushing for a winner here. Can they break the deadlock?

85'

One change each

Both sides bring on another pair of fresh legs.

85'

Substitution

Lance Duijvestijn

85'

Substitution

Branimir Hrgota

Connor Metcalfe

84'

Into the wall

Pfeiffer steps up, but his effort sails into the Pauli wall.

83'

Dangerous position

Weißhaupt cuts inside before being brought down by Smith's sliding tackle. The hosts have a free-kick in a central position around 20 metres from goal.

83'

Yellow card

82'

Good effort

Kaars skips down the right and tries to pick out Hara, who is beaten to the ball by Pfeiffer.

78'

Missed opportunity

Mikelbrencis' latest delivery almost finds Smith at the back post, but Nemeth clears the danger in the nick of time.

75'

Lee denied

Smith flings himself in the way of the substitute's effort.

73'

Nemeth in the way

Darmstadt try to launch another counter-attack, but the St. Pauli man stops the break dead in its tracks.

69'

Narrowly wide

Kaars finds Ritzka, who narrowly misses the target with a well-taken effort.

68'

Too central

The visitors threaten again, but Metcalfe's shot is straight at the keeper.

67'

Another change

Hara replaces Niang midway through the second half.

67'

Substitution

Youssoupha Niang

Solid spell

The Lilies are currently piling on the pressure - they want all three points from this one.

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65'

Tactical foul

Dźwigała catches Weißhaupt and is shown a yellow card.

65'

Yellow card

Adam Dźwigała

62'

Double change

Lakenmacher and Richter depart.

62'

Substitution

Fynn-Luca Lakenmacher

62'

Substitution

Nicolas Verkooijen

59'

Clash of heads

Klefisch and Nemeth need a spot of treatment following an aerial collision.

58'

Into the wall

Smith goes for goal, but the shot strikes the wall and bounces behind for a corner.

57'

Late challenge

Fujita is brought down by Klefisch, whose sliding tackle earns him a yellow card. Free-kick to Darmstadt on the edge of the Pauli area...

56'

Yellow card

53'

Similar pattern

Pauli are still dominating possession, but Darmstadt look the more likely to break the deadlock.

51'

Lilies on the counter

Richter skips past Ritzka but Nemeth is able to clear the cross.

50'

Cutting edge lacking?

Darmstadt have already failed to score on four occasions this season - more than any other team.

48'

Promising move

Weißhaupt gets the better of Dźwigała, who then gives away a free-kick.

46'

Triple change

Rapp has made three substitutions at half-time. Pyrka and Ceesay, who were both on a yellow card, have been taken off.

Kick-off!

45'

+ 2

Substitution

Mathias Rasmussen

45'

+ 2

Substitution

Adam Dźwigała

Arkadiusz Pyrka

45'

+ 2

Substitution

Abdoulie Ceesay

Half-time: Darmstadt 0-0 St. Pauli

St. Pauli grew into the game after a bright Darmstadt start, but there's no separating the two teams at the interval.

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Half-time

0:15

Watch: Visitors recover their shape

Mikelbrencis has several options in front of him as Darmstadt look to hit Pauli on the counter-attack, but the visitors get plenty of bodies back and eventually clear their lines.

40'

Cleared

Klefisch fouls Fujita in midfield, but the midfielder atones for his error by clearing the resulting free-kick.

Knocking on the door

Pauli have now had nine shots on goal so far, but it remains goalless as we approach half-time.

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36'

Not far off

Darmstadt counter and Smit back-heels the ball to Richter inside the box, only for Ritzka to emerge out of nowhere and produce a last-ditch tackle.

34'

Off target

Niang fires the ball into the side-netting, having done well to work his way into the penalty area.

Blustery Böllenfalltor

Both teams are struggling with the windy conditions. St. Pauli win a corner but the ball won't stay put...

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31'

No way through

A long spell of Darmstadt possession ends with Voll coming out to collect a cross into the Paul area.

27'

Double yellow

Ceesay and Petretta are involved in a confrontation following a Pauli attack - both players are cautioned.

26'

Yellow card

26'

Yellow card

Abdoulie Ceesay

25'

Nearly...

Mikelbrencis gets the better of two defenders but then takes a heavy touch, allowing Fujita to win the ball back for Pauli.

21'

Wrong call?

Pauli are through again after Ceesay picks out Niang in the box. The striker opts to shoot, despite having Pyrka unmarked to his right.

19'

Darmstadt threaten

Mikelbrencis manages to swing a cross into the area, but none of his team-mates can get on the end of it.

15'

First attempt

Metcalfe's shot is easily held by Schuhen.

11'

Blocked

Richter's shot strikes the legs of a Pauli defender, but this is a very promising spell for the home side.

10'

Lilies pressing

Darmstadt keep winning the ball back high up the pitch. Pauli have been warned...

7'

First booking

Pyrka is cautioned for tugging on an opponent's shirt.

7'

Yellow card

Arkadiusz Pyrka

0:22

Watch: Promising opening

Smit is left in too much space by Smith, who was appealing for offside, but the Darmstadt man hesitates and Pyrka manages to clear the danger.

4'

Voll alert to danger

Lakenmacher tries to chase down a long ball over the top of the defence, but Voll is out quickly to gather the loose pass.

4'

St. Pauli settling

The visitors are beginning to see more of the ball, with Darmstadt pinned back inside their own half.

3'

Unusual sight

One or two stray balloons keep floating across the pitch as the two teams try to gain an early stranglehold on possession.

1'

Under way!

The balloons have been popped, and we're off.

Kick-off!

Minor delay

The Darmstadt fans' pre-match tifo involved a number of balloons, which have found their way onto the pitch.

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More on that Pauli team

St. Pauli coach Rapp fields the same XI for the third consecutive league game. The Hamburg outfit are unbeaten since losing 2-1 to Kaiserslautern at the end of August.

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More on that Darmstadt team

The Lilies make three changes from last weekend. Lührs comes into the back four, while Lakenmacher and Weißhaupt - who made 19 appearances for Pauli in the 2025/26 campaign - start up front. Vukotić, Lee and Duijvestijn drop to the bench.

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Starting line-up: FC St. Pauli

Formation:3-4-1-2

St. Pauli subs

Mitov, Mathisen, Andō, Dźwigała, Klein, Hrgota, Hara, Kaars, Jones

Starting line-up: SV Darmstadt 98

Formation:4-4-2

Darmstadt subs

Brunst, Lannert, Vukotić, Kleinhansl, Duijvestijn, Kehl, El Kadiri, Verkooijen, Lee

0:30

Watch: Playmobil meets Der Klassiker

The Matchday 8 encounter between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will be virtually recreated by Playmobil figures.

Marcel Rapp on facing Darmstadt

"Fundamentally, we play a decent game away from home, as we did recently in Hannover. We need to keep going and put in a performance that earns us the points. If we manage that, we'll soon pick up a three-pointer away from home as well."

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Florian Kohfeldt on facing Pauli

"We are playing against a very good side. With all the emotion involved, we also need to prepare tactically for what is coming our way. We want to win this match."

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Taking the Rapp

Marcel Rapp is yet to win as a coach against Darmstadt, drawing three and losing two to date.

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Season double

Darmstadt last beat Pauli in 2021/22 (4-0/2-1). In the 4-0 home win in November 2021, the Lilies were four goals up after 41 minutes.

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2:12

Watch: Karlsruhe 4-0 Darmstadt - last time out

Darmstadt slipped back into the bottom two following defeat to Karlsruhe - their fifth of the league season.

2:13

Watch: Hannover 1-1 St. Pauli - last time out

St. Pauli extended their unbeaten run to five after Abdoulie Ceesay struck his fourth Bundesliga 2 goal of 2026/27, but it was only enough to secure Marcel Rapp's charges a share of the spoils at Hannover

1:01

Watch: Darmstadt 0-3 St. Pauli - previous meeting

Goals from Adam Dzwigala, Elias Saad and David Otto secured Pauli a resounding victory in the 2022/23 season, the year Darmstadt won promotion back to the Bundesliga.

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