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KOE Köln 1. FC Köln - STP St. Pauli FC St. Pauli

Sat, 06.12.202514:30 PM

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Alexander Blessin on facing Cologne

"They’ve started the season very well. You can see from the stats that they’ve accepted the Bundesliga challenge. They play with intensity, run themselves into the ground and fight for each other to the end. They never give up. It’s really very good. We have to take our energy and intensity into the game. That’s been excellent in the last two games. We have to squeeze every last drop out of ourselves one more time.”

Lukas Kwasniok on facing St. Pauli

"In terms of how they play, I see St. Pauli among the top six to eight teams in the Bundesliga. I was there to watch their cup game at Gladbach. It was a joy to watch them. Even after nine straight losses, they're still brave. They also have a core of experienced players. We'd be best served going into this game as the underdogs again."

3:04

Watch: El Mala-dona flying for Cologne

The 19-year-old winger's pace, skills and finishing are all anyone can talk about in the Cathedral City.

Pauli up for the cup

Pauli picked up a morale-boosting 2-1 victory in Mönchengladbach in the DFB Cup last 16 on Tuesday. It was the Hamburg-based club's first competitive win since they knocked out Hoffenheim on penalties in the previous round on 28 October. Martijn Kaars and Louis Oppie scored the goals for the Kiezkicker.

It ain't over 'til it's over

El Mala's late equaliser in Bremen was Cologne's 11th goal of the season to fall in the final 15 minutes of matches, including added time. That's a fraction over half of their 21-goal total after 12 games!

5:00

Watch: The best of Saïd El Mala

Enjoy the best skills, dribbles and goals from Cologne and Germany youngster Saïd El Mala so far in 2025/26.

Previous meeting: Cologne 4-1 St. Pauli

These two haven't played against each other since 8 February 2019, when Cologne ran out 4-1 winners in Bundesliga 2. Jhon Córdoba hit a hat-trick for the Billy Goats that day, with Simon Terodde adding a fourth.

2:03

Werder Bremen 1-1 Cologne - highlights

Saïd El Mala struck a stoppage-time equaliser for Cologne to snatch a share of the points in Bremen on Matchday 12. The result snapped a two-game losing run, with the promoted Billy Goats consolidating 10th place in the table.

2:03

Bayern Munich 3-1 St. Pauli - highlights

Having taken a sixth-minute lead through Andréas Hountondji, Pauli eventually fell to a ninth defeat on the spin as Bayern scored twice in stoppage time. The Kiezkicker are second bottom, a point behind the relegation play-off position and two adrift of outright safety.

Hello and welcome!

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