Borussia Mönchengladbach – FC St. Paul 2:0 (1:0)

Borussia Mönchengladbach gained the relegation duel in opposition to FC St. Pauli 2-0 (1-0) and thus elevated the hole to the relegation place to 4 factors. Kevin Stöger (thirty seventh) and Franck Honorat (62nd) every scored their first targets of the season. For St. Pauli, a brief collection with out defeats ended with seven factors from three video games.

In the primary half, the hosts largely managed the sport in entrance of 49,202 spectators. St. Pauli stood deep and restricted themselves to some advances. Nevertheless, the one vital probability of the primary half belonged to the friends: Joel Chima Fujita shot too unplaced from shut vary, goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas parried (twenty seventh). Almost logically, the lead got here from a set piece: Stöger scored in his 2 hundredth Bundesliga sport with a immediately transformed free kick from round 25 meters into the nook. It was additionally Borussia’s first direct free kick aim since December 2020.

After the break, St. Pauli performed extra offensively and put Gladbach below strain at occasions. 17-year-old Wael Mohya, making his second begin, remained inconspicuous and was substituted for Franck Honorat. Six minutes later, the Frenchman made it 2-0 with a deflected shot.

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