FC St. Pauli | Irvine: “It’s two points dropped” The Boys in Brown were on the verge of claiming three crucial points against FC Köln but in the end had to settle for a 1-1 draw. After the final whistle,…

Here's the pick of the reaction after tonight's 1-1 draw with Köln.

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FC St. Pauli | Mets nets first goal for the club only for Köln to… FC St. Pauli were held to a 1-1 draw by FC Köln on Friday evening. After a goalless first half, Karol Mets gave his side the lead with his first goal for…

Our match report after the 1-1 draw with Köln.

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Full-time. It ends all square.

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90'+6 #Sinani is booked for a foul on Lund.🟨

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90'+4 We're into the fourth of eight minutes of time added on.

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87' Martijn #Kaars replaces Mathias #PereiraLage.🔁

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87' Mathias #PerreiraLage is cautioned for a tussle with El Mala after the penalty.

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86' Luca Waldschmidt sends Nikola #Vasilj the wrong way to level for the visitors.

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85' The visitors have a penalty for a foul by Karol #Mets on Jakub Kaminski.

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77' Connor #Metcalfe comes on for Andréas #Hountondji.🔁

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75' Tomoya #Andō drags down El Mala just outside the box and is booked.🟨 The resulting free-kick comes to nothing.

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70' #Hountondji clatters into Schwäbe and is booked.🟨

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69' A long corner beyond the back post is headed back across goal by Hauke #Wahl and Karol #Mets is on hand to head home. GET-IN!

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69' GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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65' Lars #Ritzka makes way for fit-again Manolis #Saliakas.🔁
Moments later, Mathias #Rasmussen heads over from a corner.

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57' So close! The corner is eventually put back into the box and #Andō powers a header past Schwäbe, only for Bülter to head it off the line. Seconds later, Mathias #Rasmussen has a shot deflected for a corner!

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56' #Hountondji gets to the byeline and goes for goal. His shot is put behind for a corner by Schwäbe.

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54' Said El Mala hits one from just outside the box and the ball clips the top of the crossbar on its way over.

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46' We're underway again at the #Millerntor.

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Half-time. Andréas #Hountondji had the best chance so far in the 33rd minute, but it remains scoreless at the break.

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35' This time Lars #Ritzka gets on the end of an Arkadiusz #Pyrka cross, but he's unable to steer his effort on target and the ball ends up in the side netting.

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33' Best chance to this point for the #BoysInBrown - #Hountondji meets a ball into the box and swivels to shoot on goal, only for Schwäbe to stick out a foot to block.

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30' After a bright beginning, the game has settled into a cagey midfield battle with neither side able to threaten.

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10' Danel #Sinani swings a corner in from the left. It's headed on by Tomoya #Andō to Andréas #Hountondji in the goal area, but he can't get enough power on the header and Marvin Schwäbe makes the save.

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7' Mathias #PereiraLage has a go from range but the ball flies off target.

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5' The visitors register the first attempt on goal through Jakub Kaminski - blocked.

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1' Peep! Köln, in all red, kick off. Brown-and-white stripes as usual for the #Blessin XI tonight.

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Starting XI: Vasilj, Mets, Wahl, Irvine (C), Sinani, Pyrka, Ando, Rasmussen, Ritzka, Hountondji, Pereira Lage Subs: Voll, Saliakas, Nemeth, Ceesay, Hara, Kaars, Oppie, Metcalfe, Dźwigała

Here's how we line up🏴‍☠️

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Matchday graphic showing the team in the huddle in front of a packed stand full of flags. At the top is the word 'Matchday', to the left a skull and crossbones sticker and the words 'St. Pauli remains stable'. At the bottom is the pairing FC St. Pauli versus FC Köln.

Run-in 🏴‍☠️

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FC St. Pauli | Blessin calls for calm The Boys in Brown kick off matchweek 30 at home to FC Köln this Friday (20.30 CET). Head coach Alexander Blessin spoke to the media in the run-up, and…

Here's our recap of yesterday's news conference with head coach Alexander #Blessin before the home game against FC Köln.

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