May 15th features a match where St. Pauli plays host to Fortuna Düsseldorf in a meeting of these two closely matched 2. Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. 5th placed St. Pauli is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Schalke 04. I. Matanovic scored the first goal for St. Pauli in the 9th minute, then I. Matanovic added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Jackson Irvine But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 78th minute on a goal by Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez. St. Pauli is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Fortuna Düsseldorf is fresh off their 2-1 win against Darmstadt 98. Emmanuel Iyoha struck first for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 3rd minute, then Matthias Zimmermann added another in the 10th minute on a feed from Felix Klaus. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Fortuna Düsseldorf should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Dec 11th, Fortuna Düsseldorf and St. Pauli battled to a 1-1 draw. Marcel Hartel struck first for St. Pauli in the 47th minute, but Rouwen Hennings got the equalizer for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 68th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Shinta Karl Appelkamp has been the most effective weapon for Fortuna Düsseldorf lately. The Japaneese midfielder has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. St. Pauli is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Daniel-Kofi Kyereh and I. Matanovic each having 2 goals in their last 5.