Welcome to the 2nd Post of our St Pauli feature. Which will be named The Boys of St Pauli - I know but please any suggestions would be good.
St Pauli 0-1 HoffenheimIsaac Vorsah's late goal gave Hoffenheim a narrow victory at promoted side St Pauli and first place in the Bundesliga.
Vorsah struck in the 87th minute as Hoffenheim gathered their second straight win for a perfect six points.
St Pauli remained on three points in seventh place.
St Pauli nearly grabbed the lead after just five minutes as a free-kick into the box found Fabian Boll, whose header crashed off the crossbar.
The promoted side went close 14 minutes later with Marius Ebbers sending a through-ball to Deniz Naki, but Hoffenheim keeper Tom Starke cleared just in time.
Hoffenheim's first chance came in the 28th minute as St Pauli keeper Mathias Hain struggled to block away Demba Ba's long-range shot and then gather Tobias Weis' rebound attempt.
St Pauli's next chance came three minutes after the break but Rouwen Hennings' blast went just wide.
Hoffenheim nearly took advantage of a mistake by Hain, who was way out of his goal and watched Vedad Ibisevic loop a long shot from nearly 35 yards just over the bar in the 52nd minute.
Hoffenheim found the net with 17 minutes remaining but Boris Vukcevic was ruled offside from a free-kick.
The guests finally broke through with three minutes left as Vorsah stretched to convert a corner from the right side.
Max Kruse nearly replied a minute later but his shot went just wide of the far left post.
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