Kult & Punk: St Pauli go top of the pile.

All nearly back to normal, Zoe's Bar buzzing and St Pauli go top of the league. The boys were in high spirits as they headed to Duisburg and if possible, higher on the return. No notes in dispatches regarding the bands or the dart match,but stand by.

MSV Duisburg 0-1 FC St. Pauli

It wasn't the prettiest of performances, but St. Pauli did enough to see off a Duisburg side, who, despite showing a lot of passion and will power, aren't putting the finishing touches on the chances they have.

Both teams had to endure fiery opening to the match, but though Pauli controlled the pace of the game, it was Duisburg who engineered the first opportunity only for Emil Jula to skew his shot well wide of the target. Neither side was demonstrating a great deal of composure in the final third from open play. Therefore it wasn't surprising when a set-piece broke the deadlock as Fabian Boll popped up unmarked on the edge of the six-yard box to head home from Florian Bruns' pin-point delivery.

Pauli pushed to the limit

Kevin Wolze twice went close to a response for MSV, firstly with a free-kick that found the side netting before failing to force a save out of Benedikt Pliquett from Jula's knockdown as Pauli maintained their lead at the break. The game lost none of its' verve in the second half, as a lively start saw both Max Kruse and Boll squander early chances to extend Pauli's lead in the game.

Duisburg were still very much in the match, but were becoming increasingly frustrated as Valeri Domovchiyski wasted their best chances by firing wide of the target on two occasions. Pauli gradually slipped into the rhythm of hitting their hosts on the break, while the home side began enjoying the better of the chances. Neither Daniel Brosinski nor Tomasz Zahorski was able to force a save out of Pliquett and though Pauli offered little in terms of attacking threat late on, they survived the Duisburg onslaught to take all three points back to Hamburg.