2. Bundesliga (Week 18) : Stuttgart beats St. Pauli 1-0
GERMANY, Jan. 29, 2017 (AMP) — 2. Bundesliga / Match day 18: After losing 1-2 to Hannover 96 on December 18 and 3-0 to Würzburger Kickers on December 18, Die Roten returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over FC St. Pauli this Sunday.
Both teams held off against each other during the first 45 minutes of the game. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with a saving goal by Portuguese forward Mane Carlos with just 6 minutes remaining in regulation time.
VfB Stuttgart climbed to second place with 35 points from 18 games, tie on points with Eintracht Braunschweig.
View : Full 2. Bundesliga table (as of January 29, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | FC Heidenheim | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 29 |
| 7 | Würzburger Kickers | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | SV Sandhausen | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 27 |
| 9 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | FC Nürnberg | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 21 |
| 13 | 1860 Munich | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | Erzgebirge Aue | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 33 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | FC St. Pauli | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 11 |
Fixtures and Results : 2. Bundesliga 2016-2017
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Overview
FC St. Pauli
- Position: 18
- Best performance of the season:SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0-2 FC St. Pauli (11 Dec.)
- Previous game:FC St. Pauli 1-1 VfL Bochum (17 Dec.)
- Next game:
VfB Stuttgart
- Position: 2 +1
- Best performance of the season:Erzgebirge Aue 0-4 Stuttgart (4 Dec.)
- Previous game:Würzburger Kickers 3-0 Stuttgart (18 Dec.)
- Next game:Stuttgart - Fortuna Düsseldorf (6 Feb.)
FC St. Pauli
0:1
Stuttgart
0:1 (0:0)
- 29 January 2017
- 13:30
- Hamburg
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 35 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 35 |
| 3 |  Hannover 96 | 32 |
| 4 |  Union Berlin | 31 |
| 5 | Dynamo Dresden | 30 |
Week 18 Results
| Friday 27 January 2017 | ||||
| Union Berlin | 2-1 | VfL Bochum |  |
 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0-3 | SV Sandhausen |  |
 | 1860 Munich | 2-1 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth |  |
| Saturday 28 January 2017 | ||||
 | Erzgebirge Aue | 2-1 | FC Heidenheim |  |
| Würzburger Kickers | 1-1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | | |
| Sunday 29 January 2017 | ||||
 | FC Nürnberg | 1-2 | Dynamo Dresden | |
 | Karlsruher SC | 3-2 | Arminia Bielefeld | |
| FC St. Pauli | 0-1 | Stuttgart | |
| Monday 30 January 2017 | ||||
| Hannover 96 | 20:15 | FC Kaiserslautern |  |