Pirate ship sinks as Wolfsburg advance to playoff
Pirate ship sinks as Wolfsburg advance to playoff FC St. Pauli (6-8-19, 18th) welcomed VfL Wolfsburg (6-8-19, 16th) to Millerntor-Stadion in Hamburg on a cloudy, twelve-degree Saturday afternoon. Both sides are directly involved in the battle to avoid direct relegation to 2.
Bundesliga, with at least one of the sides certain to drop to the second tier of German football. While a win would have been crucial to increasing their chances of qualifying for the promotion/relegation playoff, both sides went into this match knowing that qualification was not certain. Wolfsburg, St.
Pauli, and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 went into this match tied on 26 points; At the same time, 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 host 1.
FSV Mainz 05 at Voith-Arena. VfL Wolfsburg would be guaranteed qualification for the relegation playoff if they win and the Heidenheim/Mainz match ends in a draw or a defeat for the hosts. If Heidenheim wins their match, then Wolfsburg need to hope that Frank Schmidt’s side wins by a lesser margin, an equal margin, or a greater margin of less than three goals than what Wolfsburg won by (for example, if Wolfsburg win 1-0 and Heidenheim win 3-0, Wolfsburg qualify on goal difference, but if Wolfsburg win 1-0 and Heidenheim 4-0, both teams are tied on goal difference but Heidenheim goes to the playoff on goals scored).
Wolfsburg can also qualify with a draw and a Heidenheim draw or loss; a draw between Wolfsburg and St. Pauli at Millerntor, plus a Heidenheim win at Voith-Arena, relegates both Wolfsburg and St. Pauli to 2.
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