Bundesliga Bayern beat St. Pauli and keep Leverkusen at bay - Zesiger's streak snapped

Jan Arnet

29.3.2025

Leroy Sané and Harry Kane (right) fire FC Bayern to a home win against St. Pauli.
Leroy Sané and Harry Kane (right) fire FC Bayern to a home win against St. Pauli.
Picture: Keystone

After the defeat against Bochum and the draw against Union Berlin, FC Bayern is back to success in the league. The Munich side beat St. Pauli 3-2 to keep Leverkusen at bay.

At half-time, it looked as if the visitors from Hamburg could also give the title favorites a leg up. Thanks to a goal from Elias Saad, the score was 1-1, but Leroy Sané had something against conceding points against a clear underdog for the third time in a row. His goals in the 53rd and 71st minutes made him the match-winner.

Bayern Munich thus remain six points ahead of Bayer Leverkusen, who beat Bochum 3-1 on Friday. There are still seven match days to go in the Bundesliga.

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Although coach Gerardo Seoane's team had to play against RB Leipzig with their third goalkeeper and without striker Tim Kleindienst, they still won 1:0, allowing Gladbach to overtake Leipzig in the table and now occupy 5th place.

The only scorer was Frenchman Alassane Pléa, who had scored three goals and provided one assist in the 4-2 win over Werder Bremen in the previous round. Nico Elvedi, who was not in the Swiss national team squad recently, played in defense.

Cédric Zesiger, who unlike Elvedi had played in the international matches in March, also played the full distance in Augsburg's away game in Sinsheim. The defender only just missed out on the Bundesliga record of nine consecutive games without conceding a goal. In the 71st minute, Hoffenheim's Andrej Kramaric converted a controversial handball penalty to equalize the score at 1:1. The visitors from Bayern could console themselves with the fact that they remained unbeaten for the eleventh time in a row.

Bayern vs. St. Pauli: The live ticker

FC Bayern München

Completed
3:2
(1:1)

FC St. Pauli

  • Harry Kane - 1:0 (17.)
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  • Leroy Sané - 2:1 (53.)
  • Leroy Sané - 3:1 (71.)
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  • (27.) 1:1 - Elias Saad
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  • (90.+3.) 3:2 - Lars Ritzka
  • Liveticker
    New posts
  • Liveticker closed
  • 90.+5.
    End of 2nd half
  • 90.+3.
    Goal for FC St. Pauli, 3:2 through Lars Ritzka (David Nemeth)

    Lars Ritzka

    Defender

    Assist: David Nemeth

    Defender

  • 85.
    Substitution in FC Bayern München

    Thomas Müller

    Striker

  • 85.
    Substitution out FC Bayern München

    Harry Kane

    Striker

  • 85.
    Substitution in FC Bayern München

    Josip Stanisic

    Defender

  • 85.
    Substitution out FC Bayern München

    Konrad Laimer

    Defender

  • 83.
    Substitution in FC St. Pauli

    Lars Ritzka

    Defender

  • 83.
    Substitution out FC St. Pauli

    Manolis Saliakas

    Defender

  • 83.
    Substitution in FC St. Pauli

    Abdoulie Ceesay

    Striker

  • 83.
    Substitution out FC St. Pauli

    Danel Sinani

    Midfielder

  • 78.
    Substitution in FC Bayern München

    Serge Gnabry

    Striker

  • 78.
    Substitution out FC Bayern München

    Jamal Musiala

    Midfielder

  • 72.
    Substitution in FC St. Pauli

    Oladapo Afolayan

    Striker

  • 72.
    Substitution out FC St. Pauli

    Elias Saad

    Striker

  • 71.
    Goal for FC Bayern München, 3:1 through Leroy Sané (Harry Kane)

    Leroy Sané

    Midfielder

    Assist: Harry Kane

    Striker

  • 60.
    Substitution in FC St. Pauli

    Connor Metcalfe

    Midfielder

  • 60.
    Substitution out FC St. Pauli

    Adam Dzwigala

    Defender

  • 58.
    Substitution in FC Bayern München

    Hiroki Ito

    Defender

  • 58.
    Substitution out FC Bayern München

    Raphaël Guerreiro

    Defender

  • 53.
    Goal for FC Bayern München, 2:1 through Leroy Sané (Michael Olise)

    Leroy Sané

    Midfielder

    Assist: Michael Olise

    Midfielder

  • 51.
    Yellow card FC Bayern München

    João Palhinha

  • 46.
    Substitution in FC Bayern München

    João Palhinha

    Midfielder

  • 46.
    Substitution out FC Bayern München

    Leon Goretzka

    Midfielder

  • 46.
    Kick-off 2nd half
  • 45.+4.
    End of 1st half
  • 45.+3.
    Yellow card FC Bayern München

    Michael Olise

  • 27.
    Goal for FC St. Pauli, 1:1 through Elias Saad (Manolis Saliakas)

    Elias Saad

    Striker

    Assist: Manolis Saliakas

    Defender

  • 17.
    Goal for FC Bayern München, 1:0 through Harry Kane (Michael Olise)

    Harry Kane

    Striker

    Assist: Michael Olise

    Midfielder

  • 13.
    Yellow card FC Bayern München

    Raphaël Guerreiro

  • 1.
    Start of the match

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