Overview
- FC St. Pauli host Hamburger SV on Friday at 20:30 local time at Millerntor-Stadion, with live coverage on Sky.
- Wahl said the derby is special for him as a native of the city and emphasized the impact of a fervent home crowd, calling it an "extreme wall" behind the team.
- Bottom-of-the-table St. Pauli could trim the deficit to 14th-placed HSV to two points with a victory.
- St. Pauli won the first meeting 2:0, a match Wahl wants to replicate, though he noted respect for HSV, who were without Luka Vuskovic and Fabio Vieira in that earlier game.
- The 31-year-old, once an HSV sympathizer, is poised for his 13th match against HSV, and BILD reports he highlighted the chance to achieve St. Pauli’s first top-flight home win over their rivals as a mission for Friday.