Energie Cottbus welcome FC St. Pauli to the LEAG Energie Stadion on Sunday, 20 September 2026, with kick-off at 11:30 UTC. The match is the sixth fixture of the 2. Bundesliga regular season, and with both clubs sitting in mid-table, the points on offer carry genuine weight in a tight standings picture.
Cottbus currently occupy seventh place with seven points from five matches, recording two wins, one draw and two defeats. Their goals column reads 13 scored and 12 conceded, and they have taken seven points from their last five matches. That recent run includes a notable 0-3 victory at Karlsruher SC and a remarkable 4-4 draw away at VfL Wolfsburg, though defeats to SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Arminia Bielefeld also feature.
FC St. Pauli sit in tenth place, one point behind their hosts, on six points from five matches. They have won one, drawn three and lost one, with seven goals scored and seven conceded. Their six points from the last five matches include a 1-0 home win over VfL Wolfsburg and three draws, the most recent of which came in a 2-2 result away at Arminia Bielefeld.
The single-point gap between the two sides in a league of 18 teams illustrates how closely matched they are in the table at this early stage of the season. Cottbus have found the net more freely, while St. Pauli's three draws in their last five matches speak to a different kind of consistency. Sunday's encounter at the LEAG Energie Stadion has the shape of a closely contested mid-table affair.