Nigerian Forward Scores To Help Boost St. Pauli’s Bundesliga Promotion Hopes

Nigerian forward, Oladapo Afolayan, was on target for St. Pauli who defeated Hannover 2-1 away in Sunday’s Bundesliga 2 (German second Division) game, Completesport.com reports.

Afolayan scored in the 41st minute to put St. Pauli 1-0 ahead before he was replaced on 77th minute.

It is the 26-year-old’s seventh goal with two assists in 27 appearances in the lower division.

He has now scored eight goals in 30 games in all competitions this season.

For St. Pauli, it is a return to winning ways after back-to-back defeats prior to Sunday’s game.

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St. Pauli are in second place on 60 points after 30 league matches with four games left to play.

They are just one point behind league leaders Holstein Kiel while in third place is Fortuna Dusseldorf on 55 points.

The first and second placed teams will automatically gain promotion to the

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