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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Millerntor-Stadion (25546 seats)

St. Pauli - DSC Arminia Bielefeld. 4th spot welcomes 15th spot. Everything can happen - get a broad preview here!

Insights:
  • St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 2. Bundesliga

This promises to be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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St. Pauli form and stats

St. Pauli are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Millerntor-Stadion. 8 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 14 games.

St. Pauli are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-4 away versus Hamburger SV. A goal frenzy last time out for Pauli, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Hamburger SV. Fun stuff to watch! Midfield player Saliakas got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, the max score being 10. Saliakas scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Eintracht Braunschweig with the scoreline 1-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from St. Pauli's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The St. Pauli fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. St. Pauli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Millerntor-Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 14 matches.

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DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats

There's been little loot from DSC Arminia Bielefeld's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. DSC Arminia Bielefeld only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Bielefeld in their previous game as they lost hosting Hannover 96, 1-3. Attacker Klos got a player rating of 8.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Klos scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Karlsruher SC wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of DSC Arminia Bielefeld when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 9 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 4 and winning 1 game.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this team's 13 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

Bielefeld have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 19 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, DSC Arminia Bielefeld have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head encounter ended DSC Arminia Bielefeld - St. Pauli 2-0, played this season. St. Pauli-DSC Arminia Bielefeld H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Pauli four wins, DSC Arminia Bielefeld two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

DSC Arminia BielefeldR. Hack
R. Hack
10 goals
St. PauliJ. Irvine
J. Irvine
8 goals
St. PauliL. Daschner
L. Daschner
7 goals

St. Pauli missing players

DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players

St. Pauli DSC Arminia Bielefeld
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 5 14 29
13 8 3 Won W 1 3 8
8 5 1 Drew D 2 3 5
8 1 1 Lost L 2 8 16
45 21 7 Scored S 6 19 44
34 9 5 Conceded C 8 26 52
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 64% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 86%
52% 43% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 57% 66%
24% 14% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 36% 45%
14% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 29% 24%
48% 43% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 71% 69%
38% 57% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 7%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 24%
 
5.1 5 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 4 4
3.8 3.8 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 6 5.6
2.2 2.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.6 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
16.2 18.1 18.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 13.2 13.2
5 5.4 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.5 4.8
31% 28% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 30% 31%
 
11.3 10.5 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.6 16.2 14.8
3.3 2.7 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 5.5 5.5
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 2. Bundesliga
  • DSC Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Pauli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • St. Pauli have the most clean sheets (8) at home in 2. Bundesliga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Darmstadt 98 29 18 7 4 45 24 15 10 5 0 26 10 14 8 2 4 19 14 21 61
2 Hamburger SV 29 17 5 7 58 38 15 10 2 3 34 17 14 7 3 4 24 21 20 56
3 Heidenheim 28 15 9 4 56 31 14 10 3 1 37 16 14 5 6 3 19 15 25 54
4 St. Pauli 29 13 8 8 45 34 14 8 5 1 21 9 15 5 3 7 24 25 11 47
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 29 14 5 10 48 38 14 9 3 2 29 14 15 5 2 8 19 24 10 47
6 Paderborn 28 14 4 10 54 34 14 10 0 4 38 16 14 4 4 6 16 18 20 46
7 Kaiserslautern 28 11 10 7 43 37 14 6 6 2 25 20 14 5 4 5 18 17 6 43
8 Holstein Kiel 28 10 10 8 48 46 14 5 4 5 24 21 14 5 6 3 24 25 2 40
9 Karlsruher SC 29 11 6 12 48 46 15 7 3 5 28 24 14 4 3 7 20 22 2 39
10 Hannover 96 29 10 7 12 40 44 14 6 3 5 21 20 15 4 4 7 19 24 -4 37
11 Greuther Furth 29 9 9 11 39 43 14 7 6 1 22 15 15 2 3 10 17 28 -4 36
12 Magdeburg 29 10 5 14 39 50 14 4 3 7 14 18 15 6 2 7 25 32 -11 35
13 Nürnberg 29 9 6 14 26 41 15 7 2 6 15 14 14 2 4 8 11 27 -15 33
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 29 8 8 13 35 47 15 6 3 6 20 19 14 2 5 7 15 28 -12 32
15 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 29 8 5 16 44 52 15 5 2 8 25 26 14 3 3 8 19 26 -8 29
16 Hansa Rostock 29 8 4 17 25 46 15 4 1 10 14 24 14 4 3 7 11 22 -21 28
17 Jahn Regensburg 28 7 6 15 28 45 14 4 6 4 14 20 14 3 0 11 14 25 -17 27
18 Sandhausen 28 6 6 16 29 54 13 3 3 7 13 27 15 3 3 9 16 27 -25 24

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.