Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SC Freiburg & St. Pauli face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they played only three days ago in the Bundesliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at FC Bayern München.
SC Freiburg form and stats
Action has already taken place for SC Freiburg in DFB Pokal as they have defeated Kaiserslautern to reach the 2nd Round. SC Freiburg was eliminated in the final last season in the DFB Pokal.SC Freiburg have played 4 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The followers are hoping that Freiburg will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the match against FC Bayern München. As you see from the result above, SC Freiburg suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Before that game, a fine away victory at Nantes. A Europa League game.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Werder Bremen are coming to town in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from SC Freiburg's 4 home games: {4 goals}, 4 conceded.
St. Pauli form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated SV 1919 Straelen in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. St. Pauli's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Pauli so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Pauli won their last game, 3-0 versus Hamburger SV played at home. Midfielder Hartel was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.11. Hartel scored one goal, served one assist, hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Eintracht Braunschweig's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the St. Pauli manager Schultz as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against DSC Arminia Bielefeld.
It's early days yet, but St. Pauli has scored 6 and conceded 12 goals from their travels in the league so far (6 games).
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding nine meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Freiburg, one draw and three wins for St. Pauli. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Gregoritsch 4 goals |  V. Grifo 3 goals |   J. Irvine 3 goals |
SC Freiburg missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| SC Freiburg | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 46 | 17 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 25 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 14.1 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 15.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 13.1 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Union Berlin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | FC Bayern München | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 19 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Borussia M'gladbach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Köln | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | VfB Stuttgart | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | Bochum | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
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