2. Bundesliga duel: Close contest expected between Fortuna Düsseldorf and St. Pauli

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

Fortuna Düsseldorf perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. St. Pauli can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in 2. Bundesliga
  • St. Pauli is in the best form (4-1-1)

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Pauli are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Merkur Spiel-Arena as Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored 22 goals to get 27 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the 2. Bundesliga are 8-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Darmstadt 98 and winning 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fortuna Düsseldorf have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn two and lost four.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fortuna Düsseldorf as they are travelling to their away game against Paderborn in the 2. Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Düsseldorf in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. Düsseldorf's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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St. Pauli form and stats

Playing away, St. Pauli have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season. Pauli are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing. The fact that Pauli have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Pauli had fun at their own home (Merkur Spiel-Arena) last time out, beating Wurzburger Kickers 4-0. Omar Marmoush, Leart Paqarada, Rico Benatelli and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh scored. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Erzgebirge Aue.

As you can tell from the results above, Pauli was very dominant against Wurzburger Kickers, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Omar Marmoush, Leart Paqarada, Rico Benatelli and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh providing the goals.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by St. Pauli in our archives, and the results are: one win for St. Pauli, three draws and four defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Pauli are hosting Greuther Furth in the 2. Bundesliga only four days away.

St. Pauli are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 14 away games so far. In the opposite end, Pauli have conceded 22 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the St. Pauli - Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-3 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Düsseldorf, one draw and four wins for St. Pauli. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

St. PauliD. Kyereh
D. Kyereh
9 goals
St. PauliG. Burgstaller
G. Burgstaller
9 goals
DüsseldorfR. Hennings
R. Hennings
8 goals

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

St. Pauli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Düsseldorf St. Pauli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 4 14 29
13 8 3 Won W 1 5 12
7 3 0 Drew D 2 5 8
8 2 0 Lost L 1 4 9
42 22 8 Scored S 9 23 48
37 16 5 Conceded C 9 22 44
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
79% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 86%
68% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 66%
25% 38% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 43% 41%
18% 23% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 17%
50% 46% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 79% 62%
36% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 17%
25% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.8 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.1
6 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12 12.3 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 12.1 12.7
4.3 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.3 4.4
35% 39% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 38% 38%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in 2. Bundesliga
  • St. Pauli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Pauli is in the best form (4-1-1)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bochum 29 18 3 8 54 33 15 10 2 3 32 14 14 8 1 5 22 19 21 57
2 Greuther Furth 28 14 9 5 53 34 13 6 3 4 23 17 15 8 6 1 30 17 19 51
3 Hamburger SV 28 14 8 6 57 35 14 8 3 3 30 13 14 6 5 3 27 22 22 50
4 Heidenheim 29 14 6 9 44 36 14 9 3 2 25 11 15 5 3 7 19 25 8 48
5 Holstein Kiel 26 13 7 6 39 25 12 7 2 3 19 14 14 6 5 3 20 11 14 46
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 28 13 7 8 42 37 13 8 3 2 22 16 15 5 4 6 20 21 5 46
7 St. Pauli 29 12 8 9 48 44 15 7 3 5 25 22 14 5 5 4 23 22 4 44
8 Karlsruher SC 27 12 6 9 39 33 14 4 4 6 14 14 13 8 2 3 25 19 6 42
9 Paderborn 29 10 9 10 38 34 14 7 4 3 26 19 15 3 5 7 12 15 4 39
10 Erzgebirge Aue 28 10 7 11 37 40 14 7 4 3 24 18 14 3 3 8 13 22 -3 37
11 Hannover 96 28 10 6 12 44 40 14 6 4 4 25 17 14 4 2 8 19 23 4 36
12 Darmstadt 98 29 10 6 13 47 49 15 5 3 7 21 21 14 5 3 6 26 28 -2 36
13 Jahn Regensburg 28 8 10 10 29 36 15 5 5 5 19 20 13 3 5 5 10 16 -7 34
14 Nurnberg 28 8 9 11 36 42 14 4 5 5 17 20 14 4 4 6 19 22 -6 33
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 29 7 9 13 27 46 15 6 4 5 16 19 14 1 5 8 11 27 -19 30
16 Osnabrück 29 7 5 17 25 48 15 2 1 12 12 29 14 5 4 5 13 19 -23 26
17 Sandhausen 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 4 4 21 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -18 25
18 Wurzburger Kickers 29 5 5 19 30 59 14 3 5 6 19 26 15 2 0 13 11 33 -29 20

2. Bundesliga:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bochum 29 18 3 8 54 33 15 10 2 3 32 14 14 8 1 5 22 19 21 57
2 Greuther Furth 28 14 9 5 53 34 13 6 3 4 23 17 15 8 6 1 30 17 19 51
3 Hamburger SV 28 14 8 6 57 35 14 8 3 3 30 13 14 6 5 3 27 22 22 50
4 Heidenheim 29 14 6 9 44 36 14 9 3 2 25 11 15 5 3 7 19 25 8 48
5 Holstein Kiel 26 13 7 6 39 25 12 7 2 3 19 14 14 6 5 3 20 11 14 46
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 28 13 7 8 42 37 13 8 3 2 22 16 15 5 4 6 20 21 5 46
7 St. Pauli 29 12 8 9 48 44 15 7 3 5 25 22 14 5 5 4 23 22 4 44
8 Karlsruher SC 27 12 6 9 39 33 14 4 4 6 14 14 13 8 2 3 25 19 6 42
9 Paderborn 29 10 9 10 38 34 14 7 4 3 26 19 15 3 5 7 12 15 4 39
10 Erzgebirge Aue 28 10 7 11 37 40 14 7 4 3 24 18 14 3 3 8 13 22 -3 37
11 Hannover 96 28 10 6 12 44 40 14 6 4 4 25 17 14 4 2 8 19 23 4 36
12 Darmstadt 98 29 10 6 13 47 49 15 5 3 7 21 21 14 5 3 6 26 28 -2 36
13 Jahn Regensburg 28 8 10 10 29 36 15 5 5 5 19 20 13 3 5 5 10 16 -7 34
14 Nurnberg 28 8 9 11 36 42 14 4 5 5 17 20 14 4 4 6 19 22 -6 33
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 29 7 9 13 27 46 15 6 4 5 16 19 14 1 5 8 11 27 -19 30
16 Osnabrück 29 7 5 17 25 48 15 2 1 12 12 29 14 5 4 5 13 19 -23 26
17 Sandhausen 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 4 4 21 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -18 25
18 Wurzburger Kickers 29 5 5 19 30 59 14 3 5 6 19 26 15 2 0 13 11 33 -29 20

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