Soccer betting preview: Hamburger SV welcomes St. Pauli in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 21.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Volksparkstadion (57000 seats)

Hamburger SV and St. Pauli are both riding high in the 2. Bundesliga with their 5th and 1st places respectively. Let's hope for a super game!

Insights:
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals (19) in 2. Bundesliga

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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.

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Hamburger SV form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Hamburger SV, who have the fewest conceded goals (19) in 2. Bundesliga, at their home stadium (Volksparkstadion) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats. The Hamburger SV fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Volksparkstadion and will expect new points from this game. Hamburger SV has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.

Hamburger SV travelled for their previous game, a trip to Köln (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) that ended 1-1. Goalkeeper Fernandes got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.21 out of ten. Fernandes stopped the opponent with six saves.

A 1-1 draw away in the 2. Bundesliga before that, with Dynamo Dresden the opponent.

A decent goal production from Hamburger in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 10 league matches. Hamburger SV's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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St. Pauli form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

St. Pauli had fun at their own home (Volksparkstadion) last time out, beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1. Amenyido scored. Ohlsson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.6. The defender Ohlsson hit two key passes and won 11 of 13 duels.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Erzgebirge Aue.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with St. Pauli playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were four St. Pauli wins, three draws and six defeats.

The visiting St. Pauli have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. St. Pauli have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: St. Pauli - Hamburger 3-2. Last nine meetings with these squads: Hamburger SV won one, St. Pauli were winners in five and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

St. PauliG. Burgstaller
G. Burgstaller
14 goals
Hamburger SVR. Glatzel
R. Glatzel
10 goals
Hamburger SVM. Heyer
M. Heyer
5 goals

Hamburger SV missing players

St. Pauli missing players

Hamburger SV St. Pauli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 3 10 19
7 4 0 Won W 1 3 11
10 6 2 Drew D 1 3 4
2 0 0 Lost L 1 4 4
32 20 3 Scored S 5 13 39
19 10 3 Conceded C 7 18 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 89%
47% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 74%
26% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 53%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 21%
74% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 58%
21% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 26%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 21%
 
6.8 8.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 5.6
5.5 5.1 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.1 3.8
2.3 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.6 16.9 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 12.6 15.1
5.2 6.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.5 5.5
33% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 29% 38%
 
13.4 12.5 22 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 13.8 11.5
4.4 3.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5 3.8
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Hamburger SV's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hamburger SV have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Hamburger SV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hamburger SV have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals (19) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 St. Pauli 19 11 4 4 39 25 9 8 1 0 26 7 10 3 3 4 13 18 14 37
2 Darmstadt 98 19 11 3 5 43 22 9 6 1 2 23 8 10 5 2 3 20 14 21 36
3 Heidenheim 19 10 3 6 25 25 10 6 3 1 15 9 9 4 0 5 10 16 0 33
4 Werder Bremen 19 9 5 5 35 25 9 4 3 2 17 9 10 5 2 3 18 16 10 32
5 Hamburger SV 19 7 10 2 32 19 10 4 6 0 20 10 9 3 4 2 12 9 13 31
6 Schalke 04 19 9 4 6 35 24 10 5 2 3 24 15 9 4 2 3 11 9 11 31
7 Jahn Regensburg 19 9 4 6 38 28 10 5 2 3 24 17 9 4 2 3 14 11 10 31
8 Paderborn 19 8 6 5 33 22 10 2 3 5 12 14 9 6 3 0 21 8 11 30
9 Nurnberg 19 8 6 5 28 23 10 5 2 3 15 9 9 3 4 2 13 14 5 30
10 Karlsruher SC 19 6 8 5 33 30 10 4 4 2 20 15 9 2 4 3 13 15 3 26
11 Dynamo Dresden 19 7 2 10 21 26 9 5 1 3 13 7 10 2 1 7 8 19 -5 23
12 Hannover 96 19 6 5 8 15 27 9 3 2 4 6 11 10 3 3 4 9 16 -12 23
13 Holstein Kiel 19 5 7 7 24 31 10 4 2 4 13 16 9 1 5 3 11 15 -7 22
14 Fortuna Dusseldorf 19 5 5 9 23 28 9 1 4 4 12 14 10 4 1 5 11 14 -5 20
15 Hansa Rostock 19 5 5 9 21 32 9 2 2 5 9 15 10 3 3 4 12 17 -11 20
16 Sandhausen 19 4 5 10 20 39 9 0 3 6 6 21 10 4 2 4 14 18 -19 17
17 Erzgebirge Aue 19 3 6 10 17 32 10 2 2 6 8 15 9 1 4 4 9 17 -15 15
18 Ingolstadt 19 2 4 13 15 39 9 1 3 5 8 14 10 1 1 8 7 25 -24 10

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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.