Home advantage could prove decisive in Hamburger SV - St. Pauli battle

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Volksparkstadion (57000 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The starring antagonists are Hamburger SV and St. Pauli, victory is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • Hamburger SV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • St. Pauli is in the best form (6-0-0) in 2. Bundesliga

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

This could be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last played a game. Game on!

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Hamburger SV form and stats

Hamburger SV have performed here at Volksparkstadion this season with 9 wins from 14 2. Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3.

In their previous game, the manager Walter led his Hamburger SV to a defeat away at Kaiserslautern. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Volksparkstadion. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in three league games. Muheim, defender, was given a rating of 7.01/10 in that game, top of the team. Muheim hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 7 of 13 duels.

Before that game, the 6-1 home victory against Hannover 96.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hamburger handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (30 in 14 games), Hamburger SV's attacking play is working.

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St. Pauli form and stats

5-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St. Pauli in their 2. Bundesliga matches away. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes St. Pauli's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Karlsruher SC game.

Pauli have lots to to set right after their surprise defeat (1-2) to Eintracht Braunschweig in their previous match, played at their own home ground. That defeat broke this team's string of league matches in a row without losing; twelve games in total! Daschner, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Daschner hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Heidenheim at their stadium, the result 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where St. Pauli have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy St. Pauli's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 14 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as St. Pauli have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also met each other before this season: St. Pauli - Hamburger 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Hamburger SV wins - draws - St. Pauli wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hamburger SVR. Glatzel
R. Glatzel
17 goals
Hamburger SVL. Reis
L. Reis
8 goals
Hamburger SVR. Königsdörffer
R. Königsdörffer
8 goals

Hamburger SV missing players

St. Pauli missing players

Hamburger SV St. Pauli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
16 9 2 Won W 2 5 13
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 8
7 3 1 Lost L 1 6 7
54 30 4 Scored S 3 21 42
35 14 2 Conceded C 2 21 30
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
82% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 79% 71%
54% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 50%
36% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 21%
29% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 11%
54% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 46%
32% 36% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 39%
18% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 21%
 
5.3 6.5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.4 5.2
5.1 4.7 8.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.9 3.9
2.1 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 2.2
5 2 2 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
15.3 17 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 14.2 16.1
5.4 6.1 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.4 4.9
36% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 34% 31%
 
13.3 10.3 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.2 11.4
4.8 3.6 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.9 3.3
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Hamburger SV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hamburger SV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Hamburger SV have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • St. Pauli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Pauli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • St. Pauli is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 28 17 7 4 43 23 14 9 5 0 24 9 14 8 2 4 19 14 20 58
2 Heidenheim 28 15 9 4 56 31 14 10 3 1 37 16 14 5 6 3 19 15 25 54
3 Hamburger SV 28 16 5 7 54 35 14 9 2 3 30 14 14 7 3 4 24 21 19 53
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 28 14 5 9 48 36 14 9 3 2 29 14 14 5 2 7 19 22 12 47
5 St. Pauli 28 13 8 7 42 30 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 5 3 6 21 21 12 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 28 11 6 11 47 44 15 7 3 5 28 24 13 4 3 6 19 20 3 39
10 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 28 9 9 10 39 41 14 7 6 1 22 15 14 2 3 9 17 26 -2 36
11 Hannover 96 28 9 7 12 37 43 14 6 3 5 21 20 14 3 4 7 16 23 -6 34
12 Eintracht Braunschweig 28 8 8 12 34 45 14 6 3 5 19 17 14 2 5 7 15 28 -11 32
13 Magdeburg 28 9 5 14 37 49 14 4 3 7 14 18 14 5 2 7 23 31 -12 32
14 Nurnberg 28 8 6 14 24 41 14 6 2 6 13 14 14 2 4 8 11 27 -17 30
15 Arminia Bielefeld 28 8 5 15 43 49 14 5 2 7 24 23 14 3 3 8 19 26 -6 29
16 Jahn Regensburg 28 7 6 15 28 45 14 4 6 4 14 20 14 3 0 11 14 25 -17 27
17 Hansa Rostock 28 7 4 17 23 46 14 3 1 10 12 24 14 4 3 7 11 22 -23 25
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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