2. Bundesliga duel: Close contest expected between Hansa Rostock and St. Pauli

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ostseestadion (29000 seats)

St. Pauli have travelled here for an interesting game versus the home team Hansa Rostock. Read up on the game with this full 2. Bundesliga preview!

Insights:
  • St. Pauli have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in 2. Bundesliga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

Only two 2. Bundesliga home games for Hansa Rostock so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Hansa Rostock are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Darmstadt 98. As you see from the result above, Hansa Rostock suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfielder Neidhart was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.0 (out of ten) in that game. Neidhart hit one key pass.

Before that, Hansa Rostock had a home game versus DSC Arminia Bielefeld which ended with a victory 2-1.

At Ostseestadion, Hansa Rostock has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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St. Pauli form and stats

Still no away game victory in the 2. Bundesliga for St. Pauli with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Pauli go into this game after a win, the home game against Magdeburg that ended 3-0. Defender Paqarada was the best team player with a rating of 9.22. Paqarada served one assist, hit four key passes and won 14 of 17 duels.

Prior to that match, the St. Pauli manager Schultz faced defeat when travelling to Kaiserslautern and losing 1-2.

3 goals so far away for St. Pauli, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former eight meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Hansa Rostock, zero draws and six wins for St. Pauli. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 4 red cards from the last eight duels.

Top Goalscorers

St. PauliJ. Eggestein
J. Eggestein
3 goals
St. PauliJ. Irvine
J. Irvine
2 goals
RostockD. Roßbach
D. Roßbach
1 goals

Hansa Rostock missing players

St. Pauli missing players

Hansa Rostock St. Pauli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 2 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
3 2 0 Scored S 3 3 9
6 2 0 Conceded C 4 4 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.2
4.8 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4.2
2.8 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 14.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15 16.8
2.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 5.2
30% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 43%
 
13.2 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11 10
4.5 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.2
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • St. Pauli have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in 2. Bundesliga
Hansa Rostock Last season St. Pauli
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 4   Won W   5 16
11 5   Drew D   5 9
13 8   Lost L   7 9
41 17   Scored S   24 61
52 25   Conceded C   29 46
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
79% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 88%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 65%
29% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 44%
15% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 18%
56% 65%   BTTS BTTS   71% 65%
21% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 21%
32% 29%   Failed to Score F T   29% 18%
 
4.5 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.4
4.9 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.2
2.5 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
1 1   Red cards R C   3 3
 
12.9 15.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 14.4
4.3 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.8
28% 20%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 38%
 
12.9 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 12.8
4.5 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paderborn 4 3 0 1 11 4 2 2 0 0 9 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 7 9
2 Heidenheim 4 3 0 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 4 1 6 9
3 Darmstadt 98 4 3 0 1 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 4 9
4 Hamburger SV 4 3 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 9
5 Holstein Kiel 4 2 2 0 9 5 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 8
6 Jahn Regensburg 4 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 7
7 St. Pauli 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 7
8 Fortuna Düsseldorf 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
9 Kaiserslautern 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 7
10 Sandhausen 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 3 5 0 6
11 Hansa Rostock 4 2 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 4 -3 6
12 Hannover 96 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 6 -2 4
13 Nurnberg 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
14 Karlsruher SC 4 1 1 2 6 11 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 1 6 -5 4
15 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 4 0 3 1 5 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 3
16 Magdeburg 4 1 0 3 5 9 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 5 -4 3
17 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 4 0 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 2 4 -7 0
18 Eintracht Braunschweig 4 0 0 4 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 -9 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Schalke 04 34 20 5 9 72 44 17 10 2 5 40 27 17 10 3 4 32 17 28 65
2 Werder Bremen 34 18 9 7 65 43 17 8 6 3 29 17 17 10 3 4 36 26 22 63
3 Hamburger SV 34 16 12 6 67 35 17 9 6 2 36 17 17 7 6 4 31 18 32 60
4 Darmstadt 98 34 18 6 10 71 46 17 10 3 4 42 23 17 8 3 6 29 23 25 60
5 St. Pauli 34 16 9 9 61 46 17 11 4 2 37 17 17 5 5 7 24 29 15 57
6 Heidenheim 34 15 7 12 43 45 17 10 4 3 27 18 17 5 3 9 16 27 -2 52
7 Paderborn 34 13 12 9 56 44 17 4 7 6 26 24 17 9 5 3 30 20 12 51
8 Nurnberg 34 14 9 11 49 49 17 8 3 6 26 23 17 6 6 5 23 26 0 51
9 Holstein Kiel 34 12 9 13 46 54 17 8 3 6 23 23 17 4 6 7 23 31 -8 45
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 11 11 12 45 42 17 6 6 5 28 21 17 5 5 7 17 21 3 44
11 Hannover 96 34 11 9 14 35 49 17 6 6 5 16 19 17 5 3 9 19 30 -14 42
12 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 54 55 17 5 9 3 32 26 17 4 5 8 22 29 -1 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 10 11 13 41 52 17 4 5 8 17 25 17 6 6 5 24 27 -11 41
14 Sandhausen 34 10 11 13 42 54 17 4 5 8 19 29 17 6 6 5 23 25 -12 41
15 Jahn Regensburg 34 10 10 14 50 51 17 6 4 7 31 29 17 4 6 7 19 22 -1 40
16 Dynamo Dresden 34 7 11 16 33 46 17 5 5 7 18 18 17 2 6 9 15 28 -13 32
17 Erzgebirge Aue 34 6 8 20 32 72 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 3 5 9 18 38 -40 26
18 Ingolstadt 34 4 9 21 30 65 17 2 5 10 12 29 17 2 4 11 18 36 -35 21

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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.