Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's leading antagonists are Heidenheim and St. Pauli, victory is the objective and 90 minutes the playing time.
- Heidenheim have the most scored goals (53) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli is in the best form (6-0-0) in 2. Bundesliga
Heidenheim and St. Pauli should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Heidenheim form and stats
Heidenheim have been very solid at home in the 2. Bundesliga so far, with 33 points collected from 13 matches (10-3-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. Heidenheim are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Heidenheim travelled for their previous game, a trip to Kaiserslautern that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Heidenheim in the Kaiserslautern match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. A painful moment in the game against Kaiserslautern was the missed penalty kick from Kleindienst in the 90th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Midfielder Beste was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.3 (out of ten) in that game. Beste hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Heidenheim won a home game hosting Karlsruher SC (5-2).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 Heidenheim have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Goals are plentiful at Voith-Arena in the league this season as Heidenheim has scored 37 goals here in 13 home games. On the other hand, Heidenheim have conceded 15 goals.
St. Pauli form and stats
4-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St. Pauli in their 2. Bundesliga matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Pauli as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
264 minutes! That's how long the St. Pauli goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The club members enjoyed St. Pauli's previous match versus Jahn Regensburg (placed 16th), a 1-0 win played at home. Medić was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Medić won 7 of 8 duels.
Prior to that result Pauli won their away game at Sandhausen. The scoreline was 5-0.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 4 St. Pauli wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
St. Pauli are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. As for defending, St. Pauli rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
St. Pauli have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive games without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Heidenheim.The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the match result St. Pauli - Heidenheim 0-0 registered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Kleindienst 20 goals |  J. Beste 7 goals |   J. Irvine 7 goals |
Heidenheim missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| Heidenheim | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 53 | 37 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 21 | 28 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 92% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 85% | 73% |
| 58% | 77% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 50% |
| 38% | 46% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 23% |
| 19% | 31% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 54% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 54% | 46% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 38% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 23% |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 15.3 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.5 | 16.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 43% | 48% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 34% | 32% |
| 12.3 | 10.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 12.3 | 11.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
- Heidenheim have not yet lost a game at home.
- Heidenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Heidenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Heidenheim have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Heidenheim have the most points (33) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Heidenheim have the most scored goals (37) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Heidenheim have the most scored goals (53) in 2. Bundesliga
- Heidenheim have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in 2. Bundesliga
- Heidenheim have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Heidenheim have the the best goal difference (+23) in 2. Bundesliga
- Heidenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 55 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 53 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 51 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 50 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 44 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 43 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 43 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 34 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -11 | 31 |
| 12 | Greuther Furth | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -5 | 30 |
| 13 | Nurnberg | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 29 |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -13 | 26 |
| 16 | Jahn Regensburg | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -16 | 26 |
| 17 | Hansa Rostock | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -19 | 25 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -24 | 21 |
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