Hertha BSC will want to make use of their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s adversaries. The home team are currently 4 points behind St. Pauli.
- Hertha BSC have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (4) in 2. Bundesliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hertha BSC form and stats
Hertha BSC have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the 2. Bundesliga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Happy days for Hertha in their previous game, a fixture away at Holstein Kiel (placed 7th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Some amazing scenes last match, when Reese scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time. Midfield player Reese got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Reese scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match, Hertha BSC won a home game hosting Eintracht Braunschweig (3-0).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 Hertha BSC have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Goals keep flowing in this club's league games, with 5 in a row containing three or more goals (over 2.5).
Hertha are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). As for guarding their own goal, Hertha BSC have only let in {1 goals} at home.
St. Pauli form and stats
St. Pauli are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Impressive finishing from Hartel (2) and Boukhalfa secured the home win 3-1 against Schalke 04 in their previous game. Midfielder Hartel was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.6. Hartel scored two goals, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Holstein Kiel.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 14 relevant matches. Results were 4 St. Pauli wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Hertha BSC-St. Pauli H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Hertha BSC three wins, St. Pauli one win, one draw. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  H. Tabakovic 7 goals |   M. Hartel 4 goals |  F. Reese 2 goals |
Hertha BSC missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| Hertha BSC | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| 5.4 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 16.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.7 | 17.6 |
| 5.4 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 6.1 |
| 39% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 26% |
| 17.4 | 15.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.7 | 11.1 |
| 5.9 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
- Hertha BSC have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Pauli have not yet lost a game.
- St. Pauli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (4) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the most clean sheets (3) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Pauli | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 6 | Magdeburg | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Elversberg | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Hertha BSC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Nurnberg | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Paderborn | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Osnabruck | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
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