Holstein Kiel vs St. Pauli match preview: Even contest expected at Holstein-Stadion

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 07.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Holstein-Stadion (11386 seats)

Holstein Kiel perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. St. Pauli can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Insights:
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest conceded goals (27) in 2. Bundesliga
  • St. Pauli is in the best form (5-0-1)

Holstein Kiel have less rest than St. Pauli in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 2. Bundesliga game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Holstein-Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, St. Pauli have had more rest.

The season is still full of potential for Holstein as they can still win the whole 2. Bundesliga. Pauli are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 13 2. Bundesliga games here at Holstein-Stadion for Holstein Kiel. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. Holstein Kiel has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Holstein-Stadion. We remember; it was Karlsruher SC.

A DFB Pokal defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at Borussia Dortmund.

This is expected to be a close game, with Holstein perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Holstein Kiel as a small favourite), we find nine games. Holstein Kiel has won four of these, drawn one and lost four.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Holstein Kiel, as the 2. Bundesliga home game vs Hannover 96 is only three days away.

A decent goal production from Holstein in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. Holstein Kiel have conceded 14 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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St. Pauli form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.

Pauli won their last game, 2-1 versus Greuther Furth played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fortuna Dusseldorf wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by St. Pauli in our archives, and the results are: one win for Pauli, three draws and five defeats.

Pauli are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 15 away games so far. Pauli struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the St. Pauli - Holstein 1-1 earlier this season. Holstein Kiel-St. Pauli H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Holstein Kiel four wins, St. Pauli five wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Holstein KielA. Mühling
A. Mühling
10 goals
HolsteinJ. Serra
J. Serra
10 goals
St. PauliG. Burgstaller
G. Burgstaller
10 goals

Holstein Kiel missing players

St. Pauli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Holstein Kiel St. Pauli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 13 4 Played P 5 15 31
15 8 3 Won W 1 5 13
8 2 0 Drew D 2 5 8
6 3 1 Lost L 2 5 10
45 21 5 Scored S 9 23 50
27 14 3 Conceded C 11 24 47
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
79% 69% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 87%
41% 54% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 67% 65%
24% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 40% 39%
7% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 13% 16%
59% 62% 25% BTTS BTTS 80% 73% 61%
38% 38% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 16%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 27% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.1
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.7 13.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.9 12.5
4.1 4.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.1 4.4
38% 34% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 37% 36%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Holstein Kiel have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest conceded goals (27) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel 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 is in the best form (5-0-1)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bochum 31 19 3 9 57 36 15 10 2 3 32 14 16 9 1 6 25 22 21 60
2 Greuther Furth 31 16 9 6 60 38 15 8 3 4 29 19 16 8 6 2 31 19 22 57
3 Holstein Kiel 29 15 8 6 45 27 13 8 2 3 21 14 16 7 6 3 24 13 18 53
4 Hamburger SV 31 14 10 7 60 39 15 8 4 3 31 14 16 6 6 4 29 25 21 52
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 31 15 7 9 48 41 15 10 3 2 27 18 16 5 4 7 21 23 7 52
6 Heidenheim 31 14 6 11 45 41 15 9 3 3 25 13 16 5 3 8 20 28 4 48
7 St. Pauli 31 13 8 10 50 47 16 8 3 5 27 23 15 5 5 5 23 24 3 47
8 Karlsruher SC 31 12 9 10 44 39 16 4 6 6 16 16 15 8 3 4 28 23 5 45
9 Paderborn 31 11 10 10 42 37 16 8 5 3 30 22 15 3 5 7 12 15 5 43
10 Darmstadt 98 31 12 6 13 53 51 16 6 3 7 24 22 15 6 3 6 29 29 2 42
11 Erzgebirge Aue 31 11 8 12 39 41 15 7 4 4 24 19 16 4 4 8 15 22 -2 41
12 Nurnberg 31 10 10 11 41 44 16 5 6 5 21 22 15 5 4 6 20 22 -3 40
13 Hannover 96 30 11 6 13 49 45 15 7 4 4 28 18 15 4 2 9 21 27 4 39
14 Jahn Regensburg 30 8 11 11 31 40 16 5 6 5 20 21 14 3 5 6 11 19 -9 35
15 Sandhausen 31 9 4 18 37 55 16 8 4 4 27 21 15 1 0 14 10 34 -18 31
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 31 7 9 15 27 51 16 6 4 6 16 21 15 1 5 9 11 30 -24 30
17 Osnabruck 31 7 6 18 28 53 16 2 1 13 13 32 15 5 5 5 15 21 -25 27
18 Wurzburger Kickers 31 5 6 20 33 64 15 3 5 7 20 29 16 2 1 13 13 35 -31 21

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bochum 31 19 3 9 57 36 15 10 2 3 32 14 16 9 1 6 25 22 21 60
2 Greuther Furth 31 16 9 6 60 38 15 8 3 4 29 19 16 8 6 2 31 19 22 57
3 Holstein Kiel 29 15 8 6 45 27 13 8 2 3 21 14 16 7 6 3 24 13 18 53
4 Hamburger SV 31 14 10 7 60 39 15 8 4 3 31 14 16 6 6 4 29 25 21 52
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 31 15 7 9 48 41 15 10 3 2 27 18 16 5 4 7 21 23 7 52
6 Heidenheim 31 14 6 11 45 41 15 9 3 3 25 13 16 5 3 8 20 28 4 48
7 St. Pauli 31 13 8 10 50 47 16 8 3 5 27 23 15 5 5 5 23 24 3 47
8 Karlsruher SC 31 12 9 10 44 39 16 4 6 6 16 16 15 8 3 4 28 23 5 45
9 Paderborn 31 11 10 10 42 37 16 8 5 3 30 22 15 3 5 7 12 15 5 43
10 Darmstadt 98 31 12 6 13 53 51 16 6 3 7 24 22 15 6 3 6 29 29 2 42
11 Erzgebirge Aue 31 11 8 12 39 41 15 7 4 4 24 19 16 4 4 8 15 22 -2 41
12 Nurnberg 31 10 10 11 41 44 16 5 6 5 21 22 15 5 4 6 20 22 -3 40
13 Hannover 96 30 11 6 13 49 45 15 7 4 4 28 18 15 4 2 9 21 27 4 39
14 Jahn Regensburg 30 8 11 11 31 40 16 5 6 5 20 21 14 3 5 6 11 19 -9 35
15 Sandhausen 31 9 4 18 37 55 16 8 4 4 27 21 15 1 0 14 10 34 -18 31
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 31 7 9 15 27 51 16 6 4 6 16 21 15 1 5 9 11 30 -24 30
17 Osnabruck 31 7 6 18 28 53 16 2 1 13 13 32 15 5 5 5 15 21 -25 27
18 Wurzburger Kickers 31 5 6 20 33 64 15 3 5 7 20 29 16 2 1 13 13 35 -31 21

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