Season ticket holders at BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sandhausen languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting St. Pauli will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Sandhausen form and stats
4-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Sandhausen so far this season. The Sandhausen manager U. Koschinat might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Sandhausen drew their last game, 4-4 away at Bochum (placed 15th). Ahead of that match, Sandhausen lost 0-2 at home to Karlsruher SC.
Late drama in the game against Bochum as Sandhausen were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Philip Türpitz popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. A goal frenzy last time out for Sandhausen, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Bochum. Fun stuff to watch! Philip Türpitz was able to secure the draw 4-4 in the game against Bochum after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
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 Sandhausen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won six, drawn six and lost one.
Sandhausen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. 15 goals have been conceded.
St. Pauli form and stats
There's been little loot from St. Pauli's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. St. Pauli only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.
Henk Veerman, Waldemar Sobota and Dimitrios Diamantakos scored in St. Pauli's previous match, the home game against Osnabruck that ended 3-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hamburger SV at their stadium, the result 2-0.
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 six relevant matches. Results were one St. Pauli win, two draws and three defeats.
St. Pauli are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). St. Pauli's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: St. Pauli - Sandhausen 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sandhausen three wins, four draws and St. Pauli three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 K. Behrens 10 goals |   H. Veerman 8 goals |  D. Diamantakos 7 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| Sandhausen | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 28 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 31 |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 30 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 79% |
| 29% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 46% |
| 25% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 18% | 25% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 9% | 4% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 58% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 21% |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 25% |
| 6.1 | 6.2 | 9.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 392 | 192 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 122 | 309 |
| 108 | 53 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 38 | 101 |
| 26% | 28% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 29% | 31% |
- Sandhausen has the most matches under the total-line (17)
- Sandhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Pauli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 44 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Osnabruck | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 15 | Bochum | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 24 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -16 | 22 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -17 | 21 |
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