Delightful dogfight as daring Schalke 04 duel with determined St. Pauli

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: VELTINS-Arena (62271 seats)

Both squads are satisfied with a quality season so far and games like today could be deciding. Read more about Schalke 04 - St. Pauli!

Insights:
  • Schalke 04 is in the best form (5-0-1) in 2. Bundesliga

The season is still full of potential for Schalke as they can still win the whole 2. Bundesliga. St. Pauli are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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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Schalke 04 form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Schalke 04 at their home stadium (VELTINS-Arena) is 9 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Schalke 04, who won 2-1 against Sandhausen (placed 15th). Some amazing scenes last match, when Terodde scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time. The forward Terodde was declared "man of the match" for Schalke 04 with a rating of 8.44/10. Terodde scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Werder Bremen (1-4).

Schalke can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 37 times. Schalke 04 have conceded 25 from these games.

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St. Pauli form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.

St. Pauli's last game was the home draw against Nurnberg (1-1). Midfield player Kyereh was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Kyereh scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Darmstadt 98.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Pauli when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning one game.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far St. Pauli have scored 22 goals in 16 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pauli's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 26 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

St. Pauli - Schalke 04 2-1 was the product when this pair of squads formerly met, also in this season. Previous three meetings involving these squads: Schalke 04 won two, St. Pauli were winners in one and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals. The games between these teams have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Schalke 04S. Terodde
S. Terodde
27 goals
St. PauliG. Burgstaller
G. Burgstaller
18 goals
St. PauliD. Kyereh
D. Kyereh
12 goals

Schalke 04 missing players

St. Pauli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Schalke 04 St. Pauli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
18 9 1 Won W 1 5 15
5 2 0 Drew D 1 5 9
9 5 3 Lost L 2 6 8
67 37 8 Scored S 5 22 57
41 25 12 Conceded C 9 26 43
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 88%
69% 81% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 66%
31% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 44%
25% 31% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 19% 16%
66% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 66%
31% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 19%
3% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 19%
 
5.2 5.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.6 5.4
4.8 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.2 4.2
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
16.7 17.8 18.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 12.6 14.6
6.1 6.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 4.8
35% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 37%
 
12.9 11.9 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 14.4 12.4
4 4.2 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 5 3.9
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Schalke 04's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Schalke 04 have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Schalke 04 is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 Schalke 04 32 18 5 9 67 41 16 9 2 5 37 25 16 9 3 4 30 16 26 59
2 Darmstadt 98 32 17 6 9 67 44 16 9 3 4 39 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 23 57
3 Werder Bremen 32 16 9 7 60 43 16 7 6 3 27 17 16 9 3 4 33 26 17 57
4 Hamburger SV 32 14 12 6 62 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 16 6 6 4 28 16 30 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 57 43 16 10 4 2 35 17 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 54
6 Nurnberg 32 14 9 9 48 44 16 8 3 5 25 21 16 6 6 4 23 23 4 51
7 Paderborn 32 12 12 8 54 41 16 3 7 6 24 24 16 9 5 2 30 17 13 48
8 Heidenheim 32 13 7 12 39 45 16 9 4 3 25 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -6 46
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 9 12 42 51 16 7 3 6 20 23 16 4 6 6 22 28 -9 42
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 32 10 11 11 43 39 16 5 6 5 26 20 16 5 5 6 17 19 4 41
11 Jahn Regensburg 32 10 10 12 50 47 16 6 4 6 31 27 16 4 6 6 19 20 3 40
12 Karlsruher SC 32 9 13 10 52 51 16 5 8 3 30 24 16 4 5 7 22 27 1 40
13 Hansa Rostock 32 10 10 12 39 49 16 4 5 7 15 22 16 6 5 5 24 27 -10 40
14 Hannover 96 32 10 9 13 31 45 16 5 6 5 13 17 16 5 3 8 18 28 -14 39
15 Sandhausen 32 9 11 12 39 51 16 3 5 8 16 28 16 6 6 4 23 23 -12 38
16 Dynamo Dresden 32 7 10 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 31
17 Erzgebirge Aue 32 5 8 19 31 69 16 3 3 10 14 31 16 2 5 9 17 38 -38 23
18 Ingolstadt 32 4 8 20 28 62 16 2 4 10 12 29 16 2 4 10 16 33 -34 20

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  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 32 18 5 9 67 41 16 9 2 5 37 25 16 9 3 4 30 16 26 59
2 Darmstadt 98 32 17 6 9 67 44 16 9 3 4 39 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 23 57
3 Werder Bremen 32 16 9 7 60 43 16 7 6 3 27 17 16 9 3 4 33 26 17 57
4 Hamburger SV 32 14 12 6 62 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 16 6 6 4 28 16 30 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 57 43 16 10 4 2 35 17 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 54
6 Nurnberg 32 14 9 9 48 44 16 8 3 5 25 21 16 6 6 4 23 23 4 51
7 Paderborn 32 12 12 8 54 41 16 3 7 6 24 24 16 9 5 2 30 17 13 48
8 Heidenheim 32 13 7 12 39 45 16 9 4 3 25 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -6 46
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 9 12 42 51 16 7 3 6 20 23 16 4 6 6 22 28 -9 42
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 32 10 11 11 43 39 16 5 6 5 26 20 16 5 5 6 17 19 4 41
11 Jahn Regensburg 32 10 10 12 50 47 16 6 4 6 31 27 16 4 6 6 19 20 3 40
12 Karlsruher SC 32 9 13 10 52 51 16 5 8 3 30 24 16 4 5 7 22 27 1 40
13 Hansa Rostock 32 10 10 12 39 49 16 4 5 7 15 22 16 6 5 5 24 27 -10 40
14 Hannover 96 32 10 9 13 31 45 16 5 6 5 13 17 16 5 3 8 18 28 -14 39
15 Sandhausen 32 9 11 12 39 51 16 3 5 8 16 28 16 6 6 4 23 23 -12 38
16 Dynamo Dresden 32 7 10 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 31
17 Erzgebirge Aue 32 5 8 19 31 69 16 3 3 10 14 31 16 2 5 9 17 38 -38 23
18 Ingolstadt 32 4 8 20 28 62 16 2 4 10 12 29 16 2 4 10 16 33 -34 20

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