Stadium regulars at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer haven’t watched many home wins this season, with SpVgg Greuther Fürth struggling in the 17th spot. The opposing St. Pauli will try to shield their higher league spot in this fixture.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have yet to win a game away.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 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.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats
SpVgg Greuther Fürth have played three 2. Bundesliga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth lost their last game at Hannover 96 (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The forward Hrgota outdid all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Hrgota hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match, Greuther lost 1-3 at home to Kaiserslautern.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 SpVgg Greuther Fürth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 3 and lost 4.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games.
St. Pauli form and stats
Still no away game victory in the 2. Bundesliga for St. Pauli with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as St. Pauli have lost on their last two travels.
Pauli's last game was the home draw against Paderborn (2-2). Nemeth, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.51. Nemeth scored one goal and won 6 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Hansa Rostock's place.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 15 relevant matches. Results were 5 St. Pauli wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats.
It's early days yet, but St. Pauli has scored 3 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these participants: SpVgg Greuther Fürth won five, St. Pauli were winners in four and we saw one draw. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Eggestein 3 goals |   B. Hrgota 2 goals |  J. Irvine 2 goals |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 6.7 | 9 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 19 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.3 | 16.5 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
| 22% | 22% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 41% |
| 11 | 8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
- All of SpVgg Greuther Fürth's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of St. Pauli's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in 2. Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have yet to win a game.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Pauli have yet to win a game away.
- St. Pauli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paderborn | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Magdeburg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 17 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 1 |
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