The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. St. Pauli are in the 9th position while the guests worry at 16th.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the 2. Bundesliga.
St. Pauli form and stats
St. Pauli have played 6 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The points were shared in St. Pauli's previous game, also at home. Visiting Karlsruher SC (placed 8th) travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Eintracht Frankfurt with the scoreline 1-2.
A case of two points dropped for St. Pauli in the Karlsruher SC match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
This is expected to be a close game, with St. Pauli perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with St. Pauli as a small favourite), we find twelve games. St. Pauli has won 3 of these, drawn 5 and lost 4.
A decent goal production from St. Pauli in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. St. Pauli have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Bochum form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bochum, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in 2. Bundesliga, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Bochum are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the 2. Bundesliga against Nurnberg (placed 11th). A loss against Bayern München was the result prior to that, in a DFB Pokal home game.
Goalkeeper Manuel Riemann was absolutely vital in the Bochum victory against Nurnberg, making 6 saves.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Bochum in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Bochum, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
Bochum are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Bochum have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 St. Pauli victories, 4 draws and 0 Bochum wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Ganvoula 8 goals |   D. Diamantakos 6 goals |  D. Blum 5 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Bochum missing players
| St. Pauli | Bochum | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 83% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 67% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 17% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 10 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 2.8 | 4 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 7.5 | 6 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Bochum have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Bochum have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Bochum have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bochum haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Pauli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Hamburger SV | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Erzgebirge Aue | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Jahn Regensburg | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | St. Pauli | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Nurnberg | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Holstein Kiel | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Osnabruck | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | Bochum | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -11 | 10 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 9 |