We have to say that both contenders are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Darmstadt 98 enjoying a 14 point advantage on St. Pauli in the tables. Get ready!
- St. Pauli have not yet lost a game at home.
- Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (4-2-0) in 2. Bundesliga
This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of action and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
St. Pauli form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 2. Bundesliga games here at Millerntor-Stadion for St. Pauli. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
In their previous game, the manager Schultz led his Pauli to a defeat away at Arminia Bielefeld. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Millerntor-Stadion.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Freiburg (after extra-time) in the DFB Pokal. 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 St. Pauli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 5.
St. Pauli have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the 2. Bundesliga. In general it has been a productive period now for Darmstadt as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Darmstadt 98 delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Holstein Kiel (placed 7th) in their previous game. Bader got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Bader scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that one, the victory at home hosting Borussia M'gladbach in the DFB Pokal (2-1). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Darmstadt 98 in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Darmstadt 98, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Darmstadt has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Darmstadt 98 in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Pauli won two games, one match ended with a tie and Darmstadt 98 managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Tietz 6 goals | B. Manu 4 goals |   J. Irvine 3 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Darmstadt 98 missing players
| St. Pauli | Darmstadt 98 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 85% |
| 62% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 54% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 23% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 31% |
| 31% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 5.4 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 4.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 16.3 | 19.8 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.5 | 13.8 |
| 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 31% | 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 42% | 40% |
| 10.1 | 9.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 12.3 | 11.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
- Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Darmstadt 98 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (4-2-0) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have not yet lost a game at home.
- St. Pauli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Pauli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St. Pauli have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Kaiserslautern | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
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