Home advantage could prove decisive in St. Pauli - Fortuna Düsseldorf battle

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Millerntor-Stadion (25546 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as St. Pauli and Fortuna Düsseldorf fight it out at Millerntor-Stadion.

This could be an entertaining fixture with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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St. Pauli form and stats

In the previous season, St. Pauli's league results were 16 wins, 10 draws and 8 losses, leading to 5th spot in the 2. Bundesliga. In these 34 matches they scored {55 goals} and conceded 39. Appearing as the home team in the previous season St. Pauli managed 9-7-1 (win-draw-lost) with {24 goals} and 11 conceded.

St. Pauli enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kaiserslautern's place. The match ended 2-1 with Saad and Hartel scoring. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Hartel, having bagged a goal in four consecutive games. The versatile forward Saad bettered all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.13 out of 10. Saad scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 10 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Karlsruher SC that ended 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Pauli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

Let's have a look at how Fortuna Düsseldorf performed last season in the 2. Bundesliga: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded {43 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 22/24 goals scored/conceded.

181 minutes! That's how long the Fortuna Düsseldorf goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from Ginczek secured the home win 1-0 against Hertha BSC in their previous game. Goalkeeper Kastenmeier got the top player rating of the team with 7.4/10. Kastenmeier topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that result Fortuna Düsseldorf won their away game at Kaiserslautern. The scoreline was 3-0.

Düsseldorf are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two St. Pauli victories, two draws and six Fortuna Düsseldorf wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

PauliM. Hartel
M. Hartel
1 goals
St. PauliE. Saad
E. Saad
1 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfD. Ginczek
D. Ginczek
1 goals

St. Pauli missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St. Pauli Fortuna Düsseldorf
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 11
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
St. Pauli Last season Fortuna Düsseldorf
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
16 9   Won W   6 17
10 7   Drew D   3 7
8 1   Lost L   8 10
55 24   Scored S   22 60
39 11   Conceded C   24 43
91% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
74% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 79%
53% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 62%
24% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 38%
15% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 18%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 56%
38% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 26%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   35% 21%
 
5 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.6
3.9 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 4.9
2.1 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
2 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
16.2 18.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 14.1
5.1 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5.3
32% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%
 
11.4 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 12.4
3.3 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 4

  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 1 1 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Karlsruher SC 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 St. Pauli 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Elversberg 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Magdeburg 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Greuther Furth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Osnabruck 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Kaiserslautern 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Hertha BSC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heidenheim 34 19 10 5 67 36 17 12 4 1 41 16 17 7 6 4 26 20 31 67
2 Darmstadt 98 34 20 7 7 50 33 17 11 5 1 27 13 17 9 2 6 23 20 17 67
3 Hamburger SV 34 20 6 8 70 45 17 11 3 3 38 20 17 9 3 5 32 25 25 66
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 17 7 10 60 43 17 11 4 2 38 19 17 6 3 8 22 24 17 58
5 St. Pauli 34 16 10 8 55 39 17 9 7 1 24 11 17 7 3 7 31 28 16 58
6 Paderborn 34 16 7 11 68 44 17 12 0 5 46 20 17 4 7 6 22 24 24 55
7 Karlsruher SC 34 13 7 14 56 53 17 9 3 5 32 25 17 4 4 9 24 28 3 46
8 Holstein Kiel 34 12 10 12 58 61 17 6 4 7 29 29 17 6 6 5 29 32 -3 46
9 Kaiserslautern 34 11 12 11 47 48 17 6 6 5 26 26 17 5 6 6 21 22 -1 45
10 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 50 55 17 8 3 6 27 26 17 4 5 8 23 29 -5 44
11 Magdeburg 34 12 7 15 48 55 17 6 4 7 23 22 17 6 3 8 25 33 -7 43
12 Greuther Furth 34 10 11 13 47 50 17 8 7 2 28 19 17 2 4 11 19 31 -3 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 12 5 17 32 48 17 6 1 10 18 25 17 6 4 7 14 23 -16 41
14 Nurnberg 34 10 9 15 32 49 17 7 4 6 18 17 17 3 5 9 14 32 -17 39
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 9 9 16 42 59 17 7 3 7 23 22 17 2 6 9 19 37 -17 36
16 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 7 18 50 62 17 5 4 8 28 29 17 4 3 10 22 33 -12 34
17 Jahn Regensburg 34 8 7 19 34 58 17 4 7 6 17 28 17 4 0 13 17 30 -24 31
18 Sandhausen 34 7 7 20 35 63 17 4 4 9 18 33 17 3 3 11 17 30 -28 28

2. Bundesliga:
Germany:
Table
  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 1 1 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Karlsruher SC 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 St. Pauli 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Elversberg 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Magdeburg 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Greuther Furth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Osnabruck 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Kaiserslautern 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Hertha BSC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0

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