Both participants are happy with a fine season so far and match dates like this could be influential. Get the info on St. Pauli - Fortuna Düsseldorf!
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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.
St. Pauli form and stats
32 points is a decent return from 15 2. Bundesliga games here at Millerntor-Stadion for St. Pauli. The data says 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.
A strong away win for St. Pauli against Darmstadt 98 the last match, as Saad, Dźwigała and Otto were on target. Attacking player Daschner bested all others in that game and received a match rating of 8.33 out of 10. Daschner signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).
Ahead of that match, Pauli won a home game hosting DSC Arminia Bielefeld (2-1).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 St. Pauli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
St. Pauli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Millerntor-Stadion with 23 goals in 15 league matches. St. Pauli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Millerntor-Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 15 matches.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
5-2-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fortuna Düsseldorf in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
Düsseldorf go into this game after a win, the home game against Holstein Kiel that ended 3-0. It was a convincing performance from Fortuna Düsseldorf when Holstein Kiel were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Appelkamp, Ginczek and Hoffmann scored their goals. Fortuna Düsseldorf goalie Kastenmeier was high and low in the Holstein Kiel game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Kastenmeier was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.85. The agile goalkeeper Kastenmeier topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Karlsruher SC.Fortuna 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, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
Düsseldorf find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Fortuna Düsseldorf struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head game ended Fortuna Düsseldorf - St. Pauli 1-0, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Pauli won two, Fortuna Düsseldorf triumphed in six and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Kownacki 12 goals |   J. Irvine 8 goals | L. Daschner 8 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| St. Pauli | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| 50 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 54 |
| 35 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 40 |
| 94% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 81% |
| 55% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | 61% |
| 23% | 13% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | 39% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 16% |
| 48% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 58% |
| 39% | 53% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 23% |
| 19% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 19% |
| 5 | 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16.2 | 18.5 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.2 | 14.3 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 32% | 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 28% | 33% |
| 11.6 | 10.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4 |
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Pauli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the most clean sheets (8) at home 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 64 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 61 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 30 | 61 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 62 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 57 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 53 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 51 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 45 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 52 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 42 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -2 | 40 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 40 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 32 | -10 | 39 |
| 12 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | -6 | 37 |
| 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 53 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 33 | -15 | 35 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -18 | 34 |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -18 | 34 |
| 16 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -9 | 30 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 29 | -20 | 28 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -25 | 28 |
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