The football year has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, good and bad leading to mid-table positions so far. Make ready for St. Pauli - Hannover 96!
- St. Pauli have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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
3 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what St. Pauli have to build on here at Millerntor-Stadion in the 2. Bundesliga. Two draws in a row at home now for St. Pauli.
Pauli are returning here after visiting Nurnberg and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Medić scored the goal(s). Sweet to taste a league victory after five games without. Defender Medić got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. Medić scored one goal and won 3 of 5 duels.
4-4 away at Karlsruher SC before that.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 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
A decent goal production from St. Pauli in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, St. Pauli have conceded only 6 goals.
Hannover 96 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Hannover's previous game was their home loss versus Kaiserslautern (1-3). Midfield player Muroya was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Muroya hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Holstein Kiel.We have checked recent matches where Hannover 96 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hannover have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Hannover 96 have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hannover 96 have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Pauli.St. Pauli and Hannover 96 have faced each other previously this season: Hannover 96 - St. Pauli 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Teuchert 7 goals |  H. Kallevik Nielsen 7 goals |   J. Eggestein 5 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| St. Pauli | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 89% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 78% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 72% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 50% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 28% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 11% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 56% |
| 28% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16.2 | 19.4 | 22.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 28% | 28% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 32% |
| 11.6 | 11 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.7 | 17.8 | 16.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
- Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Pauli have not yet lost a game at home.
- St. Pauli have scored at least twice as many goals 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 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Greuther Furth | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sandhausen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Nurnberg | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 18 | Magdeburg | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 17 |
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