A home win is anticipated from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The St. Pauli club members are hopeful that the gulf between 1st and Hansa Rostock's 13th spot in the table will be visible on the pitch.
- St. Pauli have the the best goal difference (+13) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have scored more than double the goals of Hansa Rostock.
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
5 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what St. Pauli have to build on here at Millerntor-Stadion in the 2. Bundesliga. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
A strong away win for St. Pauli against Heidenheim the last match, as Maximilian Dittgen (2) and Guido Burgstaller (2) were on target. A goal frenzy last time out for Pauli, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Heidenheim. Fun stuff to watch! Guido Burgstaller, an attacker, was the best player for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 9.12 (out of 10). Burgstaller scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Karlsruher SC.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Pauli's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
Pauli are traveling soon after this match as the DFB Pokal match at Dynamo Dresden awaits in three days.
Pauli are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 5 games). St. Pauli have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hansa Rostock form and stats
2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hansa Rostock in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
Rostock's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sandhausen that finished 1-1. Attacker John Verhoek got a player rating of 7.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Verhoek scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Holstein Kiel at their stadium, the result 2-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Rostock when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing zero and winning one game.
The schedule is very tough for Rostock now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A DFB Pokal game at Jahn Regensburg is waiting in only three days.
Hansa Rostock have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rostock have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's five St. Pauli victories, zero draws and one Hansa Rostock win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Burgstaller 9 goals |   J. Verhoek 6 goals |  M. Dittgen 3 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Hansa Rostock missing players
| St. Pauli | Hansa Rostock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 23 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 90% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 40% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.3 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.6 | 4.6 |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.4 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 18.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 9 | 11.7 |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 45% | 48% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 26% |
- All of St. Pauli's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hansa Rostock have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Hansa Rostock have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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.
- St. Pauli have scored in all their home matches so far.
- St. Pauli have scored more than double the goals of Hansa Rostock.
- St. Pauli have the most points (15) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the most scored goals (15) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the the best goal difference (+13) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have won all their matches at home so far.
- St. Pauli have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- St. Pauli have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- St. Pauli haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | St. Pauli | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | Nürnberg | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 16 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Hamburger SV | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Heidenheim | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Dynamo Dresden | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Holstein Kiel | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | Ingolstadt | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -17 | 5 |
| 18 | Erzgebirge Aue | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 4 |
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