St. Pauli vs Holstein Kiel full preview

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 17.Sep
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Millerntor-Stadion (25546 seats)

This has the looks of yet another exciting meeting at Millerntor-Stadion in the 2. Bundesliga. St. Pauli is in 9th place and host Holstein Kiel in 2nd place. Learn more about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (2) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel have the most points from losing position (6) in 2. Bundesliga

This could be an entertaining match with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's go!

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St. Pauli form and stats

Two 2. Bundesliga home games so far for St. Pauli, who are yet to win here at Millerntor-Stadion. Only 2 points so far.

The home team returns to Millerntor-Stadion after drawing with Eintracht Braunschweig (placed 14th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Saad, an attacker, was the highest rated player for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 8.6 (out of 10). Saad scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 35 successful passes (of 36 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Magdeburg.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier St. Pauli matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 6 games).

At Millerntor-Stadion, St. Pauli has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

Holstein Kiel are yet to lose a point on their 2. Bundesliga travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

The club members enjoyed Holstein Kiel's previous fixture versus Paderborn (placed 16th), a 2-1 win played at home. Midfielder Rothe was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Rothe scored one goal and hit four key passes.

Prior to that result Holstein Kiel won their away game at Schalke 04. The scoreline was 2-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Holstein playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 3 draws and 2 home wins.

It's early days yet, but Holstein Kiel has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three St. Pauli victories, two draws and five Holstein Kiel wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

St. PauliE. Saad
E. Saad
2 goals
Holstein KielS. Skrzybski
S. Skrzybski
2 goals
Holstein KielS. Machino
S. Machino
2 goals

St. Pauli missing players

Holstein Kiel missing players

St. Pauli Holstein Kiel
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 2 Played P 1 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 4
4 2 2 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 0 0 Scored S 2 3 9
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 6
40% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 80%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 60%
60% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 40%
60% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 7.5 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 8.5 7.4
3.8 5.5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 4.8
2.6 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 20.5 20.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14.5 15.8
5.4 8.5 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.5 5.8
11% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 33% 31%
 
10.6 9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12 9.5 13.6
2.2 2.5 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.5 4
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Holstein Kiel have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Holstein Kiel have scored more than double the goals of St. Pauli.
  • Holstein Kiel have the most points from losing position (6) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel have won all their away games so far.
  • Holstein Kiel have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Pauli have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • St. Pauli have not yet lost a game.
  • St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (2) in 2. Bundesliga
  • St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in 2. Bundesliga
  • St. Pauli have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • St. Pauli have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in 2. Bundesliga
  • St. Pauli have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • St. Pauli have yet to win a game at home.
St. Pauli Last season Holstein Kiel
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
16 9   Won W   6 12
10 7   Drew D   6 10
8 1   Lost L   5 12
55 24   Scored S   29 58
39 11   Conceded C   32 61
91% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 91%
74% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 88%
53% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 74%
24% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 41%
15% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   41% 32%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   71% 76%
38% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 15%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   29% 18%
 
5 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.3
3.9 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   7.5 6
2.1 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
16.2 18.4   Shots (avg) S (   13.4 15.2
5.1 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5.1
32% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 34%
 
11.4 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   16.8 15.2
3.3 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 4.9

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

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.