A quick peek at the 2. Bundesliga table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's plenty more to learn about the fixture. Check out our St. Pauli - Karlsruher SC match preview!
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (8) in 2. Bundesliga
- Karlsruher SC 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
St. Pauli have played 5 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.
St. Pauli drew their last game, 2-2 away at Paderborn (placed 8th). Midfield player Hartel got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Hartel signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).
Before that, St. Pauli had a home game versus Nurnberg which ended with a victory 5-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Pauli matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 5 games).
Both teams to score: YES! That has happened in 6 league fixtures in a row for this club. Could it happen again?
The match schedule is unforgiving for St. Pauli as they have a new game in only three days, a DFB Pokal match thankfully also at home. Schalke 04 are visiting.
St. Pauli are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Millerntor-Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. From these home matches, St. Pauli have conceded only 3 goals.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Karlsruher SC have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.
Karlsruher are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Schalke 04 (placed 16th). That win felt nice as this side had gone five league fixtures without winning. Matanović, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.94. Matanović scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Magdeburg that ended 1-1.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 Karlsruher SC playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.
Karlsruher SC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. For Karlsruher SC, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Pauli have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) facing Karlsruher SC.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hartel 5 goals |  J. Eggestein 4 goals |   F. Schleusener 4 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| St. Pauli | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 20% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5 | 6 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18.9 | 20 | 24.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.6 | 15.4 |
| 6 | 8 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 33% | 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 28% | 28% |
| 10.2 | 10.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 15.6 | 13.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
- Karlsruher SC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Pauli have not yet lost a game.
- St. Pauli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (8) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the the best goal difference (+12) 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 | St. Pauli | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Elversberg | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Paderborn | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Nurnberg | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 10 | Magdeburg | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Greuther Furth | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 7 |
| 17 | Osnabruck | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -12 | 5 |
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