St. Pauli are positioned 1st, while Nürnberg are lingering 4 points behind in the standings. Can they cut the gap?
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (5) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
St. Pauli form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, St. Pauli have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Two home wins in a row for St. Pauli bring valid hopes of a third.
Pauli enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hertha BSC's place. The match ended 2-1 with Eggestein and Hartel scoring. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Hartel, having found the net in three matches in a row. The attacking player Saad was declared "man of the match" for St. Pauli with the rating of 8.05/10. Saad hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times.
Ahead of that match, Pauli won a home game hosting Schalke 04 (3-1).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 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 5 games).
From these home matches, St. Pauli have conceded only 2 goals.
Nürnberg form and stats
Playing away, Nürnberg have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Nürnberg go into this game after a win, the home game against Magdeburg that ended 1-0. Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone three league rounds without winning. Lohkemper came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Magdeburg last time out, making the manager Casanova feel like a tactical genius. Gyamerah, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.04. Gyamerah served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.
Before that, Nürnberg travelled to Eintracht Braunschweig and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.The travelling fans enjoy Nürnberg's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. For Nürnberg, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
St. Pauli have pulled off a sequence of 12 consecutive matches without defeat (7-5-0) when playing Nürnberg.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hartel 5 goals |   C. Uzun 4 goals |  E. Saad 2 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| St. Pauli | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18.5 | 19.8 | 28 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 15.5 | 14.6 |
| 6 | 8.2 | 12 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 27% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 32% |
| 11 | 10.8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.8 | 13.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
- All of Nürnberg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nürnberg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Nürnberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nürnberg 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 (2) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (5) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Hannover 96 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Magdeburg | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Nürnberg | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Elversberg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Osnabruck | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
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