The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. St. Pauli are in the 11th position while the guesting Nürnberg worry at 14th.
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
Overall 2. Bundesliga stats at home this season for St. Pauli are 6-4-3 (wins-draw-losses).
St. Pauli travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sandhausen that ended 2-2. Before that, St. Pauli had a home game versus Osnabruck which ended with a victory 3-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does St. Pauli handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, five draws and three defeats.
St. Pauli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Millerntor-Stadion with 20 goals in 13 league matches. St. Pauli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Millerntor-Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.
Nürnberg form and stats
4-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nürnberg in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 2. Bundesliga home defeat versus Hannover 96 with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Karlsruher SC.
Nürnberg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Nürnberg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 12 away games so far. Nürnberg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
St. Pauli and Nürnberg have met before this season: Nürnberg - St. Pauli 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: St. Pauli won three, Nürnberg won three and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Diamantakos 8 goals |  H. Veerman 8 goals |  R. Hack 7 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| St. Pauli | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 33 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 34 |
| 32 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 45 |
| 96% | 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 80% | 77% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 80% |
| 48% | 46% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 56% |
| 28% | 31% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 48% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 20% |
| 60% | 54% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 58% | 56% |
| 20% | 31% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 42% | 32% |
| 24% | 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 5.9 | 6 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 315 | 187 | 87 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 156 | 361 |
| 105 | 63 | 31 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 54 | 110 |
| 31% | 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 37% | 31% |
- Nürnberg has the fewest points from losing position (2)
- Nürnberg has the most dropped points from leading position (21)
- Nürnberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nürnberg have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 44 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Osnabruck | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 29 |
| 13 | Sandhausen | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Bochum | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -13 | 24 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
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