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 Nurnberg worry at 14th.
St. Pauli form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for St. Pauli at their home stadium (Millerntor-Stadion) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The home team returns to Millerntor-Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Sandhausen (placed 14th) on their last time out; the 2. Bundesliga game ended 2-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Osnabrück in a game that was won 3-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with St. Pauli perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with St. Pauli as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Pauli has won three of these, drawn five and lost three.
A decent goal production from Pauli in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. Pauli have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nürnberg form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.
Nürnberg failed to get anything from their last game, a 2. Bundesliga home match vs Hannover 96 (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Karlsruher SC at their stadium, the result 1-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nürnberg playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Nürnberg wins, four draws and three defeats.
Nürnberg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 12 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Nürnberg have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Nürnberg - Pauli 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Pauli won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Nürnberg has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop 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 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 33 | 20 | 10 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 34 |
| 32 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 22 | 45 |
| 96% | 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 80% | 77% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 48% | 46% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 56% |
| 28% | 31% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 48% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 20% |
| 60% | 54% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 56% |
| 20% | 31% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 42% | 32% |
| 24% | 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 5.9 | 6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 315 | 187 | 86 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 156 | 361 |
| 105 | 63 | 32 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 54 | 110 |
| 31% | 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 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 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 41 |
| 5 | Erzgebirge Aue | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | Greuther Fürth | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 36 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 33 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 11 | Bochum | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Osnabrück | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 29 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -11 | 27 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | -12 | 25 |
| 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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