Lots to play for in this fixture, with St. Pauli at 1st and Schalke 04 placed 6th. Here's news and statistics!
- St. Pauli have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in 2. Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
St. Pauli and Schalke 04 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
St. Pauli form and stats
St. Pauli have been outstanding at home so far in the 2. Bundesliga with 7 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. Pauli has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Millerntor-Stadion. We remember; it was Holstein Kiel.
A strong away win for Pauli against Nürnberg the last match, as Adam Dźwigała, Leart Paqarada and Guido Burgstaller were on target. Nikola Vasilj loved the game against Nürnberg. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-2 victory. The victory against Nürnberg came after Adam Dźwigała's winning goal. The Pauli manager T. Schultz was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. The forward Guido Burgstaller outperformed all others in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.42 out of 10. Burgstaller scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Sandhausen.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how St. Pauli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost five.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Pauli is on fire here. A stunning 22 from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Pauli have conceded only 4 goals.
Schalke 04 form and stats
As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Schalke 04, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga, have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far.
Schalke had fun at their own home (Millerntor-Stadion) last time out, beating Sandhausen 5-2. Thomas Ouwejan, Marius Bülter (2) and Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez scored. As you can tell from the result, the match against Sandhausen was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Attacker Marius Bülter got a player rating of 9.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Bülter scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-1 draw at Werder Bremen's stadium before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Schalke 04 playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Schalke 04 wins, two draws and three defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Schalke 04 have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous two meetings): Pauli won zero games, zero matches ended with a tie and Schalke 04 got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneTop Goalscorers
  G. Burgstaller 12 goals |   S. Terodde 12 goals |  M. Bülter 6 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| St. Pauli | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 34 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 80% |
| 73% | 86% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 60% |
| 60% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 33% |
| 27% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 20% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 53% |
| 33% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 5.5 | 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 3.8 | 2.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.1 | 18.1 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 15.1 | 15.9 |
| 5.4 | 6.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | 6.1 |
| 42% | 46% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 26% | 30% |
| 11.3 | 8.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.1 | 12.7 |
| 3.5 | 1.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
- All of St. Pauli's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Schalke 04 have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Pauli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Pauli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St. Pauli have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Schalke 04 have scored away.
- St. Pauli have scored in all their home matches so far.
- St. Pauli have the most points (21) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have won all their matches at home so far.
- St. Pauli have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- St. Pauli have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- St. Pauli haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | St. Pauli | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 32 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 | Jahn Regensburg | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 26 |
| 7 | Nürnberg | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Holstein Kiel | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 13 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | Erzgebirge Aue | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Hannover 96 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -25 | 6 |
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