2. Bundesliga: St. Pauli receive Schalke 04 in what should be an exciting football game. Here's a full preview!
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals (3) in 2. Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have yet to win a game away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
St. Pauli form and stats
St. Pauli must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three 2. Bundesliga games here at Millerntor-Stadion.
The Pauli fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Holstein Kiel and win 5-1. Sweet to taste a league win after four fixtures without one. As mentioned above, St. Pauli "killed" Holstein Kiel in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Midfielder Hartel was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.43 (out of ten) in that game. Hartel scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 38 successful passes (of 45 total).
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Eintracht Braunschweig the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pauli handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
A decent goal production from St. Pauli in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Defensively St. Pauli have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The 2. Bundesliga season is young and Schalke 04 have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Schalke had fun at their own home (Millerntor-Stadion) last time out, beating Magdeburg 4-3. Ouwejan, Polter (2) and Murkin scored. Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone three league games without victory. Schalke 04 can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Magdeburg. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 4-3 victory. Polter scored the final goal. Polter, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.02. Polter scored two goals and hit two key passes.
A 0-2 loss hosting Holstein Kiel before that.We have checked recent matches where Schalke 04 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 0 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Schalke 04 have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. The Schalke manager Reis has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one St. Pauli victory, zero draws and three Schalke 04 wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Hartel 2 goals |  E. Saad 2 goals |   S. Polter 2 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| St. Pauli | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 19.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13 | 14.7 |
| 5.7 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 11.2 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 32 | 22 | 16.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 14 | 8 | 6.5 |
- Schalke 04 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Schalke 04 have yet to win a game away.
- Schalke 04 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 (3) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) 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 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 5 | Magdeburg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | St. Pauli | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Nürnberg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Elversberg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Paderborn | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Osnabrück | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 1 |
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