📊 Form Guide

St. Pauli

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St. Pauli will be hoping for a better result following a 3-2 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against Bayern Munich.

In that game, St. Pauli had 34% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For St. Pauli, goals were scored by Elias Saad (27') and Lars Ritzka (93'). On the other side, Bayern Munich had 19 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Harry Kane (17') and Leroy Sané (53', 71') scored for Bayern Munich.

It has been seldom in recent games that St. Pauli have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that St. Pauli have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 9 goals in the process. We shall soon find out if that trend will be continued on in this game.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

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Gladbach will go into the encounter following a 1-0 Bundesliga win with the defeat of RB Leipzig in their previous outing.

In that game, Borussia Mönchengladbach managed 39% possession and 16 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Alassane Pléa (56'). For their opponents, RB Leipzig got 19 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Borussia Mönchengladbach, at least three goals have been struck. The overall average goals scored per match in that spell is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Borussia Mönchengladbach working out to 1.83.

Ahead of this clash, Borussia Mönchengladbach are unbeaten in their last 4 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head clashes going back to 25/09/2007 shows that St. Pauli have won 2 of them and Gladbach 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 0.

A combined sum of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 of them from St. Pauli and 12 being from Gladbach. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Bundesliga match day 11 on 24/11/2024 when the final score was Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 St. Pauli.

On that occasion, Borussia Mönchengladbach had 49% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The goalscorers were Alassane Pléa (13') and Tim Kleindienst (44').

St. Pauli had 15 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Robin Braun.

ℹ️ Team News: St. Pauli

Sascha Burchert (surgery), James Sands (Internal ligament tear), Sören Ahlers (Fitness), Karol Mets (Patellar tendon problems) and Simon Zoller (muscular problems) won’t be available for St. Pauli gaffer Alexander Blessin.

It looks as if St. Pauli may well opt for a 4-4-2 system for this game, utilising Nikola Vasilj, David Nemeth, Hauke Wahl, Lars Ritzka, Manolis Saliakas, Jackson Irvine, Eric Smith, Philipp Treu, Danel Sinani, Noah Weisshaupt and Elias Saad.

📋 Team News: Gladbach

Gladbach boss Gerardo Seoane has a number of players out of action. Niklas Swider (muscular problems), Philipp Sander (infection), Jonas Omlin (Torn muscle fiber in the adductor area) and Moritz Nicolas (Adductor injury) will not be playing here.

There’s a good chance that Gladbach might make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, going with T. Pereira Cardoso, Joseph Scally, Ko Itakura, Nico Elvedi, Lukas Ullrich, Rocco Reitz, Julian Weigl, Franck Honorat, Alassane Plea, Robin Hack and Tim Kleindienst.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Borussia Mönchengladbach and St. Pauli could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. We’re therefore tipping a 0-0 draw at full-time.

Renata Leite, 13:02 06/04/2025