📊 Form Guide

Hannover

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Hannover go into this match after a 0-0 Bundesliga 2 tied result versus Eintracht Braunschweig.

In that match, Hannover managed 54% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. At the other end, Eintracht Braunschweig had 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

Stefan Leitl's Hannover have managed to score 8 times in their preceding six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those games amounts to 5.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Hannover:

• have not registered a win against St. Pauli in their last 3 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 12 league matches at home. A run that they'll hope to extend here.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 league matches.

St. Pauli

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Elversberg in Bundesliga 2 competition, St. Pauli and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, St. Pauli had 69% possession and 17 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For St. Pauli, the goalscorers were Johannes Eggestein (39'), Marcel Hartel (69') and Jackson Irvine (93'). Elversberg had 14 shots at goal with 10 on target. Maurice Neubauer (51'), Joseph Boyamba (70'), Paul Wanner (81') and Hugo Vandermersch (83') scored for Elversberg.

Proving their predisposition for productive encounters, goals have been seen as many as 21 times in the prior 6 games in which St. Pauli have taken to the field, giving a mean average of 3.5 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have hit 10 from this total. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, however.

Heading into this fixture, St. Pauli have not emerged victorious against Hannover in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 16/05/2021 shows that Hannover have won 3 of them & St. Pauli 1, with the number of draws being 2.

A sum of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 from Hannover and 5 for St. Pauli. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The last league meeting between these sides was Bundesliga 2 match day 13 on 10/11/2023 and the score finished St. Pauli 0-0 Hannover.

In that match, St. Pauli managed 56% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

At the other end, Hannover had 2 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Richard Hempel.

📰 Team News: Hannover

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the sole fitness concern for the Hannover manager Stefan Leitl to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Christopher Scott (Back problems) will miss out.

In all likelihood, Hannover will possibly employ a 3-4-1-2 formation for the game and select Ron-Robert Zieler, Phil Neumann, Marcel Halstenberg, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Sei Muroya, Fabian Kunze, Max Christiansen, Jannik Dehm, Enzo Leopold, Nicolo Tresoldi and Louis Schaub.

📋 Team News: St. Pauli

St. Pauli manager Fabian Hürzeler has some current player fitness concerns. Sören Ahlers (unknown injury), Eric Smith (muscular problems), Philipp Treu (Broken fibula), Carlo Boukhalfa (Hip problems), Simon Zoller (Hamstring injury), Erik Ahlstrand (Ankle injury) and Scott Banks (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

It’s our belief that St. Pauli seem likely to utilise a 3-4-3 lineup, settling for Nikola Vasilj, Adam Dzwigala, Hauke Wahl, Karol Mets, Manolis Saliakas, Jackson Irvine, Marcel Hartel, Lars Ritzka, Connor Metcalfe, Johannes Eggestein and Oladapo Afolayan.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Hannover might well have a job on their hands to hit the back of the net against this St. Pauli team who we think should score at least once to gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore anticipating a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 win for St. Pauli at the end of the 90 minutes.

Little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 11:07 21/04/2024