The Bundesliga 2 match at Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena on Sunday will see home team Hannover play St. Pauli.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Hannover v St. Pauli are shown on this page (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Hannover
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Hannover enter this game following a 0-0 Bundesliga 2 tied result vs Eintracht Braunschweig.
In that game, Hannover managed 54% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Eintracht Braunschweig got 9 attempts at goal with 4 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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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Elversberg in Bundesliga 2 action, St. Pauli and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that game, St. Pauli had 69% possession and 17 shots on goal with 8 on target. For St. Pauli, the goals were scored by Johannes Eggestein (39'), Marcel Hartel (69') and Jackson Irvine (93'). Elversberg had 14 shots at goal with 10 of them 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.
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Head to head
Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 16/05/2021 shows us that Hannover have won 3 of these games and St. Pauli 1, with the number of draws being 2.
13 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 for Hannover and 5 created by St. Pauli. The average goals per game has been 2.17.
The previous league game featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 13 on 10/11/2023 when it finished St. Pauli 0-0 Hannover.
On that day, St. Pauli managed 56% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.
Hannover got 2 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Richard Hempel.
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Team News: Hannover
The Hannover boss Stefan Leitl will be thankful to have no fitness worries to speak of coming into this game owing to a fully injury-free group to choose from.
We think that Hannover may well use a 3-4-1-2 formation in the match featuring 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.
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Team News: St. Pauli
St. Pauli manager Fabian Hürzeler has multiple availability issues to deal with. Carlo Boukhalfa (Hip problems), Simon Zoller (Hamstring injury), Erik Ahlstrand (Ankle injury), Sören Ahlers (unknown injury), Eric Smith (muscular problems), Philipp Treu (Broken fibula) and Scott Banks (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.
It’s our belief that St. Pauli could decide to make use of a 3-4-3 formation with a starting lineup of Nikola Vasilj, Adam Dzwigala, Hauke Wahl, Karol Mets, Manolis Saliakas, Jackson Irvine, Marcel Hartel, Lars Ritzka, Connor Metcalfe, Johannes Eggestein and Oladapo Afolayan.
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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,
08:02 20/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Hannover
Formed: 1896
Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena (49,200)
Captain: Ron-Robert Zieler
Chairman: Martin Kind
Manager: Stefan Leitl
Competitions: Bundesliga 2 position 5
⭐ Star Player: Håvard Nielsen
Typically taking up the Striker position, Håvard Nielsen was born in Oslo, Norway. After having made a senior debut playing for Vålerenga in the 2010 season, the goalscoring Forward has scored a sum of 7 league goals in this 2. Bundesliga 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 27 appearances.