📏 Form Guide

Holstein Kiel

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Holstein Kiel go into this game following on from a 1-1 Bundesliga drawn game against Mainz.

In that game, Holstein Kiel managed 42% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Holstein Kiel was Alexander Bernhardsson (34'). At the other end, Mainz 05 got 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Nelson Weiper (75') scored for Mainz.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Holstein Kiel have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Holstein Kiel have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 11 goals in the process.

Their past results show that Holstein Kiel:

• are winless against St. Pauli in their previous 5 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 5 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

St. Pauli

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In the game prior to this, St. Pauli drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga tie with Borussia Mönchengladbach.

In that match, St. Pauli managed 64% possession and 26 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. The only player to score for St. Pauli was Oladapo Afolayan (85'). Borussia Monchengladbach had 5 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Ko Itakura (45') was the scorer for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Over the course of 5 of the previous 6 games featuring St. Pauli, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game in that period works out to just 2.33, with the average goals for St. Pauli being 0.83. Nevertheless, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend might be sustained in this match.

Leading up to this clash, St. Pauli:

• remain unbeaten by Holstein Kiel when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 17/12/2021 shows that Holstein Kiel have won 1 of them & St. Pauli 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 27 overall which averages out at 4.5 goals per match.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was Bundesliga match day 12 on 29/11/2024 when it finished St. Pauli 3-1 Holstein Kiel.

On that occasion, St. Pauli had 48% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorers were Manolis Saliakas (25'), Morgan Guilavogui (56') and Johannes Eggestein (85').

Holstein Kiel had 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. Phil Harres (91') scored.

The match was refereed by Felix Zwayer.

📋 Team News: Holstein Kiel

Lewis Holtby (Hamstring injury), Andu Kelati (Knee injury), Colin Kleine-Bekel (Fitness), Ivan Nekic (muscular problems), Benedikt Pichler (Hamstring injury) and Patrick Erras (concussion) won’t be available for Holstein Kiel gaffer Marcel Rapp.

In all likelihood, Holstein Kiel could go for a 4-4-2 system this time featuring Thomas Daehne, Timo Becker, Marko Ivezic, Marco Komenda, Lasse Rosenboom, Armin Gigovic, Nicolai Remberg, John Tolkin, Steven Skrzybski, A. Bernhardsson and Shuto Machino.

📰 Team News: St. Pauli

St. Pauli manager Alexander Blessin has not got a full squad to pick from. Sascha Burchert (surgery), Simon Zoller (muscular problems), Karol Mets (Patellar tendon problems), Sören Ahlers (Fitness) and James Sands (Internal ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We’re of the thinking that St. Pauli might begin the game with a 3-4-3 formation with a starting lineup of Nikola Vasilj, David Nemeth, Hauke Wahl, Siebe van der Heyden, Manolis Saliakas, Jackson Irvine, Eric Smith, Philipp Treu, Noah Weisshaupt, Danel Sinani and Elias Saad.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Holstein Kiel could find themselves struggling to put one past this St. Pauli side who we think will score at least once to put them ahead.

We’re therefore tipping a highly competitive game with a 0-1 winning margin for St. Pauli at the end of the 90.

Should be an interesting one.

Renata Leite, 13:07 12/04/2025