📏 Form Guide

St. Pauli

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St. Pauli will be wanting a better result here after the 2-0 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

In that game, St. Pauli managed 51% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Borussia Monchengladbach got 15 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Alassane Pléa (13') and Tim Kleindienst (44') scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

In their last six games, Alexander Blessin's St. Pauli have managed to score a combined total of 5 times, an average number of goals scored per match of 0.83.

A look at their previous results shows us that St. Pauli:

• haven't lost in the league to Holstein Kiel in their previous 4 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 5 league matches. That's never good.

Holstein Kiel

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Mainz in Bundesliga action, Holstein Kiel and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Holstein Kiel managed 38% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Mainz 05 had 18 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Nadiem Amiri (11'), Jonathan Burkardt (37') and Jae-sung Lee (53') scored for Mainz.

The stats don’t lie, and Holstein Kiel have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 12 goals overall. In defence, Holstein Kiel can certainly do much better.

Pre-game facts show that Holstein Kiel:

• haven't won against St. Pauli in away games against them for the last 5 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• are without a win away from home in their last 5 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings going back to 25/07/2021 tells us that St. Pauli have won 4 of these and Holstein Kiel 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 26 overall at an average of 4.33 goals per meeting.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 23 on 23/02/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Holstein Kiel 3-4 St. Pauli.

That day, Holstein Kiel had 61% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. The goals were scored by Shuto Machino (53'), Joshua Mees (65') and Alexander Bernhardsson (82').

On the other side, St. Pauli had 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. Oladapo Afolayan (11', 36'), Marcel Hartel (34') and Connor Metcalfe (57') scored.

The referee was Matthias Jöllenbeck.

ℹ️ Team News: St. Pauli

Sascha Burchert (surgery), Robert Wagner (Hamstring injury), Scott Banks (Bone edema), Elias Saad (Ligament injury), Connor Metcalfe (muscular problems), Ben Voll (Broken jaw), Sören Ahlers (Knee surgery), Adam Dzwigala (Groin problems) and Simon Zoller (muscular problems) aren’t available for St. Pauli boss Alexander Blessin.

We think that St. Pauli will possibly go for a 3-4-3 system and select Nikola Vasilj, Hauke Wahl, Eric Smith, David Nemeth, Manolis Saliakas, Jackson Irvine, Carlo Boukhalfa, Philipp Treu, Oladapo Afolayan, Johannes Eggestein and Morgan Guilavogui.

ℹ️ Team News: Holstein Kiel

Holstein Kiel manager Marcel Rapp has not got a full squad to pick from. Colin Kleine-Bekel (Cruciate ligament injury) and Carl Johansson (Knee problems) are those who can’t be considered.

There’s a good chance that Holstein Kiel could decide to make use of a 4-4-2 system, going with Timon Weiner, Marko Ivezic, Patrick Erras, Max Geschwill, Magnus Knudsen, Timo Becker, Lewis Holtby, Nicolai Remberg, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Phil Harres and Steven Skrzybski.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment is that Holstein Kiel should have enough to find the back of the net against this St. Pauli side, however it probably won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our tip is for a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for St. Pauli at the end of this one. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 19:05 29/11/2024