📏 Form Guide

St. Pauli

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St. Pauli, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 Bundesliga 2 triumph against Nuremberg.

In that game, St. Pauli had 67% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For St. Pauli, the goals were scored by Johannes Eggestein (44') and Marcel Hartel (62'). On the other side, Nurnberg got 2 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Over their past six games, Fabian Hürzeler's St. Pauli have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a combined total of 10 times giving them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.67.

Taking a look at their past results, St. Pauli:

• have not been beaten in the league by SC Paderborn 07 in their last 4 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 16 home league matches. What a fantastic run.

SC Paderborn 07

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Eintracht Braunschweig in Bundesliga 2 action, Paderborn and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, SC Paderborn 07 had 61% possession and 19 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for SC Paderborn 07 was Adriano Grimaldi (61'). Eintracht Braunschweig had 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Hasan Kuruçay (59') and Rayan Philippe (80') scored for Eintracht Braunschweig.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring SC Paderborn 07, three or more goals have been hit. The overall average goals scored per match within that spell is 3.17, with the average number of goals for SC Paderborn 07 standing at 1.33.

A look at their previous results shows us that SC Paderborn 07:

• have left without a victory over St. Pauli when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• remain undefeated by St. Pauli in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 5 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings dating back to 15/03/2021 shows us that St. Pauli have won 1 of them and Paderborn 2, with the tally of drawn games being 3.

A combined total of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 9 for St. Pauli and 12 being from Paderborn. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 10 on 21/10/2023 which ended up with the score at SC Paderborn 07 2-2 St. Pauli.

That day, SC Paderborn 07 managed 48% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The goalscorers were Florent Muslija (9') and Filip Bilbija (82').

St. Pauli had 19 shots on goal with 5 on target. Johannes Eggestein (48') and Jackson Irvine (78') scored.

The referee was Martin Petersen.

📰 Team News: St. Pauli

Oladapo Afolayan (Ligament injury), Simon Zoller (Hamstring injury), Sören Ahlers (unknown injury) and Scott Banks (Cruciate ligament tear) aren’t available for St. Pauli boss Fabian Hürzeler. Elias Saad will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🗞️ Team News: Paderborn

Paderborn manager Lukas Kwasniok has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Kimberly Ezekwem (Ill), Marco Schuster (Knee problems) and Felix Platte (Internal ligament tear) won’t be making appearances. Kai Klefisch is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, St. Pauli will, in all likelihood, be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

At the same time, SC Paderborn 07 may well struggle getting goals - but, we do see them converting at least once as well.

We can therefore see a controlled 3-1 winning margin for St. Pauli by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

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

Lucas Pereira, 11:04 31/03/2024