HAMBURG. Elversberg had a narrow win over St. Pauli. St. Pauli was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (69%).
The match was played at the Millerntor-Stadion stadium in Hamburg on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. In front of 29,546 spectators. The referee was Tobias Reichel who was helped by Christian Bandurski and Mitja Stegemann. The 4th official was Lukas Benen.
Match Statistics
- ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
- 17 Total 14
- 8 On Target 10
- 7 Off Target 1
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 134 Attack 63
- 56 Dangerous attack 20
- 87 Ball safe 52
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 7
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
St. Pauli had a superior ball possession 69% while Elversberg was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
St. Pauli was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, Elversberg managed to find the solution to win this contest.
St. Pauli shot 17 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Elversberg shot 14 times, 10 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
St. Pauli received 4 yellow cards (Eric Smith , Jackson Irvine, Johannes Eggestein and Lars Ritzka). On the other side, Elversberg received 3 yellow cards (Manuel Feil, Jackson Irvine and Paul Wanner).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, St. Pauli stays with 57 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Elversberg will has 39 points to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, St. Pauli will play away against Hannover 96 on the 20th of April with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Hannover 96 (3 draws).
Elversberg will host Schalke 04 on the 20th of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Elversberg (0 draws).
St. Pauli – Formation
St. Pauli started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Fabian Hürzeler decided to play with the following team: Nikola Vasilj
, Adam Dzwigala , Eric Smith , Karol Mets , Manolis Saliakas , Jackson Irvine , Marcel Hartel , Philipp Treu , Connor Metcalfe , Elias Saad and Johannes Eggestein .The home team had on the bench: D. Nemeth, Maurides
, Danel Sinani , Oladapo Afolayan , Andreas Albers , Lars Ritzka , Sascha Burchert, T. Scheller and Aljoscha Kemlein .St. Pauli could not rely on the presence of Lars Ritzka (injured).
Substitutions
St. Pauli made 5 changes: Manolis Saliakas for Maurides (84′), Connor Metcalfe for Oladapo Afolayan (72′), Elias Saad for Aljoscha Kemlein (73′), Johannes Eggestein for Andreas Albers (84′) and Philipp Treu for Lars Ritzka (10′).
Player of the match: Johannes Eggestein
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Pauli was Johannes Eggestein.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 35 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.Elversberg – Formation
Elversberg started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Horst Steffen played with: Nicolas Kristof
, Hugo Vandermersch , Carlo Sickinger , Florian Le Joncour , Maurice Neubauer , Luca Dürholtz , Robin Fellhauer , Jannik Rochelt , Paul Wanner , Luca Schnellbacher and Manuel Feil .They had on the bench: Kevin Conrad, Dominik Martinović
, Lukas Finn Pinckert , Joseph Boyamba , Sebastian Saftig, Tim Boss, Wahid Faghir , Kevin Koffi and Thore Jacobsen .Substitutions
Elversberg made 5 changes: Luca Schnellbacher for Wahid Faghir (82′), Paul Wanner for Lukas Finn Pinckert (86′), Jannik Rochelt for Thore Jacobsen (68′), Luca Dürholtz for Joseph Boyamba (68′) and Manuel Feil for Dominik Martinović (68′).
Player of the match: Paul Wanner
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Elversberg was Paul Wanner.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.
- Magdeburg – Hamburger SV – 2-2
- Eintracht Braunschweig – Hannover 96 – 0-0
- St. Pauli – Elversberg – 3-4