HAMBURG. St. Pauli beats Kaiserslautern 1-0 after C. Metcalfe scored just 1 goal (72′). St. Pauli was decisively better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Millerntor-Stadion stadium in Hamburg on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Martin Petersen who had the assistance of Markus Schüller and Marcel Pelgrim. The 4th official was Felix Bickel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 98%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

St. Pauli was in firm control of the ball 66% while Kaiserslautern was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Pauli was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why St. Pauli won the match​.

St. Pauli shot 19 times, 3 on target, 15 off target. On the opposite side, Kaiserslautern shot 9 times, 0 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

St. Pauli received 5 yellow cards (Eric Smith, Manolis Saliakas, Oladapo Afolayan, I. Matanović and Maurides). On the other side, Kaiserslautern received 6 yellow cards (Nicolai Rapp, Aaron Opoku, Kevin Kraus, Ben Zolinski, Erik Durm and Marlon Ritter).

Standings

After this encounter, St. Pauli will have 26 points to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Kaiserslautern will stay with 35 points like Paderborn to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, St. Pauli will host Karlsruher SC on the 28th of May with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of St. Pauli (6 draws).

Kaiserslautern will host SpVgg Greuther Fürth on the 25th of February with a 13-6 head to head record in favor of Kaiserslautern (1 draw).

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 (6.7), Jakov Medić (7.4), Eric Smith (7.1), Karol Mets (6.7), Manolis Saliakas (7.3), Jackson Irvine (8.1), Marcel Hartel (7.0), Leart Paqarada (7.4), Connor Metcalfe (7.1), Lukas Daschner (6.4) and Oladapo Afolayan (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Afeez Aremu, Sascha Burchert, Jannes Wieckhoff, Maurides, Marcel Beifus, Lars Ritzka, Johannes Eggestein, David Otto and Igor Matanović.

Substitutions

St. Pauli made 3 changes: C. Metcalfe for Maurides (80′), Oladapo Afolayan for I. Matanovic (88′) and Lukas Daschner for David Otto (90′).

Best player: Jackson Irvine​

The most impressive player for St. Pauli was Jackson Irvine even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 53 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.

Kaiserslautern – Formation

Kaiserslautern started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Dirk Schuster played with: Andreas Luthe (6.6), Jean Zimmer (6.8), Kevin Kraus (6.2), Robin Bormuth (7.1), Erik Durm (6.4), Nicolai Rapp (6.4), Julian Niehues (6.8), Aaron Opoku (6.3), Daniel Hanslik (6.6), Kenny Prince Redondo (6.6) and Terrence Boyd (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Nicolas de Préville, Lars Bünning, Philipp Hercher (6.1), Philipp Klement, Lex-Tyger Lobinger (6.4), Marlon Ritter (6.8), Avdo Spahić, Ben Zolinski (6.6) and Dominik Schad.

Substitutions

Kaiserslautern made 5 changes: Daniel Hanslik for Marlon Ritter (46′), Julian Niehues  for Ben Zolinski (60′), Aaron Opoku for Philipp Hercher (60′), Kenny Prince Redondo for Lex-Tyger Lobinger (76′) and Terrence Boyd for Nicolas de Préville (80′).

Best player: Terrence Boyd​

The player that probably impressed the most for Kaiserslautern was Terrence Boyd.

His rating is (7.3) with 21 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.​

• Darmstadt 98 – Eintracht Braunschweig – 2-1
• Fortuna Düsseldorf – Sandhausen – 2-0
• St. Pauli – Kaiserslautern – 1-0