St. Pauli recovers a 0-1 deficit to defeat SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

HAMBURG. St. Pauli found a way to reverse the scoreline against SpVgg Greuther Fürth to win 2-1.

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David Brown
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St. Pauli recovers a 0-1 deficit to defeat SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

HAMBURG. St. Pauli found a way to reverse the score against SpVgg Greuther Fürth to win 2-1. It was SpVgg Greuther Fürth to strike first with an early goal of R. Ache at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 14′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Oladapo Afolayan gave the win to St. Pauli in the 55′ minute. St. Pauli took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

Gideon Jung  received a red card (45′)​. This red card was one of the reason why SpVgg Greuther Fürth lost the match.

The match was played at the Millerntor-Stadion stadium in Hamburg on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Felix Zwayer who had the assistance of Marco Achmüller and Fabian Maibaum. The 4th official was Marc-Philipp Eckermann. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.3 degrees Celsius or 41.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

St. Pauli

2 - 1

Team 1

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

  • 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
  • 11 Total 6
  • 6 On Target 2
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 1 Shots blocked 1
  • 127 Attack 118
  • 30 Dangerous attack 39
  • 75 Ball safe​ 81
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 4
  • 5 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 11 Total 10
  • 4 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

St. Pauli had a strong ball possession 58% while SpVgg Greuther Fürth was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SpVgg Greuther Fürth had a more offensive attitude with 39 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, St. Pauli was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

St. Pauli shot 11 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 6 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

St. Pauli received 4 yellow cards (Oladapo Afolayan, J. Medić, Maurides and Jackson Irvine). On the other side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 1 yellow card (Sebastian Griesbeck).

Also, SpVgg Greuther Fürth didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Gideon Jung  (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (45′).

Match Timeline

6'
Ragnar Ache(goal)
10'
Ragnar Ache(var)
Manolis Saliakas(goal)Jackson Irvine
14'
45'
Gideon Jung- Red
46'
Damian Michalski- sub ->L. Petkov
Oladapo Afolayan(goal)
55'
Oladapo Afolayan- Yellow
62'
64'
Julian Green- sub ->Oussama Haddadi
Jakov Medic- Yellow
68'
Maurides- sub ->Oladapo Afolayan
71'
78'
Sebastian Griesbeck- Yellow
Maurides- Yellow
80'
81'
Armindo Sieb- sub ->Branimir Hrgota
Betim Fazliji- sub ->C. Metcalfe
86'
Adam Dźwigała- sub ->Manolis Saliakas
88'
Jackson Irvine- Yellow
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Heidenheim
67
34
Darmstadt 98
67
34
Hamburger SV
66
34
Fortuna Düsseldorf
58
34
St. Pauli
58
34
Paderborn
55
34
Karlsruher SC
46
34
Holstein Kiel
46
34
Kaiserslautern
45
34
Hannover 96
44
34
Magdeburg
43
34
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
41
34
Hansa Rostock
41
34
Nürnberg
39
34
Eintracht Braunschweig
36
34
DSC Arminia Bielefeld
34
34
Jahn Regensburg
31
34
Sandhausen
28
34

After this match, St. Pauli will have 38 points to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will stay with 27 points to remain in the 13th 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 record in favor of St. Pauli (6 draws).

SpVgg Greuther Fürth will host Darmstadt 98 on the 28th of May with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of SpVgg Greuther Fürth (5 draws).

St. Pauli – Formation

St. Pauli
G
Nikola Vasilj 22.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.4
D
Karol Mets 3.Estonia
7.0
D
Jakov Medic 18.Croatia
6.9
68'
D
Eric Smith 8.Sweden
6.7
M
Leart Paqarda 23.Kosovo
7.1
M
Manolis Saliakas 2.Greece
8.0
88' Goals14'
M
Jackson Irvine 7.Australia
7.1
89'
M
Marcel Hartel 10.Germany
6.5
F
Lukas Daschner 13.Germany
6.8
F
Conor Metcalfe 24.Australia
6.1
86'
F
Oladapo Afolayan 17.England
7.0
71' 62' Goals55'
Substitutes
G
Sascha Burchert 30.Germany
D
Betim Fazliji 5.Switzerland
86'
D
Adam Dźwigała 25.Poland
88'
D
Jannes Wieckhoff 32.Germany
D
Lars Ritzka 21.Germany
M
Afeez Aremu Olalekan 20.Nigeria
F
Johannes Eggestein 11.Germany
F
David Otto 27.Germany
F
Maurides 9.Brazil
6.4
71' 80'

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

The manager Fabian Hürzeler decided to play with the following team: Nikola Vasilj (6.4), Jakov Medić (6.9), Eric Smith (6.7), Karol Mets (7.0), Manolis Saliakas (8.0), Jackson Irvine (7.1), Marcel Hartel (6.5), Leart Paqarada (7.1), Connor Metcalfe (6.1), Oladapo Afolayan (7.0) and Lukas Daschner (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Betim Fazliji, Afeez Aremu, Johannes Eggestein, Adam Dźwigała, Sascha Burchert, Jannes Wieckhoff, David Otto, Lars Ritzka and Maurides (6.4).

Substitutions

St. Pauli made 3 changes: Oladapo Afolayan for Maurides (71′), C. Metcalfe for Betim Fazliji (86′) and Manolis Saliakas for Adam Dźwigała (88′).

Best player: Manolis Saliakas​

The player that probably impressed the most for St. Pauli was Manolis Saliakas.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 51 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
G
Andreas Linde 1.Sweden
6.8
D
Oussama Haddadi 5.Tunisia
7.0
64'
D
Gideon Jung 23.Germany
7.3
45'
D
Sebastian Griesbeck 22.Germany
6.7
78'
M
Simon Asta 2.Germany
6.8
M
Max Christiansen 13.Germany
6.4
M
Tobias Raschl 20.Germany
6.2
M
Marco John 24.Germany
7.3
F
Branimir Hrgota 10.Sweden
6.6
81'
F
Ragnar Ache 39.Germany
7.5
Goals6'
F
Lukas Petkov 16.Germany
6.5
46'
Substitutes
G
Leon Schaffran 25.Germany
D
Gian-Luca Itter 27.Germany
D
Marco Meyerhofer 18.Germany
D
Damian Michalski 4.Poland
6.8
46'
M
Maximilian Dietz 33.Germany
M
Julian Green 37.USA
6.6
64'
F
D. Abiama 11.Nigeria
F
Armindo Sieb 30.Germany
81'
F
Afimico Pululu 9.France

SpVgg Greuther Fürth started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Alexander Zorniger played with: Andreas Linde (6.8), Sebastian Griesbeck (6.7), Gideon Jung (7.3), Oussama Haddadi (7.0), Simon Asta (6.8), Tobias Raschl (6.2), Max Christiansen (6.4), Marco John (7.3), Lukas Petkov (6.5), Ragnar Ache (7.5) and Branimir Hrgota (6.6).

They had on the bench: Dickson Abiama, Maximilian Dietz, Gian-Luca Itter, Marco Meyerhofer, Armindo Sieb, Leon Schaffran, Damian Michalski (6.8), Julian Green (6.6) and Afimico Pululu.

Substitutions

SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 3 changes: L. Petkov for Damian Michalski (46′), Oussama Haddadi for Julian Green (64′) and Branimir Hrgota for Armindo Sieb (81′).

Best player: Ragnar Ache​

The most impressive player for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Ragnar Ache.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 15 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 20.

Results of the day

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