HAMBURG. St. Pauli beats Schalke 04 3-1.
The match was played at the Millerntor-Stadion stadium in Hamburg on Saturday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Frank Willenborg who was helped by Guido Kleve and . The 4th official was Martin Thomsen. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 21.02 degrees Celsius or 69.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 18 Total 11
- 8 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 5
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 119 Attack 81
- 42 Dangerous attack 26
- 40 Ball safe 34
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
Fouls
- 1 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. St. Pauli was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Schalke 04 that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
St. Pauli was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why St. Pauli won the match.
St. Pauli shot 18 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Schalke 04 shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
St. Pauli received 1 yellow card (Connor Metcalfe). On the other side, Schalke 04 received 4 yellow cards (Ron Schallenberg, Sebastian Polter, Cedric Brunner and Marcin Kamiński).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, St. Pauli will have 13 points like Fortuna Düsseldorf and Hamburger SV to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Schalke 04 will stay with 7 points to hold in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, St. Pauli will play away against Hamburger SV on the 4th of May with a 6-3 head to head statistic in favor of St. Pauli (3 draws).
Schalke 04 will play away agasint SpVgg Greuther Fürth on the 19th of May with a 1-1 head to head stats.
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
, Hauke Wahl , Eric Smith , Karol Mets , Manolis Saliakas , Connor Metcalfe , Marcel Hartel , Lars Ritzka , Oladapo Afolayan , Elias Saad and Johannes Eggestein .The home team had on the bench: David Nemeth, Etienne Amenyido
, Danel Sinani, Carlo Boukhalfa , Andreas Albers , Philipp Treu, Adam Dźwigała, Sascha Burchert and Tjark Lasse Scheller.Substitutions
St. Pauli made 5 changes: Oladapo Afolayan for Carlo Boukhalfa (82′), Elias Saad for Etienne Amenyido (82′), Johannes Eggestein for Andreas Albers (60′), Connor Metcalfe for David Nemeth (88′) and Connor Metcalfe for David Nemeth (88′).
Best player: Marcel Hartel
The most impressive player for St. Pauli was Marcel Hartel.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 55 passes (62% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.Schalke 04 – Formation
Schalke 04 started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Thomas Reis played with: Michael Langer
, Cedric Brunner , Timo Baumgartl , Marcin Kamiński , Thomas Ouwejan , Yusuf Kabadayi , Ron Schallenberg , Paul Seguin , Derry Murkin , Sebastian Polter and Lino Tempelmann .These were the players on the bench: Soichiro Kozuki
, Blendi Idrizi, Niklas Tauer, Tomáš Kalas , Justin Heekeren, Tobias Mohr, Henning Matriciani, Keke Maximilian Topp and Assan Ouédraogo .Substitutions
Schalke 04 made 3 changes: Yusuf Kabadayi for Soichiro Kozuki (66′), Paul Seguin for Assan Ouédraogo (66′) and Ron Schallenberg for Keke Maximilian Topp (82′).
Best player: Sebastian Polter
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Schalke 04 was Sebastian Polter.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 12 passes (25% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 19.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Karlsruher SC – 4-3
- Wehen Wiesbaden – Elversberg – 0-2
- Eintracht Braunschweig – Nürnberg – 2-2
- St. Pauli – Schalke 04 – 3-1