HAMBURG. St. Pauli conquers Sandhausen 3-1. St. Pauli got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from G. Burgstaller (2′) and D. Kyereh (14′). Sandhausen tried to recover with a goal from I. Hohn (67′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (79′) scored by D. Kyereh for St. Pauli. St. Pauli was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (73%) was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Millerntor-Stadion stadium in Hamburg on Wednesday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Max Burda with the help of Robert Edgar Wessel and Tim-Julian Skorczyk. The 4th official was Florian Exner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.3 degrees Celsius or 43.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

St. Pauli had a superior ball possession 73% while Sandhausen was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Pauli was was more aggressive with 79 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, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sandhausen shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

St. Pauli received 1 yellow card (A. Dzwigala). Talking about the opposition, Sandhausen received 3 yellow cards (B. Ajdini, E. Zenga and I. Hohn).

Standings

After playing this match, St. Pauli will have 29 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Sandhausen will stay with 12 points to remain in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, St. Pauli will play away with Nürnberg on the 28th of November with a 7-4 head to head stats in favor of St. Pauli (5 draws).

Sandhausen will play away agasint Schalke 04 on the 27th of November with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Schalke 04 (0 draws).

St. Pauli – Formation

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

The manager Timo Schultz decided to play with the following team: Nikola Vasilj (6.2), Sebastian Ohlsson (6.1), Philipp Ziereis (6.9), James Lawrence (7.4), Leart Paqarada (7.2), Finn Ole Becker (7.1), Eric Smith (7.2), Marcel Hartel (6.9), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (8.7), Guido Burgstaller (8.3) and Simon Makienok (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Dennis Smarsch, Adam Dźwigała (6.8), Lars Ritzka, Afeez Aremu Olalekan, Rico Benatelli (6.7), Christopher Buchtmann, Maximilian Dittgen, Jackson Irvine (6.7) and Igor Matanovic (7.1).

Substitutions

St. Pauli made 5 changes: S. Makienok for I. Matanovic (65′), E. Smith for R. Benatelli (65′), S. Ohlsson for A. Dzwigala (74′), F. O. Becker for J. Irvine (74′) and G. Burgstaller for M. Dittgen (90′).

Best player: Daniel-Kofi Kyereh​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Pauli was Daniel-Kofi Kyereh.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 43 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 10.

Sandhausen – Formation

Sandhausen started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Alois Schwartz played with: Patrick Drewes (7.1), Dennis Diekmeier (6.6), Immanuel Höhn (7.4), Aleksandr Zhirov (6.4), Chima Okoroji (6.1), Erik Zenga (6.7), Bashkim Ajdini (6.3), Janik Bachmann (6.3), Marcel Ritzmaier (6.5), Alexander Esswein (7.1) and Pascal Testroet (6.2).

They had on the bench: Benedikt Grawe, Nikolai Rehnen, Oumar Diakhite, Christian Joe Conteh (6.6), Anas Ouahim (6.6), Carlo Sickinger, Cebio Soukou (6.7), Charlison Benschop (7.2) and Christian Kinsombi.

Substitutions

Sandhausen made 4 changes: J. Bachmann for C. Benschop (36′), A. Esswein for A. Ouahim (69′), M. Ritzmaier for C. Conteh (69′) and B. Ajdini for C. Soukou (87′).

Best player: Immanuel Höhn​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sandhausen was Immanuel Höhn.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 14 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• St. Pauli – Sandhausen – 3-1