HAMBURG. St. Pauli had a surprising win over Kaiserslautern with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Saad (34′) and a goal from M. Hartel (64′). St. Pauli capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Millerntor-Stadion stadium in Hamburg on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. In front of 29,546 spectators. The referee was Tobias Welz with the collaboration of Martin Thomsen and Mario Hildenbrand. The 4th official was Thomas Gorniak.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 20 Total 13
- 9 On Target 4
- 10 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 96 Attack 76
- 42 Dangerous attack 39
- 77 Ball safe 74
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
Fouls
- 7 Total 8
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
St. Pauli had a strong ball possession 58% while Kaiserslautern was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
St. Pauli had a more offensive attitude with 42 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why St. Pauli won the match.
St. Pauli shot 20 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Kaiserslautern shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
St. Pauli received 4 yellow cards (Philipp Treu, Eric Smith, Hauke Wahl and Fabian Hürzeler). Talking about the opposition, Kaiserslautern received 2 yellow cards (Marlon Ritter and Boris Tomiak).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, St. Pauli has 36 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Kaiserslautern will stays with 18 points to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, St. Pauli will play away against Fortuna Düsseldorf on the 27th of January with a 9-6 head to head stats in favor of Fortuna Düsseldorf (6 draws).
Kaiserslautern will host Schalke 04 on the 27th of January with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Schalke 04 (0 draws).
St. Pauli – Formation
St. Pauli
90'
50'
64'
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 , Manolis Saliakas , Hauke Wahl , Karol Mets , Philipp Treu , Aljoscha Kemlein , Eric Smith , Marcel Hartel , Oladapo Afolayan , Johannes Eggestein and Elias Saad .
The home team had on the bench: David Nemeth, Maurides , Etienne Amenyido , Danel Sinani, Carlo Boukhalfa, Andreas Albers, Lars Ritzka, Adam Dźwigała and Sascha Burchert.
Substitutions
St. Pauli made 5 changes: Elias Saad for Carlo Boukhalfa (90′), Johannes Eggestein for Maurides (84′), Manolis Saliakas for Lars Ritzka (90′), Aljoscha Kemlein for Adam Dźwigała (90′) and Oladapo Afolayan for Etienne Amenyido (84′).
Player of the match: Marcel Hartel
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Pauli was Marcel Hartel.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (71% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.
Kaiserslautern – Formation
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Dimitrios Grammozis played with: Julian Krahl , Almamy Touré , Boris Tomiak , Jan Elvedi , Jean Zimmer , Filip Kaloč , Tobias Raschl , Tymoteusz Puchacz , Richmond Tachie , Marlon Ritter and Daniel Hanslik .
These were the players on the bench: Kevin Kraus, Ragnar Ache , Kenny Prince Redondo , Julian Niehues, Aaron Opoku , Ba-Muaka Simakala , Filip Stojilković, Frank Ronstadt and Avdo Spahić.
Substitutions
Kaiserslautern made 4 changes: Daniel Hanslik for Ragnar Ache (63′), Tymoteusz Puchacz for Kenny Prince Redondo (81′), Marlon Ritter for Aaron Opoku (81′) and Tobias Raschl for Ba-Muaka Simakala (64′).
Player of the match: Julian Krahl
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kaiserslautern was the goalkeeper: Julian Krahl. His rating is 8.47. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.
- Schalke 04 – Hamburger SV – 0-2
- Elversberg – Hannover 96 – 2-2
- Nürnberg – Hansa Rostock – 3-0
- St. Pauli – Kaiserslautern – 2-0
