DüSSELDORF. St. Pauli topped Fortuna Düsseldorf to win 2-1. M. Hartel was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was St. Pauli to strike first with a penalty of Marcel Hartel at the 16′. Then Marcel Hartel scored again for St. Pauli in the 26′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Christos Tzolis reduced the distance for Fortuna Düsseldorf (83′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Merkur Spiel-Arena stadium in Düsseldorf on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 52,000 spectators.​ The referee was Frank Willenborg who had the assistance of Philipp Hüwe and . The 4th official was Dominik Jolk. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.46 degrees Celsius or 41.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Fortuna Düsseldorf

1 - 2

St. Pauli

  • 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
  • 10 Total 14
  • 4 On Target 7
  • 6 Off Target 2
  • 0 Shots blocked 5
  • 131 Attack 86
  • 36 Dangerous attack 48
  • 88 Ball safe 89
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 2 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 12 Total 6
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Fortuna Düsseldorf was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. St. Pauli that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

St. Pauli had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why St. Pauli won the contest.​

Fortuna Düsseldorf shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, St. Pauli shot 14 times, 7 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Fortuna Düsseldorf received 2 yellow cards (Jordy de Wijs and Christos Tzolis). Regarding the opposition, St. Pauli received 2 yellow cards (Aljoscha Kemlein and Nikola Vasilj).

Match Timeline

16'
Marcel Hartel(penalty)
26'
Marcel Hartel(goal)Manolis Saliakas
Christos Tzolis- Yellow
30'
32'
Nikola Vasilj- Yellow
51'
Aljoscha Kemlein- Yellow
Christoph Daferner- sub ->Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
62'
Felix Klaus- sub ->Jona Niemiec
62'
Jordy de Wijs- Yellow
65'
T. Uchino- sub ->Emmanuel Iyoha
73'
80'
E. Amenyido- sub ->Elias Saad
Christos Tzolis(goal)Vincent Vermeij
83'
85'
Carlo Boukhalfa- sub ->Oladapo Afolayan
D. Jastrzembski- sub ->Nicolas Gavory
88'
89'
Lars Ritzka- sub ->Manolis Saliakas

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
St. Pauli
66
33
Holstein Kiel
65
33
Fortuna Düsseldorf
60
33
Hamburger SV
55
33
Karlsruher SC
52
33
Hannover 96
52
33
Paderborn
49
33
Hertha BSC
48
33
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
47
33
Schalke 04
43
33
Elversberg
43
33
Nürnberg
40
33
Magdeburg
38
33
Eintracht Braunschweig
38
33
Kaiserslautern
36
33
Wehen Wiesbaden
32
33
Hansa Rostock
31
33
Osnabrück
25
33

After playing this match, Fortuna Düsseldorf stays with 31 points to sit in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, St. Pauli will has 39 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf will play away against Paderborn on the 3rd of February with a 10-5 head to head statistic in favor of Paderborn (7 draws).

St. Pauli will host SpVgg Greuther Fürth on the 3rd of February with a 11-10 head to head stats in favor of SpVgg Greuther Fürth (7 draws).

Fortuna Düsseldorf – Formation

Fortuna Düsseldorf
G
Florian Kastenmeier 33.Germany
8.1
D
Jordy de Wijs 30.Netherlands
7.0
65'
D
N. Gavory 34.France
7.0
88'
D
Andre Hoffmann 3.Germany
7.7
D
Emmanuel Iyoha 19.Germany
7.7
73'
M
Ao Tanaka 4.Japan
7.3
M
Yannik Engelhardt 6.Germany
7.0
M
Christos Tzolis 7.Greece
7.5
30' 83'
M
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson 8.Iceland
7.0
62'
M
J. Niemiec 18.Germany
6.4
62'
F
Vincent Vermeij 9.Netherlands
6.8
Substitutes
G
K. Niemczycki 1.Poland
D
King Samuel Manu 43.Germany
D
T. Uchino 2.Japan
6.7
73'
M
S. Suso 46.Germany
M
Felix Klaus 11.Germany
6.7
62'
M
D. Jastrzembski 27.Poland
88'
F
Christoph Daferner 22.Germany
6.7
62'

Fortuna Düsseldorf started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Daniel Thioune decided to play with the following team: Florian Kastenmeier (8.1), Emmanuel Iyoha (7.7), Andre Hoffmann (7.7), Jordy de Wijs (7.0), Nicolas Gavory (7.0), Jona Niemiec (6.4), Ao Tanaka (7.3), Yannik Engelhardt (7.0), Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (7.0), Christos Tzolis (7.5) and Vincent Vermeij (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Karol Niemczycki, Takashi Uchino (6.7), Felix Klaus (6.7), Christoph Daferner (6.7), Dennis Jastrzembski, King Samuel Manu and Klaus Sima Suso.

Substitutions

Fortuna Düsseldorf made 4 changes: Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson for Christoph Daferner (62′), Jona Niemiec for Felix Klaus (62′), Emmanuel Iyoha for Takashi Uchino (73′) and Nicolas Gavory for Dennis Jastrzembski (88′).

Player of the match: Florian Kastenmeier​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Düsseldorf was the goalkeeper: Florian Kastenmeier. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.

St. Pauli – Formation

St. Pauli
G
Nikola Vasilj 22.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.3
32'
D
Karol Mets 3.Estonia
6.4
D
Hauke Wahl 5.Germany
6.4
D
Eric Smith 8.Sweden
6.4
M
Manolis Saliakas 2.Greece
8.1
89'
M
Marcel Hartel 10.Germany
8.4
16', 26'
M
Oladapo Afolayan 17.England
7.1
85'
M
Philipp Treu 23.Germany
6.8
M
Elias Saad 26.Tunisia
7.0
80'
M
Aljoscha Kemlein 36.Germany
7.0
51'
F
Johannes Eggestein 11.Germany
7.5
Substitutes
G
Sascha Burchert 30.Germany
D
D. Nemeth 4.Austria
D
Lars Ritzka 21.Germany
89'
D
Adam Dzwigala 25.Poland
M
Danel Sinani 15.Luxembourg
M
Carlo Boukhalfa 16.Germany
6.8
85'
F
Maurides 9.Brazil
F
E. Amenyido 14.Togo
6.4
80'
F
Andreas Albers 19.Denmark

St. Pauli started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Fabian Hürzeler played with: Nikola Vasilj (7.3), Hauke Wahl (6.4), Eric Smith (6.4), Karol Mets (6.4), Manolis Saliakas (8.1), Aljoscha Kemlein (7.0), Marcel Hartel (8.4), Philipp Treu (6.8), Oladapo Afolayan (7.1), Elias Saad (7.0) and Johannes Eggestein (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: David Nemeth, Maurides, Etienne Amenyido (6.4), Danel Sinani, Carlo Boukhalfa (6.8), Andreas Albers, Lars Ritzka, Adam Dźwigała and Sascha Burchert.

St. Pauli could not rely on the presence of Carlo Boukhalfa (injured).

Substitutions

St. Pauli made 3 changes: Elias Saad for Etienne Amenyido (80′), Manolis Saliakas for Lars Ritzka (89′) and Oladapo Afolayan for Carlo Boukhalfa (85′).

Player of the match: Marcel Hartel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Pauli was Marcel Hartel.

His rating is 8.4 with 2 goals, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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