HAMBURG. St. Pauli beat SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3-2 thanks to E. Saad who scored in the 30th and 81st minute. St. Pauli capitalized on its superior 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. The referee was Florian Exner with the help of Mitja Stegemann and Luca Schlosser. The 4th official was Lukas Benen.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 20 Total 8
- 14 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 110 Attack 69
- 45 Dangerous attack 23
- 78 Ball safe 81
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 7 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
St. Pauli was in firm control of the ball 58% while SpVgg Greuther Fürth was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
St. Pauli had a more offensive attitude with 45 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 14 were on target. This is one of the reasons why St. Pauli won the match.
St. Pauli shot 20 times, 14 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
St. Pauli received 1 yellow card (Oladapo Afolayan). Talking about the opposition, SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 2 yellow cards (Branimir Hrgota and Oussama Haddadi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, St. Pauli has 42 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will stays with 35 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, St. Pauli will play away against Magdeburg on the 10th of February with a 5-0 head to head in favor of St. Pauli (1 draw).
SpVgg Greuther Fürth will host Hertha BSC on the 10th of February with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Hertha BSC (0 draws).
St. Pauli – Formation
St. Pauli
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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 , Aljoscha Kemlein , Marcel Hartel , Philipp Treu , Oladapo Afolayan , Elias Saad and Johannes Eggestein .
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 4 changes: Johannes Eggestein for Etienne Amenyido (65′), Oladapo Afolayan for Carlo Boukhalfa (78′), Elias Saad for Adam Dźwigała (87′) and Manolis Saliakas for Lars Ritzka (87′).
Player of the match: Elias Saad
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Pauli was Elias Saad.
His rating is with 2 goals, 31 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Alexander Zorniger played with: Jonas Urbig , Gideon Jung , Damian Michalski , Maximilian Dietz , Simon Asta , Robert Wagner , Julian Green , Lukas Petkov , Branimir Hrgota , Armindo Sieb and Tim Lemperle .
These were the players on the bench: Nils-Jonathan Körber, Oualid Mhamdi, Oussama Haddadi , Dennis Srbeny , Orestis Kiomourtzoglou, Jomaine Consbruch , Marco Meyerhofer , Leander Nicolas Popp and Kerim Çalhanoğlu.
Substitutions
SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 5 changes: Lukas Petkov for Oussama Haddadi (35′), Damian Michalski for Marco Meyerhofer (68′), Tim Lemperle for Dennis Srbeny (68′), Robert Wagner for Jomaine Consbruch (83′) and Armindo Sieb for Leander Nicolas Popp (83′).
Player of the match: Jonas Urbig
The most impressive player for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was the goalkeeper: Jonas Urbig. His rating is 9.08. He performed 11 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.
- St. Pauli – SpVgg Greuther Fürth – 3-2
- Hertha BSC – Hamburger SV – 1-2
- Nürnberg – Osnabrück – 2-2
- Schalke 04 – Eintracht Braunschweig – 1-0
