St. Pauli beats Holstein Kiel 4-3

KIEL. St. Pauli had a narrow win over Holstein Kiel.

By
Luke Meyer
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St. Pauli beats Holstein Kiel 4-3

KIEL. St. Pauli had a narrow win over Holstein Kiel. Holstein Kiel was decisively better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Holstein-Stadion stadium in Kiel on Friday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 15,034 spectators.​ The referee was Matthias Jöllenbeck assisted by Markus Schüller and Christian Leicher. The 4th official was . The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.12 degrees Celsius or 44.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Holstein Kiel

3 - 4

Team 1

St. Pauli

  • ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
  • 12 Total 11
  • 6 On Target 5
  • 4 Off Target 4
  • 3 Shots blocked 2
  • 102 Attack 87
  • 41 Dangerous attack 31
  • 96 Ball safe 86
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 1
  • 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 8 Total 8
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Holstein Kiel was in firm control of the ball 61% while St. Pauli was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Holstein Kiel was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, St. Pauli was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Holstein Kiel shot 12 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, St. Pauli shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Holstein Kiel received 1 yellow card (Marvin Schulz). Regarding the opposition, St. Pauli received 2 yellow cards (Manolis Saliakas and Fabian Hürzeler).

Match Timeline

10'
Oladapo Afolayan (goal)Philipp Treu
34'
Marcel Hartel(goal)Connor Metcalfe
36'
Oladapo Afolayan (goal)Marcel Hartel
Marvin Schulz- Yellow
45'
Joshua Mees- sub ->Steven Skrzybski
46'
P. Sander- sub ->Marvin Schulz
46'
Shuto Machino(goal)Finn Dominik Porath
53'
57'
Connor Metcalfe(goal)Jackson Irvine
Joshua Mees(goal)Shuto Machino
65'
Alexander Bernhardsson- sub ->Lewis Holtby
70'
72'
Carlo Boukhalfa- sub ->Connor Metcalfe
77'
Lars Ritzka- sub ->Oladapo Afolayan
Alexander Bernhardsson(goal)Timo Becker
82'
N. Niehoff- sub ->Shuto Machino
84'
85'
Adam Dzwigala- sub ->Aljoscha Kemlein
90'
Manolis Saliakas- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
St. Pauli
63
31
Holstein Kiel
61
31
Fortuna Düsseldorf
56
31
Hamburger SV
52
31
Karlsruher SC
49
31
Hannover 96
46
31
Paderborn
46
31
Hertha BSC
45
31
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
45
31
Elversberg
40
31
Magdeburg
37
31
Schalke 04
37
31
Nürnberg
37
31
Eintracht Braunschweig
34
31
Kaiserslautern
33
31
Wehen Wiesbaden
32
31
Hansa Rostock
31
31
Osnabrück
25
31

After this contest, Holstein Kiel stays with 42 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, St. Pauli will has 48 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Holstein Kiel will play away with Hertha BSC on the 2nd of March with a 1-1 head to head.

St. Pauli will play away against Schalke 04 on the 2nd of March with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Schalke 04 (1 draw).

Holstein Kiel – Formation

Holstein Kiel
G
Timon Weiner 1.Germany
6.0
D
Patrick Erras 4.Germany
6.8
D
Timo Becker 17.Germany
6.6
D
Colin Kleine-Bekel  34.Germany
6.7
M
Finn Porath 8.Germany
6.6
M
Lewis Holtby 10.Germany
6.7
70'
M
Marvin Schulz 15.Germany
6.3
46' 45'
M
Tom Rothe 18.Germany
7.0
M
Nicolai Remberg 22.Germany
6.6
F
Steven Skrzybski 7.Germany
7.5
46'
F
Shuto Machino 13.Japan
8.5
84' Goals53'
Substitutes
G
Marcel Engelhardt 31.Germany
D
Marco Komenda 3.Germany
D
L. Rosenboom 23.Germany
M
Marko Ivezic 6.Serbia
M
P. Sander 16.Germany
6.8
46'
M
J. Sterner 32.Germany
F
Alexander Bernhardsson 11.Sweden
7.3
70' Goals82'
F
Joshua Mees 27.Germany
7.8
46' Goals65'
F
N. Niehoff 29.Germany
6.8
84'

Holstein Kiel started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Marcel Rapp decided to play with the following team: Timon Weiner (6.0), Timo Becker (6.6), Patrick Erras (6.8), Colin Noah Kleine-Bekel (6.7), Finn Dominik Porath (6.6), Marvin Schulz (6.3), Nicolai Remberg (6.6), Tom Rothe (7.0), Lewis Holtby (6.7), Shuto Machino (8.5) and Steven Skrzybski (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Marco Komenda, Marko Ivezić, A. Bernhardsson (7.3), Philipp Sander (6.8), Lasse Rosenboom, Joshua Mees (7.8), Niklas Niehoff (6.8), Marcel Engelhardt and Jonas Sterner.

Substitutions

Holstein Kiel made 4 changes: Steven Skrzybski for Joshua Mees (46′), Marvin Schulz for Philipp Sander (46′), Shuto Machino for Niklas Niehoff (84′) and Lewis Holtby for A. Bernhardsson (70′).

Player of the match: Shuto Machino​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Holstein Kiel was Shuto Machino.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 24 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 1 cross.

St. Pauli – Formation

St. Pauli
G
Nikola Vasilj 22.Bosnia and Herzegovina
5.4
D
Manolis Saliakas 2.Greece
6.4
90'
D
Karol Mets 3.Estonia
6.3
D
Hauke Wahl 5.Germany
6.3
D
Philipp Treu 23.Germany
7.5
M
Jackson Irvine 7.Australia
7.3
M
Eric Smith  8.Sweden
7.0
M
Marcel Hartel 10.Germany
9.1
Goals34'
M
Oladapo Afolayan  17.England
8.5
77' Goals10', 36'
M
Connor Metcalfe 24.Australia
7.8
72' Goals57'
M
Aljoscha Kemlein 36.Germany
6.4
85'
Substitutes
G
Sascha Burchert 30.Germany
D
D. Nemeth 4.Austria
D
Lars Ritzka 21.Germany
6.4
77'
D
Adam Dzwigala 25.Poland
6.7
85'
M
Danel Sinani  15.Luxembourg
M
Carlo Boukhalfa 16.Germany
6.7
72'
F
Simon Zoller 6.Germany
F
Johannes Eggestein 11.Germany
F
Andreas Albers 19.Denmark

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

Fabian Hürzeler played with: Nikola Vasilj (5.4), Manolis Saliakas (6.4), Hauke Wahl (6.3), Karol Mets (6.3), Philipp Treu (7.5), Connor Metcalfe (7.8), Aljoscha Kemlein (6.4), Eric Smith (7.0), Jackson Irvine (7.3), Oladapo Afolayan (8.5) and Marcel Hartel (9.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: David Nemeth, Simon Zoller, Johannes Eggestein, Danel Sinani, Carlo Boukhalfa (6.7), Andreas Albers, Lars Ritzka (6.4), Adam Dźwigała (6.7) and Sascha Burchert.

Substitutions

St. Pauli made 3 changes: Aljoscha Kemlein for Adam Dźwigała (85′), Connor Metcalfe for Carlo Boukhalfa (72′) and Oladapo Afolayan for Lars Ritzka (77′).

Player of the match: Marcel Hartel​

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

His rating is 9.1 with 1 goal, 32 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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