Karlsruher SC prevails over St. Pauli 2-1

KARLSRUHE. Karlsruher SC beat St. Pauli to win 2-1.

By
John Ross
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Karlsruher SC prevails over St. Pauli 2-1

KARLSRUHE. Karlsruher SC defeated St. Pauli to win 2-1. It was Karlsruher SC to strike first with an early goal of Marcel Franke at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 37′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, P. Nebel gave the win to Karlsruher SC in the 69′ minute with a goal. St. Pauli was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Wildparkstadion stadium in Karlsruhe on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Michael Bacher with the support of Nico Fuchs and Tobias Fritsch. The 4th official was Benedikt Kempkes. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.75 degrees Celsius or 72.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Karlsruher SC

2 - 1

Team 1

St. Pauli

  • ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
  • 11 Total 11
  • 5 On Target 3
  • 3 Off Target 6
  • 4 Shots blocked 2
  • 74 Attack 102
  • 29 Dangerous attack 57
  • 85 Ball safe 89
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 8
  • 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 5 Total 12
  • 4 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

St. Pauli had a strong ball possession 62% while Karlsruher SC was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Pauli was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Karlsruher SC found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Karlsruher SC shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, St. Pauli shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Karlsruher SC received 4 yellow cards (Patrick Drewes, Lars Stindl , Marcel Franke and Jérôme Gondorf ). Regarding the opposition, St. Pauli received 2 yellow cards (Fabian Hürzeler and Hauke Wahl).

Match Timeline

Marcel Franke(goal)
2'
Marcel Franke- Yellow
18'
24'
Hauke Wahl- Yellow
37'
Jackson Irvine(goal)Marcel Hartel
54'
Jackson Irvine(VAR)
Dzenis Burnic- sub ->Leon Jensen
67'
Fabian Schleusener- sub ->Budu Zivzivadze
67'
P. Nebel(goal)Fabian Schleusener
69'
71'
Oladapo Afolayan - sub ->Elias Saad 
71'
E. Amenyido- sub ->Aljoscha Kemlein
77'
Hauke Wahl(yellowredcard)
Jérôme Gondorf - Yellow
79'
85'
Andreas Albers- sub ->Lars Ritzka
90'
Maurides- sub ->Johannes Eggestein
Lars Stindl - sub ->P. Nebel
90'
Nicolai Rapp- sub ->Jérôme Gondorf 
90'
Lars Stindl - Yellow
90'
Patrick Drewes- Yellow
90'

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 playing this match, Karlsruher SC has 42 points to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, St. Pauli will stays with 57 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruher SC will play away against Paderborn on the 11th of April with a 12-6 head to head stats in favor of Paderborn (3 draws).

St. Pauli will host Elversberg on the 11th of April with a 1-1 head to head.

Karlsruher SC – Formation

Karlsruher SC
G
Patrick Drewes 23.Germany
7.0
90'
D
Sebastian Jung 2.Germany
7.3
D
Marcel Beifus 4.Germany
7.3
D
David Herold 20.Germany
6.7
D
Marcel Franke 28.Germany
7.5
18' Goals2'
M
Leon Jensen 6.Germany
7.0
67'
M
Jérôme Gondorf  8.Germany
6.8
90' 79'
M
Marvin Wanitzek 10.Germany
7.3
M
P. Nebel 26.Germany
7.7
90' Goals69'
F
I. Matanović 9.Croatia
7.0
F
Budu Zivzivadze 11.Georgia
6.7
67'
Substitutes
G
Max Weiß 29.Germany
D
Philip Heise 16.Germany
D
Daniel Brosinski 18.Germany
D
Marco Thiede 21.Germany
D
Christoph Kobald 22.Austria
M
Lars Stindl  13.Germany
90' 90'
M
Dzenis Burnic 15.Germany
6.8
67'
M
Nicolai Rapp 17.Germany
90'
F
Fabian Schleusener 24.Germany
7.1
67'

Karlsruher SC started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Christian Eichner decided to play with the following team: Patrick Drewes (7.0), Sebastian Jung (7.3), Marcel Franke (7.5), Marcel Beifus (7.3), David Herold (6.7), Leon Jensen (7.0), Jérôme Gondorf  (6.8), Marvin Wanitzek (7.3), P. Nebel (7.7), Budu Zivzivadze (6.7) and I. Matanović (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Lars Stindl , Dzenis Burnic (6.8), Philip Heise, Nicolai Rapp, Daniel Brosinski, Marco Thiede, Christoph Kobald, Fabian Schleusener (7.1) and Max Weiß.

Substitutions

Karlsruher SC made 4 changes: Leon Jensen for Dzenis Burnic (67′), Budu Zivzivadze for Fabian Schleusener (67′), P. Nebel for Lars Stindl  (90′) and Jérôme Gondorf  for Nicolai Rapp (90′).

Player of the match: P. Nebel​

The most impressive player for Karlsruher SC was P. Nebel.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 35 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

St. Pauli – Formation

St. Pauli
G
Nikola Vasilj 22.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.0
D
Karol Mets 3.Estonia
7.0
D
Hauke Wahl 5.Germany
6.1
24'
D
Adam Dzwigala 25.Poland
7.0
M
Manolis Saliakas 2.Greece
7.3
M
Jackson Irvine 7.Australia
7.8
Goals37'
M
Marcel Hartel 10.Germany
8.2
M
Lars Ritzka 21.Germany
7.0
85'
M
Elias Saad  26.Tunisia
6.4
71'
M
Aljoscha Kemlein 36.Germany
6.6
71'
F
Johannes Eggestein 11.Germany
6.8
90'
Substitutes
G
Sascha Burchert 30.Germany
D
D. Nemeth 4.Austria
D
Tjark Lasse Scheller 32.Germany
M
Danel Sinani  15.Luxembourg
F
Maurides 9.Brazil
90'
F
E. Amenyido 14.Togo
6.4
71'
F
Oladapo Afolayan  17.England
6.8
71'
F
Andreas Albers 19.Denmark
6.8
85'
F
Eric da Silva Moreira 35.Germany

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

Fabian Hürzeler played with: Nikola Vasilj (7.0), Adam Dzwigala (7.0), Hauke Wahl (6.1), Karol Mets (7.0), Manolis Saliakas (7.3), Jackson Irvine (7.8), Aljoscha Kemlein (6.6), Lars Ritzka (7.0), Marcel Hartel (8.2), Elias Saad  (6.4) and Johannes Eggestein (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: D. Nemeth, Maurides, E. Amenyido (6.4), Danel Sinani , Oladapo Afolayan  (6.8), Andreas Albers (6.8), Sascha Burchert, T. Scheller and E. da Silva Moreira.

Substitutions

St. Pauli made 4 changes: Elias Saad  for Oladapo Afolayan  (71′), Aljoscha Kemlein for E. Amenyido (71′), Lars Ritzka for Andreas Albers (85′) and Johannes Eggestein for Maurides (90′).

Player of the match: Marcel Hartel​

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

His rating is 8.2 with 34 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 12 crosses.

Results of the day

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