Elversberg beats St. Pauli 4-3

HAMBURG. Elversberg had a close win over St. Pauli.

By
Mark Hall
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Elversberg beats St. Pauli 4-3

HAMBURG. Elversberg had a narrow win over St. Pauli. St. Pauli was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (69%).​

The match was played at the Millerntor-Stadion stadium in Hamburg on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. In front of 29,546 spectators.​ The referee was Tobias Reichel who was helped by Christian Bandurski and Mitja Stegemann. The 4th official was Lukas Benen.

Match Statistics​

Team 1

St. Pauli

3 - 4

Team 1

Elversberg

  • ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
  • 17 Total 14
  • 8 On Target 10
  • 7 Off Target 1
  • 2 Shots blocked 4
  • 134 Attack 63
  • 56 Dangerous attack 20
  • 87 Ball safe 52
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 1
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 12 Total 7
  • 4 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

St. Pauli had a superior ball possession 69% while Elversberg was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Pauli was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, Elversberg managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

St. Pauli shot 17 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Elversberg shot 14 times, 10 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

St. Pauli received 4 yellow cards (Eric Smith , Jackson Irvine, Johannes Eggestein and Lars Ritzka). On the other side, Elversberg received 3 yellow cards (Manuel Feil, Jackson Irvine and Paul Wanner).

Match Timeline

Lars Ritzka- sub ->Philipp Treu
10'
29'
Manuel Feil- Yellow
Johannes Eggestein(goal)Eric Smith 
39'
51'
Maurice Neubauer(goal)Jannik Rochelt
Johannes Eggestein- Yellow
66'
68'
Thore Jacobsen- sub ->Jannik Rochelt
68'
Dominik Martinović- sub ->Manuel Feil
68'
Joseph Boyamba- sub ->Luca Dürholtz
Marcel Hartel(goal)Connor Metcalfe
69'
70'
Joseph Boyamba(goal)Thore Jacobsen
Oladapo Afolayan - sub ->Connor Metcalfe
72'
Aljoscha Kemlein- sub ->Elias Saad 
73'
Lars Ritzka- Yellow
78'
81'
Paul Wanner(goal)Dominik Martinović
82'
Wahid Faghir- sub ->Luca Schnellbacher
83'
Hugo Vandermersch(goal)Robin Fellhauer
Andreas Albers- sub ->Johannes Eggestein
84'
Jackson Irvine- Yellow
89'
Eric Smith - Yellow
86'
Maurides- sub ->Manolis Saliakas
84'
86'
Lukas Finn Pinckert- sub ->Paul Wanner
Jackson Irvine- Yellow
89'
86'
Paul Wanner- Yellow
Jackson Irvine(goal)
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, St. Pauli stays with 57 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Elversberg will has 39 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, St. Pauli will play away against Hannover 96 on the 20th of April with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Hannover 96 (3 draws).

Elversberg will host Schalke 04 on the 20th of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Elversberg (0 draws).

St. Pauli – Formation

St. Pauli
G
Nikola Vasilj 22.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.9
D
Karol Mets 3.Estonia
6.6
D
Eric Smith  8.Sweden
7.3
86'
D
Adam Dzwigala 25.Poland
6.4
M
Manolis Saliakas 2.Greece
6.7
84'
M
Jackson Irvine 7.Australia
7.7
89' Goals90'
M
Marcel Hartel 10.Germany
7.8
Goals69'
M
Philipp Treu 23.Germany
6.4
10'
M
Connor Metcalfe 24.Australia
7.1
72'
M
Elias Saad  26.Tunisia
7.1
73'
F
Johannes Eggestein 11.Germany
8.1
84' 66' Goals39'
Substitutes
G
Sascha Burchert 30.Germany
D
D. Nemeth 4.Austria
D
Lars Ritzka 21.Germany
6.4
10' 78'
D
Tjark Lasse Scheller 32.Germany
M
Danel Sinani  15.Luxembourg
M
Aljoscha Kemlein 36.Germany
6.4
73'
F
Maurides 9.Brazil
6.7
84'
F
Oladapo Afolayan  17.England
6.4
72'
F
Andreas Albers 19.Denmark
6.7
84'

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 (7.9), Adam Dzwigala (6.4), Eric Smith  (7.3), Karol Mets (6.6), Manolis Saliakas (6.7), Jackson Irvine (7.7), Marcel Hartel (7.8), Philipp Treu (6.4), Connor Metcalfe (7.1), Elias Saad  (7.1) and Johannes Eggestein (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: D. Nemeth, Maurides (6.7), Danel Sinani , Oladapo Afolayan  (6.4), Andreas Albers (6.7), Lars Ritzka (6.4), Sascha Burchert, T. Scheller and Aljoscha Kemlein (6.4).

St. Pauli could not rely on the presence of Lars Ritzka (injured).

Substitutions

St. Pauli made 5 changes: Manolis Saliakas for Maurides (84′), Connor Metcalfe for Oladapo Afolayan  (72′), Elias Saad  for Aljoscha Kemlein (73′), Johannes Eggestein for Andreas Albers (84′) and Philipp Treu for Lars Ritzka (10′).

Player of the match: Johannes Eggestein​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Pauli was Johannes Eggestein.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 35 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Elversberg – Formation

Elversberg
G
Nicolas Kristof 20.Austria
7.0
D
Florian Le Joncour 3.France
6.8
D
Hugo Vandermersch 18.France
7.0
Goals83'
D
Carlo Sickinger 23.Germany
6.6
D
Maurice Neubauer 33.Germany
7.1
Goals51'
M
Manuel Feil 7.Germany
6.7
68' 29'
M
Jannik Rochelt 10.Germany
7.0
68'
M
Luca Dürholtz 11.Germany
6.7
68'
M
Robin Fellhauer 14.Germany
7.5
M
Paul Wanner 17.Austria
8.1
86' 86' Goals81'
F
Luca Schnellbacher 24.Germany
7.1
82'
Substitutes
G
Tim Boss 28.Germany
D
Kevin Conrad 4.Germany
D
Lukas Finn Pinckert 19.Germany
6.4
86'
M
Sebastian Saftig 25.Germany
M
Thore Jacobsen 31.Germany
7.1
68'
F
Dominik Martinović 9.Croatia
7.5
68'
F
Joseph Boyamba 22.Germany
7.3
68' Goals70'
F
Wahid Faghir 29.Denmark
6.4
82'
F
Kevin Koffi 30.Italy

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

Horst Steffen played with: Nicolas Kristof (7.0), Hugo Vandermersch (7.0), Carlo Sickinger (6.6), Florian Le Joncour (6.8), Maurice Neubauer (7.1), Luca Dürholtz (6.7), Robin Fellhauer (7.5), Jannik Rochelt (7.0), Paul Wanner (8.1), Luca Schnellbacher (7.1) and Manuel Feil (6.7).

They had on the bench: Kevin Conrad, Dominik Martinović (7.5), Lukas Finn Pinckert (6.4), Joseph Boyamba (7.3), Sebastian Saftig, Tim Boss, Wahid Faghir (6.4), Kevin Koffi and Thore Jacobsen (7.1).

Substitutions

Elversberg made 5 changes: Luca Schnellbacher for Wahid Faghir (82′), Paul Wanner for Lukas Finn Pinckert (86′), Jannik Rochelt for Thore Jacobsen (68′), Luca Dürholtz for Joseph Boyamba (68′) and Manuel Feil for Dominik Martinović (68′).

Player of the match: Paul Wanner​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Elversberg was Paul Wanner.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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