BIELEFELD. DSC Arminia Bielefeld prevails over St. Pauli 2-0 after J. Serra scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the SchücoArena stadium in Bielefeld on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Benjamin Cortus with the assistance of Thorben Siewer and Luca Schlosser. The 4th official was Nico Fuchs. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

St. Pauli was in firm control of the ball 58% while DSC Arminia Bielefeld was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

DSC Arminia Bielefeld was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why DSC Arminia Bielefeld won the match​.

DSC Arminia Bielefeld shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, St. Pauli shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

DSC Arminia Bielefeld received 1 yellow card (I. Lepinjica). On the other side, St. Pauli received 2 yellow cards (J. Irvine and E. Smith).

Standings

After this encounter, DSC Arminia Bielefeld will have 11 points to go up in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, St. Pauli will stay with 14 points like Hansa Rostock and Nürnberg to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, DSC Arminia Bielefeld will play away with Magdeburg on the 28th of May with a 1-1 head to head.

St. Pauli will host Karlsruher SC on the 28th of May with a 8-5 head to head in favor of St. Pauli (5 draws).

DSC Arminia Bielefeld – Formation

DSC Arminia Bielefeld started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Daniel Scherning decided to play with the following team: Martin Fraisl (7.8), Lukas Klünter (7.3), Oliver Hüsing (7.2), Andrés Andrade (6.8), Bastian Oczipka (7.2), Ivan Lepinjica (7.1), Marc Rzatkowski (6.9), Robin Hack (6.2), Jomaine Consbruch (6.8), Masaya Okugawa (7.1) and Fabian Klos (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Silvan Sidler, Guilherme Ramos, Arne Schulz, Bryan Lasme (6.5), Janni Serra (8.6), George Bello, Christian Gebauer (7.5), Manuel Prietl and Benjamin Kanuric.

Substitutions

DSC Arminia Bielefeld made 5 changes: F. Klos for J. Serra (59′), L. Klunter for C. Gebauer (68′), J. Consbruch for B. Lasme (68′), R. Hack for G. Ramos (90′) and M. Rzatkowski for M. Prietl (90′).

Best player: Janni Serra​

The player that probably impressed the most for DSC Arminia Bielefeld was Janni Serra.

His rating is (8.6) with 2 goals, 10 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 59′.

St. Pauli – Formation

St. Pauli started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Timo Schultz played with: Nikola Vasilj (6.2), Adam Dźwigała (6.8), Eric Smith (6.1), Betim Fazliji (6.2), Manolis Saliakas (7.3), Jackson Irvine (6.7), Afeez Aremu (7.0), Marcel Hartel (6.3), Leart Paqarada (7.0), Etienne Amenyido (6.3) and Lukas Daschner (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Jannes Wieckhoff, Sascha Burchert, Dennis Smarsch, Johannes Eggestein, David Otto (6.4), Marcel Beifus, Lars Ritzka, Connor Metcalfe and Igor Matanović.

Substitutions

St. Pauli made 5 changes: E. Amenyido for D. Otto (65′), A. Afeez for C. Metcalfe (81′), A. Dzwigala for L. Ritzka (81′), L. Daschner for I. Matanovic (81′) and J. Irvine for J. Eggestein (88′).

Best player: Manolis Saliakas​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Pauli was Manolis Saliakas.

His rating is (7.3) with 39 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• DSC Arminia Bielefeld – St. Pauli – 2-0
• Eintracht Braunschweig – Paderborn – 0-0
• Jahn Regensburg – Sandhausen – 2-1
• Nürnberg – Hannover 96 – 0-0