St. Pauli will welcome Hamburg to their home ground on Saturday, as the two teams battle it out in the German Bundesliga. St. Pauli will be hoping to continue the momentum from their last win against Rostock, while Hamburg come to St. Pauli's home ground confident after their last win against Braunschweig.
In their last match, St. Pauli defeated Rostock by a score of 2-3, with the team having 62% of the possession and 18 shots, 8 of which were on goal. St. Pauli's goals were scored by Manolis Saliakas, Marcel Hartl and Oladapo Afolayan. In comparison, Rostock had 14 shots, four on goal, and the goals were scored by Brumado.
In their last six games, St. Pauli under Fabian Hürzeler have scored 11 goals for a 1.83 goals per game average, and it's worth noting that St. Pauli are undefeated in their last 10 home league games, a place where visiting teams will obviously struggle to get a good result.
On the other hand, Hamburg came to St. Pauli with a victory after beating Braunschweig 2-1 in their last game. In that game, Hamburg had 58% possession and 16 shots, 6 of which were on target. The goals were scored by Guilherme Ramos and Emanuel Ferrai. Braunschweig had 15 shots, 3 on goal, and the goal was finished by Fabio Kaufmann.
Hamburg's last six games have proved their love for a good game, with 21 goals scored in those six games for an average of 3.5. Opponents have scored a total of nine goals. We will see if this trend continues in this game.
In the past head-to-head record between the two sides, since October 30, 2020, St. Pauli have won 3 games, Hamburg have won 2 and the sides have drawn 1 game. There have been a lot of goals scored in those matches, with a total of 23 goals scored and an average of 3.83 goals per game.
The last time these two sides faced each other in the league was on April 21, 2023, and that game ended 4-3 for Hamburg St. Pauli. At that time, Hamburg had 50% possession, 11 shots and 5 shots on goal. The goals were scored by Jonas David, Bekri Jatta and Moritz Heijer. St. Pauli, on the other hand, had 16 shots on goal and seven on goal, with goals by Manolis Saliakas, Elias Saad, Yakov Medic (the oval) and Jackson Irving. The referee was Sven Jablonski.
St. Pauli's team news reveals that Soren Allers is out for this game with an unknown injury, Sasha Butchert with an illness and Scott Banks with a torn ACL, and coach Fabian Hürzeler will not be able to field them. It is expected that St. Pauli may go with a 3-4-3 formation with a starting lineup that includes Nikola Vasile, Hauck Wahl, Eric Smith, Carol Metz, Manolis Saliakas, Jackson Irvine, Marcel Hartl, Philippe Theroux, Oladapo Afolayan, Johannes Eggestein and Elias Saad.
As for Hamburg, the team news is that coach Tim Walter doesn't have a full squad to choose from. Ignace van der Brempt is out with a muscle tear, Sebastian Hoonrau with a calf injury, Anssi Suhonen with a fractured fibula and Ludovit Reis with a shoulder injury. Beckery Jatta will also be out of the game due to suspension. It is expected that Hamburg may use a 4-1-2-3 formation with a starting lineup that includes D Howell Fernandez, Wilhelm Mikael Brensis, Guilherme Ramos, Stephan Ambrosius, Miro Mulheim, Jonas Mayfeldt, Emanuel Ferrai, László Benes, R Konigsdorfer, Robert Glaser and Jean-Luc Domp.
