📊 Form Guide
St. Pauli DWWLLL 📉
St. Pauli will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-0 Bundesliga loss in their previous game against Werder Bremen.
In that game, St. Pauli had 59% possession and 13 shots on goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Werder Bremen got 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Samuel Mbangula (2') was the scorer for Werder Bremen.
It’s been seldom in recent times where St. Pauli haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that St. Pauli have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals along the way. That sort of trend won’t necessarily follow through into this game, of course.
Going into this one, St. Pauli have not been beaten in the league by Hoffenheim in their last 3 games.
Hoffenheim WLWLDL
Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Cologne in Bundesliga competition, Hoffenheim and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that match, Hoffenheim had 61% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Cologne had 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Saïd El Mala (16') was the scorer for Cologne.
The stats don’t lie, and Hoffenheim have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals in total. In defence, Hoffenheim have seen their frailties exposed.
Coming into this clash, Hoffenheim are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches away from home.
👥 Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 02/11/2007 shows us that St. Pauli have won 3 of them and Hoffenheim 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.
An aggregate of 14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for St. Pauli and 5 netted by Hoffenheim. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.
The last league match featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 26 on 14/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of St. Pauli 1-0 Hoffenheim.
In that game, St. Pauli managed 43% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Noah Weißhaupt (51').
At the other end, Hoffenheim had 4 attempts at goal with 0 on target.
The referee was Felix Brych.
📰 Team News: St. Pauli
The St. Pauli manager Alexander Blessin doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this match owing to a fully healthy group available to select from.
We are thinking that St. Pauli should go for a 4-4-2 formation in the match with Nikola Vasilj, Adam Dzwigala, Eric Smith, Lars Ritzka, Arkadiusz Pyrka, James Sands, Joel Chima Fujita, Louis Oppie, Danel Sinani, Martijn Kaars and Mathias Pereira Lage.
📰 Team News: Hoffenheim
Thanks to a completely healthy squad available for selection, the Hoffenheim manager Christian Ilzer doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of before this match.
We’re of the thinking that Hoffenheim appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 system, going with Oliver Baumann, Vladimir Coufal, Robin Hranac, Albian Hajdari, Bernardo, Andrej Kramaric, Leon Avdullahu, Wouter Burger, Tim Lemperle, Fisnik Asllani and Bazoumana Toure.
💡 Prediction
We’re of the view that Hoffenheim and St. Pauli may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.
A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. Therefore, we predict a very even match with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the match.
Victor Martins, 10:20 19/10/2025