Match Report
The table read 9th (St. Pauli, 6 pts) against 5th (VfL Wolfsburg, 8 pts), 2 points apart. Against a league average of 1.72 goals per team per game, St. Pauli ran at 1.4 scored and 1.4 conceded, VfL Wolfsburg at 2 and 1.4.
8 games without a win framed St. Pauli's arrival. Defeat had not touched VfL Wolfsburg in 8 games. From the last five rounds, St. Pauli held 3 points of 15 and VfL Wolfsburg 9.
Across 7 recorded meetings, St. Pauli have 0 wins to VfL Wolfsburg's 3, with 4 draws, at 2.71 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 29% of the wins in this matchup. Shutting the other side out is rare here — both scored in 86% of the meetings.
Millerntor-Stadion staged the fixture, a ground that holds 29,546. The referee was S. Storks, with 77 matches in our database and 2.2 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
St. Pauli: Joel Chima Fujita (88')
Key stats
Possession: St. Pauli 40% · VfL Wolfsburg 60% · Total shots: 18-10 · On target: 4-2 · Corners: 10-4