| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pauli | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6/15 | 10-8 |
| Zürich | 15 | L1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6/15 | 4-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pauli | 28 | 9 | 18 | 5 | LWWWW | 2290 | -2262 |
| Zürich | 49 | 3 | 9 | 9 | WWW | 644 | -595 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2017-01-21
St. Pauli went into the game 28th in the table on 18 points; Zürich sat 49th on 9 — a 9-point gap. On recent form St. Pauli sat only 2290th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 28th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: St. Pauli 2 scored and 1.44 conceded per game, Zürich 3.67 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.64.
The match was played at Millerntor-Stadion in Hamburg (capacity 29,546).
