Ace Football previews the Bundesliga round 34 match between St. Pauli and Bochum and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Bochum go up against St. Pauli on Saturday for a Bundesliga meeting at Millerntor Stadion.
Ranked as number 14 in the Bundesliga standings, St. Pauli, have so far collected 32 points this season, while Bochum collected 22 points. This puts them up as number 18 after 33 rounds.
Form: St. Pauli vs Bochum
St. Pauli Form
St. Pauli have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Werder Bremen, they recorded a 0-0 draw, before coming up short against VfB Stuttgart, who ran out 0-1 winners. Lately, they recorded another draw in a 2-2 match with Eintracht Frankfurt. St. Pauli just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Bundesliga matches at the Millerntor Stadion. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored three and conceded six goals.
Bochum Form
Bochum were only able to claim two draws from their last three matches. They first drew 1-1 against Union Berlin, followed by another draw. This time it ended 0-0 against FC Heidenheim, before going down in a 1-4 defeat against Mainz 05. Bochum claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. They also drew three and were defeated two times, as they were outscored by nine goals to seven.
Betting stats and facts for St. Pauli and Bochum
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between St. Pauli and Bochum. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 21 of the last 23 St. Pauli matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 11 St. Pauli home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 19 of the last 21 St. Pauli matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 10 St. Pauli home matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 12 of the last 14 St. Pauli home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Bochum have lost 6 of the last 8 matches in the Bundesliga while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Bochum have lost 5 of the last 7 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 4 of the last 5 Bochum matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Bochum matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Bochum matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
Players on top: St. Pauli vs Bochum
Despite scoring just once in six Bundesliga games, St. Pauli hope Manolis Saliakas adds to his collection of goals sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, Bochum put their faith in Philipp Hofmann to handle the home side defence and double up on his recent strike rate of one goal in six Bundesliga games.
Popular markets: St. Pauli vs Bochum
Full-time result
St. Pauli claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing four. Bochum won one of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost five of the games in this run. Bochum have not lost to St. Pauli in 6 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, St. Pauli only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. Curiously, Bochum only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games. St. Pauli probably enjoy the prospect of scoring this coming Saturday, as Bochum managed only one clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches.
Total goals
St. Pauli saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of one goal during this run. In the last ten games for Bochum, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.2 times goals per game themselves.
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