Bundesliga Gameweek 2 Fri, Aug 29 · 19:30 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
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Our take

Hamburger SV were slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Hamburger SV had 5.1 days of rest, FC St. Pauli 6.1 and had to travel 0 km.

Away travel0 kmRest days5.1 · 6.1Matches / 14d1 · 1
Hamburger SV48%
Draw25%
FC St. Pauli26%
Expected goals 1.68 – 1.19
Hamburger SV47%
Draw26%
FC St. Pauli27%
Expected goals 1.58 – 1.13
Hamburger SV48%
Draw25%
FC St. Pauli26%
Expected goals 1.68 – 1.19
Hamburger SV41%
Draw26%
FC St. Pauli33%
Expected goals 1.50 – 1.34
Hamburger SV47%
Draw26%
FC St. Pauli27%
Expected goals 1.58 – 1.13
Over 2.5 55% Both score 57% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Hamburg)

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Referee · GermanyChristian Dingert
  • Cards per match 4.4
  • Penalties per match 0.33
  • Matches 58

Team strength

Hamburger SVFC St. Pauli
33 L90 StrengthIn forecast 28
40 Current StrengthIn forecast 24
37 AttackIn forecast 20
43 DefenceIn forecast 23
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Hamburger SV

Attack—
Defense risk—

FC St. Pauli

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Hamburger SVFC St. Pauli
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
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— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
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This league season, per match
0.33 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.20
0.67 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.40
— xGVia Att/Def 1.08
— xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.34
— Goals minus xGContext +0.12
33% Scored inContext 70%
67% Clean sheetsContext 20%
9.00 ShotsContext 11.10
2.33 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.50
26% On target shareContext 41%
3.00 Shots in the boxContext 6.78
33% Box shareContext 59%
4% ConversionContext 11%
2.67 OffsidesContext 2.22
13.33 Shots allowedContext 9.80
4.67 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.78
— BlocksContext 3.33
4.33 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.44
93% Save rateContext 72%
52% PossessionIn forecast 45%
432 PassesContext 404
345 Accurate passesContext 328
80% Pass accuracyContext 81%
6.99 Team ratingContext 6.91
10.00 FoulsContext 9.90
12.33 Fouls sufferedContext 11.40
0.33 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 3 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Hamburger SV
Rest5.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km713 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
FC St. Pauli
Rest6.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Hamburger SV FC St. Pauli
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match5.1Bundesliga 2025-2026, 24 Aug6.1Bundesliga 2025-2026, 23 Aug
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km0 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways713 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 1 / 11 / 1 / 1
Next matchdays after this one14.915.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Hamburger SV Confirmed XI
3-4-3
1D. Heuer Fernandes(G)
25J. Torunarigha 8Daniel Elfadli 17W. Omari
28M. Muheim 24N. Capaldo 21N. Remberg 16G. Gocholeishvili
38Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit 11R. Königsdörffer 29E. Sahiti
FC St. Pauli Confirmed XI
3-4-1-2
22N. Vasilj(G)
25A. Dźwigała 8E. Smith 5H. Wahl
23Louis Oppie 16J. Fujita 6J. Sands 11Arkadiusz Pyrka
10D. Sinani
28M. Pereira Lage 27A. Hountondji

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Hamburger SV Absences are shown before kick-off
FC St. Pauli Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Hamburger SV+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • FC St. Pauli+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Hamburger SV · Home No home games yet this season.
FC St. Pauli · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Christian Dingert Germany · 58 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.29league 5.11
Red cards0.10league 0.22
Cards 5+47%league 56%
Fouls23.3league 23.9
Penalties0.33league 0.44
Home wins34%league 33%
Hamburger SV

No previous matches with this referee.

FC St. Pauli3 with this referee
Record0-2-1 Cards · opp.0.7 · 2.3 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • D11 May 25A · Eintracht Frankfurt2–22
  • D6 Apr 25H · Borussia Mönchengladbach1–10
  • L5 Oct 24H · FSV Mainz 050–30

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Hamburger SV1 games · scored 0 · conceded 0
0-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
FC St. Pauli1 games · scored 3 · conceded 3
0-15
16-30
1 31-45
1 46-60
2 61-75
2 76-90
Hamburger SV3 games · scored 1 · conceded 2
1 0-15
16-30
31-45
1 46-60
1 61-75
76-90
FC St. Pauli10 games · scored 12 · conceded 14
1 2 0-15
2 2 16-30
1 3 31-45
2 1 46-60
5 61-75
6 1 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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