Newly promoted Hamburg welcome St Pauli for their first home game of the season following their 0-0 draw on the opening weekend against Mochengladbach.

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• St Pauli drew their opening game of the season at home against Dortmund (3-3).

• Hamburg also drew their opening game of the season against Mochengladbach, they forced the home side to have eight of their 17 shots from outside of the box and limited them to an xG of 1.04.

• The last meeting between these sides was when they were both in Bundesliga 2.

🔵 Hamburg make a solid start to the season

Hamburg earned a draw on the opening weekend of the Bundesliga season against Mochengladbach. 

They were under intense pressure for the majority of the game, but did manage to reduce Mochengladbach to an xG of 1.04 from the 17 shots they had in the game. 

This tells us that Hamburg were able to stop the dominant side from getting into dangerous positions too often, something which is further confirmed by the fact that eight of Mochengladbach’s shots in the game came from outside of the box. 

Hamburg’s main challenge this season will be offering a consistent attacking threat. As good as they were in limiting the number of box entries that Mochengladbach had, they only had two shots on target themselves in the game which would indicate that the newly promoted side may be a bit light in forward areas at times this season.

🔴 St Pauli can continue to be awkward customers

St Pauli managed to stay up last season by three points which is always the prerogative of newly promoted sides, they’ll be looking to build and turn that survival into stability this season to ensure that their Bundesliga presence isn’t short lived. 

They started in the right way with a 3-3 draw at home against Dortmund who are one of the strongest sides in the German top flight. St Pauli proved a tricky assignment for many sides in the Bundesliga last season, especially on the road. 

They avoided defeat in eight of their 17 away games last term which is a more than steady record for a side trying to survive in the Bundesliga.

📊 Hamburg v St Pauli H2H

The most recent head to head clash between these sides was back in May 2024 in the Bundesliga 2, Hamburg ran out 1-0 winners on that occasion.

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