Match details. 2. Bundesliga, Regular Season - 8. Kick-off is Sat 17 Oct, 19:30 Lagos time. It is played at Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena , Hannover. The referee is Felix Prigan.
What's at stake. Hannover 96 are 13th on 7 points after 7 games, level on points with VfL Bochum, level on points with SV Darmstadt 98. A win would take them above VfL Bochum. FC St. Pauli are 7th on 10 points after 7 games, 2 points behind 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1 point clear of Energie Cottbus. A win would take them above 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
Form. Hannover 96 have won three, drawn three and lost four of their last ten, 1.2 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W L D W. FC St. Pauli have won two, drawn four and lost four of their last ten, 1.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W D W D L.
The numbers. Hannover 96 score two and concede 1.7 a game over their last ten, with one clean sheet and two games without a goal. Hannover 96 average 14.2 shots (6.0 on target), 6.3 corners and 2.0 cards a game, with 52% of the ball. FC St. Pauli score 1.2 and concede 1.8 a game in their last five away, with no clean sheets. FC St. Pauli average 9.8 shots (4.5 on target), 5.6 corners and 2.2 cards a game, with 47% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last eight meetings Hannover 96 have won three, drawn two and lost three. Five of the eight went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in four. In the last four, two were drawn and FC St. Pauli won two. The last time they met, on 21 Apr 2024, it finished Hannover 96 1-2 FC St. Pauli: Hannover 96 had 16 shots to 7, 44% of the ball, three yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 54%; five of the last eight meetings went over 2.5.
The case against. Hannover 96's record still gives them 22% to win.
The read. FC St. Pauli or the draw. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: 2nd Half - FC St. Pauli Over/Under: Over 0.5 (the signs point different ways). Predicted score: Hannover 96 1-1 FC St. Pauli (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call).