FC St. Pauli vs 1899 Hoffenheim

This will be the sixth meeting in all competitions between FC St. Pauli and TSG Hoffenheim. So far, the Kiezkicker have won twice (D2, L1), including 2-0 in the reverse fixture. St. Pauli could now do a league double over Hoffenheim for the first time.

TSG Hoffenheim have only lost one of their last 10 Bundesliga games against promoted sides (W7, D2): 2-0 at home to FC St. Pauli earlier this season. Hoffenheim have won each of their last six away matches against promoted teams, the longest ongoing run of all current top-flight clubs together with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

FC St. Pauli have picked up just 22 points from their first 25 games of the season. They have only ever been worse off at this stage in 2001/02 (18 points) and 1977/78 (19 – using 3 points per win). The Kiezkicker have collected only nine points from their 12 home games so far, their lowest ever return at this stage of a top-flight campaign.

FC St. Pauli are currently on a six-game winless run in the Bundesliga for the first time this season (D2, L4). They have lost their last two home games without scoring and have drawn a blank in nine of their 12 Bundesliga home matches in 2024/25, a joint negative Bundesliga record that has only happened to three other teams previously, most recently VfB Stuttgart in 2014/15.

TSG Hoffenheim are on a four-match unbeaten run for the first time in the Bundesliga this season (W2, D2) and have won three of their last four Bundesliga away games (L1) – more victories than they managed across their previous 20 away fixtures combined (2). Only FC Augsburg (11) have claimed more points on their travels in the second half of the season than TSG (9).