FC St. Pauli vs VfL Bochum

FC St. Pauli are currently winless in their last six competitive games against VfL Bochum (D3, L3), though they are unbeaten in all five of their top-flight home games against them (W3, D2). St. Pauli haven’t faced any other side as often at home in the Bundesliga without losing at least once.

FC St. Pauli are three points and 13 goals ahead of 1. FC Heidenheim (16th place) going into the final matchday, meaning a point would be enough to guarantee their survival. St. Pauli last avoided relegation in a top-flight season all the way back in 1995/96.

FC St. Pauli have only avoided defeat on the final matchday in one of their eight Bundesliga seasons to date (5-1 win over KFC Uerdingen 05 in 1989). They have otherwise suffered seven defeats on matchday 34, including in each of their last six seasons, something that has only also happened to Schalke, Hertha, Braunschweig and Freiburg. Defeat to Bochum would see St. Pauli set a new negative Bundesliga record.

VfL Bochum’s relegation was confirmed on matchday 33 – it’s now the seventh time that they have been relegated from the Bundesliga, with only Arminia Bielefeld (8 times) and 1. FC Nürnberg going down more often (9). VfL will end this season with their lowest ever points tally in the top flight – they are currently on 22 points and their previous low stands at 27 (in 2000/01).

VfL Bochum’s 4-1 loss against 1. FSV Mainz 05 last time out was their 21st Bundesliga defeat of the season, a joint negative club record (also 21 losses in 1994/95 and 2000/01). If you exclude their 2-0 win at Union Berlin (awarded to them after Patrick Drewes was hit by a lighter), Bochum have only recorded one away victory in 2024/25: 3-2 at FC Bayern München at the start of March.