📊 Form Guide

Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 3-0 Bundesliga victory against Werder Bremen.

In that game, Borussia Dortmund had 46% possession and 18 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Borussia Dortmund, the goalscorers were Nico Schlotterbeck (11'), Marcel Sabitzer (76') and Serhou Guirassy (83'). For their opponents, Werder Bremen got 5 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

Borussia Dortmund have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 13 during that period and have conceded a total of 6. That pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this match, however.

Heading into this fixture, Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in their previous 12 league matches at home. It's been impressive.

St. Pauli

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Since a losing effort in their last game against VfL Wolfsburg in Bundesliga action, St. Pauli will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, St. Pauli had 39% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for St. Pauli was Eric Smith (40'). For their opponents, Wolfsburg had 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Christian Eriksen (25') and Dženan Pejčinović (88') scored for VfL Wolfsburg.

The stats tell the story, and St. Pauli have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 7 goals overall. In defence, St. Pauli have some weaknesses to address.

Ahead of this clash, St. Pauli have not won away from home in their last 8 league games. What a terrible run of away results.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 19/02/2011 tells us that Borussia Dortmund have won 4 of them & St. Pauli 1, with the number of drawn games being 1.

An aggregate of 19 goals were produced between them in this period, with 13 of them for Dortmund and 6 being from St. Pauli. The average goals per game has been 3.17.

The last league game between these clubs was Bundesliga match day 1 on 23/08/2025 and the score finished St. Pauli 3-3 Borussia Dortmund.

That time, St. Pauli had 51% possession and 11 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by Andréas Hountondji (50'), Danel Sinani (86') and Eric Smith (89').

At the other end, Borussia Dortmund had 8 shots on goal with 7 on target. Serhou Guirassy (34'), Waldemar Anton (67') and Julian Brandt (74') scored.

The match was refereed by Matthias Jöllenbeck.

🗞️ Team News: Borussia Dortmund

It looks as if Dortmund should make use of the 3-4-2-1 system, beginning the first half with Gregor Kobel, Niklas Suele, Waldemar Anton, Nico Schlotterbeck, Yan Couto, Marcel Sabitzer, Felix Nmecha, Julian Ryerson, Maximilian Beier, Carney Chukwuemeka and Fabio Silva.

ℹ️ Team News: St. Pauli

It’s our belief that St. Pauli could decide to make use of a 3-5-2 system, going with Nikola Vasilj, Hauke Wahl, Adam Dzwigala, Karol Mets, Arkadiusz Pyrka, Joel Chima Fujita, James Sands, Jackson Irvine, Louis Oppie, Abdoulie Ceesay and Mathias Pereira Lage.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that Borussia Dortmund will more than likely score a couple of goals when they come up against St. Pauli, who might well find it a difficult task to score themselves.

We reckon that it will be a controlled 2-0 margin for Borussia Dortmund at the conclusion of the game.

Lucas Pereira, 17:01 15/01/2026