RB Leipzig vs St. Pauli prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-02-08 16:30.
[p]Despite entering the round in the Bundesliga top-four, RB Leipzig boss Marco Rose finds himself under pressure after a four-match winless run in the league (D3, L1). Their latest setback – a 0-0 draw with struggling Union Berlin – saw the Red Bulls tamed with ease as they were restricted to just two shots on target and 0.24 xG, which is perhaps ominous ahead of a clash against St Pauli.[/p]
[p]That’s because Leipzig have failed to score in each of the last four league H2Hs, including a goalless draw in this season’s reverse fixture. Perhaps some comfort can be taken from the fact the hosts have never endured a five-match winless run in their top-flight history, while they’ve been beaten just once on their own turf in the Bundesliga since January 2024 (W10, D5). [/p]
[p]St Pauli should certainly make for confident travellers regardless as they continued to make positive strides in their fight for top-flight survival. They’ve gone unbeaten in three Bundesliga matches for the first time this season (W2, D1), with only leaders Bayern Munich accumulating more points in that time. Bayern are also the only side who boast a better defensive record throughout the whole season, so they’ll be far from pushovers here.[/p]
[p]But St Pauli have been all or nothing on the road this term, remaining the only Bundesliga side – and one of just six across Europe’s top-five leagues – yet to draw an away game in the league (W4, L6). Each of those four victories were accompanied by a clean sheet, but the Bundesliga newcomers do have demons to banish having been beaten 4-2 on this ground in the second round of the DFB-Pokal in October.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: A third of Christoph Baumgartner’s domestic goal contributions this term came in that cup H2H (G1, A1), with both arriving inside the opening half-hour. Johannes Eggestein is bidding to become the first St Pauli player to score in three successive Bundesliga away games, but he’s blanked in all five previous top-flight meetings with Leipzig.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Leipzig are unbeaten in a Bundesliga record 34 matches against promoted sides (W30, D4), though their only failure to win in the last 18 such matches was in this season’s reverse fixture.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]