St. Pauli vs Augsburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-09-13 13:30.
[p]Early Bundesliga surprise package St Pauli look to continue their unbeaten league start against a strong-travelling Augsburg in Sunday’s opening fixture. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]In their second season back in the Bundesliga, St Pauli remain unbeaten heading into the third round (W1, D1) for the first time since 1995/96. After staging a remarkable comeback to hold Dortmund to a 3-3 draw, Alexander Blessin’s men claimed local bragging rights when beating Hamburg 2-0 to cement their excellent start to the campaign. Having finished just three points above the drop zone last term, making their home a fortress will be key to avoiding another relegation scrap, but St Pauli have failed to win any of their last five home league games (D3, L2).[/p]
[p]After a resounding victory over Freiburg on the opening weekend, Augsburg were beaten 3-2 by Bayern Munich despite putting in a competitive performance. That took their tally of defeats to a league-high five across the previous six rounds, but fans will hope that the deadline day double deal for Ismaël Gharbi and Fabian Rieder will bolster their chances of a return to form here. Playing away shouldn’t cause too many issues for Augsburg, who are unbeaten in nine of their last 11 league trips (W6, D3, L2). [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]St Pauli have won just two of their ten H2Hs against Augsburg (D3, L5), with two of those failures coming in the Bundesliga last term (D1, L1). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]St Pauli have conceded first in five successive home league games, but came back to draw three of them (L2).[/p]
[p]St Pauli have faced the fewest shots of any side across the first two Bundesliga rounds (13).[/p]
[p]Augsburg’s last seven league goals have all come from different players. [/p]
[p]Augsburg have faced the most shots across the opening two Bundesliga rounds (36)[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]After scoring in both of St Pauli’s Bundesliga games this season, AndrĂ©as Hountondji returns having scored again for Benin in the international break – four of his last five scoring club appearances ended level (W1). Kristijan Jakić also struck for his native Croatia last week after scoring and assisting for Augsburg in the Bavarian derby against Bayern – three of his last four club goals were the fourth of the game. [/p]
[p]Ricky-Jade Jones will miss this through injury for St Pauli, while Augsburg will be without the services of suspended Samuel Essende and the injured Dimitrios Giannoulis. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With both sides making positive scoring starts to their league campaigns, we’re backing both teams to score and over 2.5 total goals in what should be an entertaining affair. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Matthew Billon[/i][/p]