St. Pauli vs B. Monchengladbach prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-04-05 13:30.
[p]After beating Hoffenheim to end a six-game winless run (D2, L4), St. Pauli were brought back down to earth following defeat to Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich (3-2), although the nature of the loss offers plenty of encouragement heading into the season’s closing stages. The pressure is on the Hamburg-based side, who ahead of the round were just three points clear of 16th-placed Heidenheim and the relegation play-off spot.[/p]
[p]One thing that has kept St. Pauli mired in the dogfight is their home form, having picked up only 12 points in their 13 Bundesliga games this term at the Millerntor-Stadion – the club’s worst tally after this many top-flight encounters on their own patch in a single campaign. On a related note, Die Kiezkicker have scored just 22 times in the league this season, which stands as their lowest-ever total 27 matches into a top-flight season. [/p]
[p]High-flying Borussia Mönchengladbach will therefore be relishing the prospect of the journey north, especially as after four consecutive away wins they are targeting the club’s first run of five successive Bundesliga victories on the road in a single season since a six-match sequence between November 1969 and March 1970! Not only that, but the Foals are chasing a third consecutive German top-flight win at any venue for the first time since June 2020 under former boss Marco Rose, who ironically was sacked last Saturday following Leipzig’s 1-0 loss at Mönchengladbach.[/p]
[p]Gladbach’s recent upturn is part of a longer set of results which has seen them accumulate 19 points in their last ten league games – their highest tally between matchdays 18 and 27 in a single campaign since they achieved the same total in 2016/17. As a result, they started this round just two points off the UEFA Champions League spots, having last qualified for Europe’s most prestigious club competition ahead of the 2020/21 season.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Elias Saad equalised at Bayern last Saturday and will be keen to delight the home fans after his last four goals for St. Pauli were all scored away from home. For Gladbach, Alassane Pléa has found the net four times in their last two games, with each of those goals coming before the one-hour mark. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: St. Pauli have not scored inside 15 minutes since their 3-0 win at Freiburg in late September. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]