St. Pauli vs Hoffenheim prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-03-13 19:30.
[p]St. Pauli ended a run of four defeats in which they failed to score with a 1-1 draw at Wolfsburg last matchday, and although that can be deemed a step in the right direction, they’re still winless in six for the first time this Bundesliga season. They’re falling out of form at just the wrong time and the 15th-place side’s situation could look a lot bleaker if they’re beaten by a Hoffenheim team just a place above them in the table.[/p]
[p]Four defeats from their last six home league games makes fairly ominous reading, but the hosts do enjoy facing lower-ranked sides, winning four of their six league games this term against sides starting this round 13th or lower. Six of their league-low seven home league goals this season came against such sides too, so they’ve proved they can be proficient in this type of game. [/p]
[p]Although a 1-1 draw at home to rock-bottom Heidenheim can only be seen as a disappointment, it did at least stretch Hoffenheim’s unbeaten league run to four matches. Not since March 2022 have they gone five unbeaten in the Bundesliga, but three wins from their last four away league games (L1) suggest they just might do so here against a fellow relegation battler.[/p]
[p]The only defeat in that time came away to reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen, meaning Hoffenheim have proven adept at playing the Bundesliga’s lesser sides, losing just one of seven meetings against sides below them in the table (W4, D2). That sole defeat did come in the reverse H2H, a loss which means Hoffenheim have won just one historical H2H against St. Pauli (D2, L2) – a joint-low for the club against all sides currently in the Bundesliga.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Siebe Van der Heyden ended St. Pauli’s 450+ minute wait for a goal with his strike against Wolfsburg, which in turn was his first-ever goal for the club. Hoffenheim’s Tom Bischof has scored in their last two away league games, meaning all four of his competitive goal involvements in 2025 came away from home.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: St. Pauli have failed to score in nine home league games this season. Never in history have they registered more home games without scoring in the Bundesliga in a single campaign.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Daniel vom Bruch[/i][/p]