In this 5th week match, on Sun Aug 21st, St. Pauli will travel to Rostock to battle Hansa Rostock in a clash of these two closely matched 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 11th placed Hansa Rostock, recorded a 0-4 loss against Darmstadt 98. Phillip Tietz scored the first goal for Darmstadt 98 in the 3rd minute, then Mehlem added another in the 18th minute on a feed from Matthias Bader In the end, Hansa Rostock couldn’t muster any offence and Darmstadt 98 ran away with the shutout win. Hansa Rostock is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while st. Pauli sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Magdeburg. Johannes Eggestein scored the first goal for St. Pauli in the 3rd minute, then Johannes Eggestein added another in the 14th minute on a feed from Saliakas In the end, Magdeburg couldn’t muster any offence and St. Pauli ran away with the shutout win. St. Pauli is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both Jakov Medic and Johannes Eggestein have been the hottest scorers for St. Pauli in the last five each having scored 3 goals. Hansa Rostock hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Kevin Schumacher and Damian Rossbach, and they each have 1 goal.