On the 3rd of March, Paderborn hosts St. Pauli at Benteler-arena in a 2. Bundesliga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Paderborn recorded a 1-1 draw against Holstein Kiel. Maximilian Rohr struck first for Paderborn in the 31st minute, then Fabian Reese tied it up for Holstein Kiel in the 66th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Holstein Kiel. Paderborn is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while st. Pauli sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Hansa Rostock. Jackson Irvine struck first for St. Pauli in the 26th minute on a feed from Oladapo Afolayan, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hansa Rostock couldn’t manage to score, and St. Pauli took the shutout win. St. Pauli should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Millerntor-stadion, St. Pauli and Paderborn battled to a 2-2 draw. Marvin Pieringer struck first for Paderborn in the 44th minute on a feed from Felix Platte, then Etienne Amenyido tied it up for St. Pauli in the 84th minute .
Both Conor Metcalfe and Jakov Medic have been the hottest scorers for St. Pauli in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Paderborn’s most prolific scorer has been Robert Leipertz. The German attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches.